Are Contact Lenses Custom Made?

Though most custom contact lenses currently are made of rigid gas permeable lens materials, custom lenses also are available in soft lens materials, including new highly oxygen-permeable silicone hydrogel polymers. A number of contact lens manufacturers offer special design soft contacts for hard-to-fit eyes.

Who makes custom contact lenses?

Bausch + Lomb Specialty Vision Products provides lens options which include custom soft lenses, GP lenses and sclerals for medically indicated conditions like keratoconus, irregular corneas and post-surgical conditions.

How are contact lenses manufactured?

Soft contact lenses are usually manufactured by a process called injection molding. The lens material is heated until melting point and then injected into a mold. Once the material dries, it takes on the contact lens shape of the mold. Sometimes, extra material must be removed before polishing this lens.