so what are the best monthly contact lenses in terms of all value and comfort
in this video I'm gonna be reviewing three of my favorite monthly contacts and
sharing some little-known perks that make these lenses the best let's take a
look
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at any point throughout the video if you want to see additional specs or any sort
of updated information about pricing any of the contact lenses that we are
reviewing then you can always check out additional links in the YouTube
description below now when it comes to wearing contact lenses I am personally a
big advocate for daily soft contact lenses mainly because they are a little
bit more comfortable they're a little bit safer for the eye and there's a
little bit more convenient however monthly contact lenses are still an
excellent choice for a lot of people one of the reasons you'd go with a monthly
is that you have a unique prescription that's not available in a daily lens in
addition they monthly lenses are usually a little bit more affordable the prices
aren't as high as with a daily lens and with a monthly lens as long as you take
good care of it there's a couple extra good perks with those as well and we'll
be getting into those now I'm going to be reviewing my three favorite contact
lenses based on my personal experience wearing these lenses as well as an eye
care professional fitting these lenses in the clinic every week now just
because I like these lenses and other people like these lenses doesn't mean
that you will have the same success with these because everybody's eyes are a
little bit different so keep that in mind and make sure to talk with your
doctor what is best and recommended for you now the first ones I wanna review
here is the Bausch and Lomb ultra lens now one of the real reasons I like the
Bausch and Lomb ultra lens is because it seems to work really well for beginners
if you're just starting off in contact lenses then this lens may be a little
bit easier for you to learn how to manipulate be able to hold and be able
to really get it in the eye if you're someone who has a hard time grasping the
lens or if you have a hard time telling if the lens is inside-out or not
then this lens may be just a little bit easier to handle and actually get used
to wearing contacts in fact I recently did just post a video about how to put
contact lenses in and how to check if the
our inside out or not so if you haven't checked that out and you're just
learning how to wear contacts then I'll include that in the entire YouTube
series down in the description below you can check that out now another reason I
like the bottom ultra lens actually has to do with vision clarity these lenses
actually have a spirit optics which help improve the sharpness of vision and
reduces glare so some people who have a really tough time with wearing contact
lenses and you feel like all the letters that you're looking at something up
closer far away you can still see them but they seem kind of fuzzy around the
edges that could actually be just because the lenses don't have a spheric
optics but these ones do so it may actually be better for getting an
improved clarity and crispness with your vision the third benefit I find with the
botulinum ultra really has to do with the Bausch and Lomb family of lenses in
general and that's that Bausch and Lomb offers some of the best rebates for
contact lenses so it actually brings the prices down quite a bit even though the
Bausch and Lomb ultra is a newer lens that means that if you're buying a six month
or a 12 month supply of these lenses you can get excellent rebates to make them
more affordable especially compared to a lot of the other competitor brands out
there versus the Bausch and Lomb lenses of course the prices that you pay for
contact lenses can vary a bit based on where you're purchasing it from if
you're buying it in-store from an optical and supporting a local business
or if you're producing to purchase online for convenience those prices may
adjust just a little bit and again if you want to see updated prices for any
of these lenses such as the botulinum ultra i have included a link in the
description below so you can check that out now the second lens here is the Biofinity
lens and its not just the Biofinity but the Biofinity Energys, now the reason
i'm combining these two lenses together is because they're almost the exact same
lens they're made of the same material they have the same base curve and the
same diameter the only real difference is that the newer bio finiti energies
actually has something called digital zone optics and this is actually a huge
benefit nowadays because so many people are on digital devices you're on
something up close whether it's a computer or a phone if you're watching
this video right now on a desktop a laptop or a phone you probably know what
I mean if you spend a lot of time up close you can get some eye strain and
this special digital Zone optics in the Biofinity Energys lenses
are designed to actually reduce the demand of how much muscle you muscle
tone you actually have to spend to focus on something up close so oftentimes if I
have a patient who's always complaining that you know hey my eyes are tired from
doing a lot of near work if they're a college student writing a paper or maybe
you're in high school or if you're somebody who dispensed a lot of time on
your digital devices then the bio finiti energist lens as a monthly lens is it a
great option but in addition to having that cool benefit of reducing eye
fatigue with the Biofinity Energys lens even just the standard Biofinity
lens which has been out for a lot longer that both lenses having that same design
same lens material it makes the lenses very comfortable I actually wore the BioFinity
toric lenses for astigmatism for almost like eight to ten years all the
way through high school and then again through my undergraduate college years
mainly because the lenses were designed really well and I find them very
comfortable even for people with more drier eyes now another cool benefit of
the bio finiti lens and the bottom alter lens is that both of these lenses have a
slight blue handling tint that little handling tint is actually to help
improve the identification of that lens so it makes it easier to put in take out
and in case you drop it on the counter you'll be able to identify it easier
rather than lose it and then go hunting for your lens and if you've ever done
that let me know I've done it many many times in my life
sometimes it's amazing what these little things will stick to and another cool
benefit of both of these lenses is that they are approved by the US FDA up to 30
days of daily wear that means that after 30 days of wearing these lenses you are
supposed to toss them out and replace them but they're also approved for up to
six nights and seven days of extended wear that means some people can actually
sleep in these lenses just fine for six nights in a row however before you ever
begin to sleep in contact lenses I highly recommend that you speak with
your doctor because some people do not do well with sleeping in lenses even
these ones that are approved by the FDA for sleeping in them in fact sleeping in
contact lenses greatly increases your risk for developing complications and
infections and sometimes that be devastating for some people even lead
to permanent vision loss now since we're on that topic of sleeping in lenses that
brings up the next lens I want to review and that is the air optix night and day
lens and this is one of the coolest lenses on the monthly kind of schedule
for contacts because it has that extra perk that the US FDA has approved this
lens for up to 30 nights of extended wear that means that some people can
actually wear this lens for almost an entire month without having to remove
them which is super cool however same thing applies if you are sleeping in
contact lenses you are putting yourself at a greater risk of infection
complications scarring potentially even vision loss so before you ever sleep in
this lens again you want to make sure you talk with your doctor about this
lens and if it's really good for you and your eyes another cool benefit of these
lenses is that they are part of the air optix family which have what's called
smart shield technology and that's actually type of buffer built onto the
lens to help reduce the amount of deposits that actually stick onto the
surface of the lens and that'll actually improve comfort especially for longer
wear time now despite having that extra smart shield technology when I wear
these lenses I do find them comfortable initially but even after like eight
hours where they start to get a little bit more noticeable on the surface of my
eye so I personally don't really wear these lenses that much but I know a lot
of people find them very comfortable and have no problems wearing them for 18 or
possibly 24 plus hours in a day again once it'll give you that warning that
you should not sleep in lenses unless you were first evaluated by a doctor
because the risk of having complications and problems with the eyes and sleeping
in lenses is far greater than just the standard daily wear and if you ever do
have problems with lenses make sure you take them out right away and then call
your doctor immediately again you only get two eyes so take care of them
so I have question of the day do you wear monthly contact lenses which ones
are your favorite go ahead and comment in the section below hey thanks for
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