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Eye Exams

Preparing for Your Eye Exam and Keeping Your Optometrist Informed

After booking an appointment with one of The Vision Centers’ optometrists, there are several things that you can do to better prepare you and your optometrist and to make sure that your eye exam is smooth, efficient, and gets you the results that you need.

Maintaining Quality Vision Across Las Vegas, Summerlin and Henderson

First, think about your vision. Do you think your sight has gotten any better or worse? Are there any particular irritations to your eye that you might be experiencing? Are you experiencing any trouble driving around the Las Vegas Valley during the day or night? It is important to consider the state of your eyes since your last visit with an optometrist and to bring all pairs of glasses, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses that you currently use to your exam so that your optometrist can compare your previous vision needs with your current needs. Be sure to know which products you use to clean your contact lenses and the procedures that you follow when cleaning your lenses.

Second, be ready to tell your Vision Center optometrist about your health and the health conditions of your immediate and extended family. If there is a history of glaucoma, hypertension, diabetes, cataracts, or any other tendency toward physical illness in your family, letting your optometrist know about these illnesses will help your optometrist during the eye exam and also help to create a treatment plan that is best suited for your eyes.

Third, if your Vision Center deems it necessary, your pupils may have to be dilated during your eye exam in order to proceed with evaluating the quality of your vision. Dilating your pupils will make them more sensitive to light and may also make your vision blurry or foggy, so it is important to bring sunglasses if you know that your pupils will need to be dilated and also to give yourself a minimum of two hours after dilation for your pupils to return to their normal size.  However, The Vision Centers also offer leading-edge Optomap® Retinal Imaging as a screening tool that can take digital images of the inside of your eye (retina), in most cases without dilation.  Please ask about it when you arrive!

Lastly, be sure that you arrive well rested, fed, and prepared, because the more accurate and concise your answers are during the eye exam, the more effective the exam will be. The Vision Centers' expert team of optometrists look forward to giving you the best vision you've ever had, whether in Las Vegas, Summerlin, or Henderson.

Quality and Convenient Contact Lenses

Whether to correct vision problems such as Astigmatism, Myopia (nearsightedness), Hyperopia (farsightedness), or Presbyopia (inability to focus on close-up objects, usually after 40yrs of age) contact lenses remain a popular method of vision correction among those needing corrective lenses. This is because contact lenses are flexible and convenient, since they can be easily removed and need very little storage space. The Vision Centers offers services for contact lens fittings as well as UV protective, colored, and multifocal contact lenses.

Contact Lenses

There are several types of contact lenses to choose from, and the following information will help you to find the contacts that are right your eyes and lifestyle:

Soft contact lenses are the most comfortable contact lenses, the average amount of time one needs to get used to them being only a few days, and the soft plastic of the lens allows oxygen to pass through to the eye easily.

Extended Wear contact lenses are predominantly soft contact lenses that are made to be used on an overnight basis or for as long as 30 days.

Disposable contact lenses are designed to be used just once each day and then discarded and replaced by another pair. Most people who wear contact lenses have some kind of soft disposable contact lenses.

Rigid Gas Permeable lenses are harder and thicker than soft contact lenses but give crisper vision and collect less debris than soft contact lenses. Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) lenses also last longer than soft contact lenses, but they are less comfortable, the average amount of time one needs to get used to them being a month or more.

There are also decorative contact lenses that do not correct vision but do change the appearance of the eye. Decorative lenses can have interesting effects on the shape and color of the pupil.

Getting Your Contacts

The Vision Center's optometrists and you will have a fitting session for your lenses to make sure that you not only know how to use your contact lenses but that you also know how to clean and maintain your lenses. You must have a current, valid prescription for glasses/contacts in order to purchase contacts. If you do not have a prescription, you can make an appointment with The Vision Center's optometrists to undergo an eye examination, and they will insure that your contacts are accurate, comfortable, and manageable.