Astigmatism | Contact Lenses
A soft contact lens is a hydrophilic (water-loving) thin disc that hovers on our cornea. Just like prescribed eyeglasses, the contact lens is specially designed & crafted to make the proper focus of the light into the retina for visual correction. But unlike glasses which you can see outer and inner, contacts cover the cornea, rectifying the entire field of vision. What is an astigmatism? Many of us must have heard the word "Astigmatism" but, a few of us will entirely be sure what that means indeed; The cornea is the clear dome that sits in front of the colored part of the eye. In some cases, it comes by birth, later gets developed age-wise, where the shape of the cornea changes and affects the quality of vision; Corneal astigmatism is one of the very commonly found refractive errors. When the curvature of cornea, is not ideal, this affects how the light hits the retina; Ideally, for completing vision, the light should hit the retina on one focal point; ...