Everything you need to know about Toric Contact Lenses

Toric contacts correct astigmatism, a common vision concern caused by an error in the shape of the cornea. People with astigmatism experience blurry vision. Toric contact lenses are often the best choice for contact lens wearers with astigmatism, because they’re specifically designed to resolve this eye problem. The unique shape of a toric contact lens creates different refractive powers that can help to correct either a corneal or lenticular astigmatism.





Toric lenses come as soft disposable contact lenses, daily disposable lenses. If you like to wear colored or multifocal lenses, there are toric lenses made to satisfy your needs. Toric lenses come in different powers to correct the nearsightedness or farsightedness of the eye that characterizes astigmatism.


Toric contacts are also made with both soft and rigid gas permeable (RGP), or hard, lenses. Soft toric contact lenses are more comfortable and easier to manage, but need extra care in fitting to stay in place. If you have a mild to moderate amount of astigmatism, you may consider gas permeable contact lenses. GP lenses usually provide sharper vision than soft toric lenses. Gas permeable lenses are rigid and maintain their shape on the eye, a toric GP design usually isn’t needed. The astigmatism due to unequal curves on the front surface of your eye is corrected by a layer of tears that forms between your eye and the spherical back surface of the GP lens.