Things You Should Know About Toric Circle Lenses
A Toric circle lens is a contact lens that has a unique shape. Standard contact lenses have a spherical surface, similar to a slice of a beach ball's side. Toric circle lens, on the other hand, is a geometric shape that resembles a donut. A toric circle lens is shaped like a slice of this donut's side. Toric contact lenses have different refractive, or focusing, powers in vertical and horizontal orientations due to their shape. The refractive strength gradually increases or decreases as you move around the lens. Contact Lenses for Astigmatism Toric contact lenses can correct astigmatism caused by a different curvature of your cornea or lens in your eye (referred to as regular astigmatism, corneal astigmatism or lenticular astigmatism). You can wear these toric circle lenses for astigmatism every day to help correct your eyesight. The cornea or lens is curved in these cases, causing your eye's refraction to differ between the vertical and horizontal planes. This results in ...