Multifocal contact lenses for presbyopia | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Reviewed by Gary Heiting, OD[1]

Are you over 40? If so, you may want to consider wearing multifocal contact lenses.

So its no surprise that many people in their 40s and older prefer contact lenses over glasses for their active lifestyles.

Unfortunately, presbyopia makes it harder to focus on near objects as we get older. Reading glasses[2] used to be the only option available to contact lens wearers who wanted to read a menu or do other everyday tasks that require good near vision.

But today, a number of multifocal contact lens options are available to eliminate your need to wear reading glasses over your contact lenses. Multifocal contacts offer the best of both worlds: no glasses, along with good near and distance vision.

Some multifocal contact lenses[3] have a bifocal design with two distinct lens powers — one for your ...