Contact Lenses

Contact lenses have become a very popular form of visual correction, and their use is growing rapidly.

There are basically two types of contact lenses:

Rigid Gas permeable

• Huge range of materials and designs, can be made to fit any eyeshape
• Sharper vision - especially for those with astigmatism
• Multifocals
• Ortho-K - Nocturnal lenses, the new revolution in contact lenses, which you wear overnight to gently reshape the cornea, and then you take them out in the morning, and can see all day.

Soft lenses

• Daily disposable - ideal for occasional wearers, for sport or social use
• Weekly disposable
• Monthly planned replacement
• Durable
• Torics - to correct astigmatism
• Multifocal
• Coloured - to enhance, or change completely the colour of your eyes
• Continuous wear - new silicone hydrogel material allows 31 days continuous wear

Whittakers use advanced, computerised corneal mapping systems to accurately measure, and check your eye surfaces. This gives far more comfortable lenses, and a very high standard of aftercare.

We also have a direct debit plan, RENEW, which covers all your eyecare, lenses, and solutions in low cost, monthly payments, with substantial savings over normal RRPs. Renew patients also get 25% off their glasses, and can pay them interest free over 6 months