do you know they make sunglass contacts acuvue transitions have been out for almost two years
now and there are still a lot of people that don't know they exist what are they
how well do they work and what has been the response from the patients that have tried and
worn these contacts do transition contacts live up to the hype and are they worth it let's focus in
hey howdy everybody this is Dr. Neal Guymon, Dr. EyeGuy with the show that keeps your eyes healthy
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transitions or photochromic lenses is the technology that makes glasses go dark when
you go outside into the bright light they've now put transitions into a contact acuvue oasys with
transitions and let's step inside and go over the details acuvue transition contacts is made
out of the same base material as acuvue oasys contacts one of the most common soft contacts
out on the market it has the same base curves the same diameter of lenses and covers far sided
prescriptions up to a plus eight and nearsighted prescriptions up to a minus twelve so this covers
a wide range of prescriptions and fits a lot of people now unfortunately accurate transitions
do not come in any astigmatism powers that means those patients with high amounts of astigmatism
probably won't see very clear with this lens those patients with low amounts of astigmatism
may still be able to see and wear the lens but they might have to sacrifice some of their visual
clarity when they're wearing this lens and just like the activity oasis contact this is a two week
lens that means you can wear the same pair for two weeks taking them out every night and cleaning
them appropriately using the appropriate solution and then you put it in the next day now according
to the studies when you're actually wearing the contacts and you go outside it takes about 60
seconds to reach its full potential or full shaded potential of the contact lens and then when you go
back inside it may take 90 seconds or less when the uv light is gone to go back to its clear
nature now they say when you go outside the contact will become 70 shaded and block 55
of the blue light outdoors and then when you go back inside it will go back to its clear nature
but remain 15 shaded including blocking 15 of the blue light inside coming from your tv your
screens your phones your ipads which can be very important for some people now i am still wearing
the one contact and the one eye the acuvue oasys transition contact just in this eye and you can
barely even tell that it's there sometimes when i walk by a window and it catches some of the
uv light it'll activate a little bit and you can kind of tell or see a little bit of almost a dark
or almost like of a purple dark purple color now having been able to fit patients in these contacts
for the last year and a half to two years i'll tell you the exact same thing that i tell patients
in my chair do acuvue oasys transition contacts replace sunglasses the answer there is no a big
no they do not replace sunglasses for a few reasons now number one having worn them myself
and agreeing also with the patients that have worn them in my clinic it's not like wearing sunglasses
the acuvue transitions don't seem to get dark enough to the point where it feels like that
you're actually wearing a pair of sunglasses it doesn't feel like it cuts down the light enough
or the light just like a pair of sunglasses would number two the acuvue transition contacts do block
uv light but because they're a contact lens it's not blocking the uv light on the white part of
your eye the sclera or the eyelids or the skin around the eyes that's where sunglasses can shine
they can block the uv light for the whole eye eyeball eyelids now how do you know if transition
contacts might work for you number one if you're a light sensitive person you have light sensitivity
outside and maybe also inside the lights fluorescent lights tv screens computers phones
might irritate your eyes from the light these contacts would be perfect for you because
like i said they dim down the light outside as well as inside number two if you live in those
snowy environments like me i live in idaho and when the snow is on the ground super bright day
that can really irritate the eyes and transition contacts are perfect for that because it just
takes enough of the edge off to dim that down so you don't feel like your eyes are gonna have to
water you don't feel like you have to really squint through the light again you may still
have to reach for the sunglasses but transition contacts are perfect for that number three if you
suffer from headaches and you know that lights may trigger headaches or trigger a migraine transition
contacts would be excellent to try because it dims down the light inside and outside it may
also reduce the triggers or reduce the migraines or headaches that you might get number four
if you already wear acuvue oasis contacts it's definitely worth a try to wear acuvue oasis with
transitions when you're going in for your annual exam and you're going to have your evaluation
for contacts and you wear oasis consider trying the transitions you usually can get a trial pair
and see if it may reduce some of the symptoms that you have now one benefit that's been reported is
that it may reduce halos and starburst symptoms that you have at night it can reduce halos by 18
and starburst by 28 now i didn't notice this type of benefit and i haven't really heard this
from the patients that have worn the transition contacts i don't think it's a big selling point
for them but just know that it has been reported that this may be a potential benefit as well
now one potential downside is when you're wearing the contacts they actually do get pretty dark you
might not notice how dark they get when you're wearing them but other people will notice how
dark they are when they look at you and so you might get comments that you look like a demon now
just remember when you get your box of contacts make sure that you look on the back because there
might be a like button on there a like button on there now do i think acuvue oasis transition
contacts are worth it yes yes i do especially if you fall in those four categories if you're
light sensitive if you already live in a snowy or bright environment if you have headaches and you
know that lights can trigger your headaches or if you already wear acuvue oasis contacts then
i think it's definitely worth at least to try the transition contacts because i think it definitely
can help i have a question have you tried or are you wearing the transition contacts and how do you
like them have they lived up to the hype in your eyes and thanks for watching everybody
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