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Contact Lenses

Contact Lens Louisville Headquarters

When it comes to contact lenses in Louisville, Koby Karp Doctors Eye Institute is your best source for everything you need. Whether you are interested in wearing contact lenses for the first time, are considering an upgrade for comfort and convenience, or have been told in the past that contact lenses are not an option for you, our physicians at Koby Karp Doctors Eye Institute would be happy to discuss with you the latest in contact lens innovation.

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Now you can order your contact lenses online and either pick them up at our office or receive them in the mail.

Introducing the doctoreyeinstitute.net webStore. All you need is your current prescription. Just click here to go to our ordering site and fill in the appropriate information. It's that easy!

If it has been a year since your last eye examination, call us to setup an appointment 502.897.1604.

Welcome to the fastest, easiest way to get your contact lenses. It's the doctoreyeinstitute.net webStore. And keep watching this site for more items that we plan to add to our all new online services.

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AIR OPTIX® Contact Lenses

AIR OPTIX® are state of the art breathable contact lenses designed for daily wear but with the flexibility of occasional overnight wear for up to 6 nights (as directed by your eye care practitioner).

A revolutionary Silicone Hydrogel technology transmits up to 5 times more oxygen to your eyes than traditional soft lenses. So your eyes are better protected from the signs and symptoms of lack of oxygen - dryness, irritation, end-of-day discomfort and redness. And since, on average, contact lens users wear their lenses for 11 hours a day, this is a huge plus.

AIR OPTIX® lenses have a unique surface treatment that is proven to provide a cleaner, more wettable lens for improved comfort.

AIR OPTIX® NIGHT & DAY®

AIR OPTIX® NIGHT&DAY® contact lenses may be worn 24 hours a day, for up to 30 days and nights - even while you sleep.

They were created from a revolutionary material unlike that of ordinary contacts and designed specifically for long-term continuous wear. The lens allows an incredible 6 times more oxygen to reach the cornea of the eye than traditional soft disposables do, letting your eyes breathe all night and day.

If suitable you can pop them in and leave them in for up to one month.

• No daily insertion and removal
• No more cleaning, rinsing and disinfecting
• No eye irritations from lens cleaning solutions

AIR OPTIX® Individual Lenses

AIR OPTIX® Individual lenses are perfect if you need a completely custom-made solution for all your lens needs, or have a high prescription. If you have previously not been able to get modern contact lenses in your prescription AIR OPTIX® Individual may be the answer.

Like other AIR OPTIX® lenses, their construction from Silicone Hydrogel allows up to 5 times more oxygen transmissibility than traditional soft lenses, protecting your eyes better from the signs and symptoms of lack of oxygen - dryness, irritation, end-of-day discomfort and redness.

AIR OPTIX® Individual lenses have been designed for wear on a daily basis for up to 3 months, and created using state-of-the-art InnoLathe™ technology.

So the wide range of customizable powers and fittings available with AIR OPTIX® Individual provides more choice and flexibility than any other Silicone Hydrogel contact lens.

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FreshLook

Change your eye color online!

Right this minute you can see what you would look like with different colored eyes! Visit the Freshlook Color Studio and follow the instructions to upload your photo. Chose the color contacts that you like best and receive a FREE trial pair!

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Testimonials

"I moved here from out of town and since coming to Koby Karp (Doctors Eye Institute) for my contacts I now have a different type that better suits my needs. They fit better and are more comfortable than any I've worn before. I think it’s because they took the time to get me into the right type of lenses that worked best for me. Now I wouldn't go anywhere else."
RG-Louisville

"There are so many choices in contact lenses now. When I first started wearing them it was so much different. Now I can put them in and forget about them for at least two weeks! Dr. Stroud took the time to ask me questions that helped me choose these lenses and I'm so glad he did. Then he told me I would love them and he was right!"
GT-Okolona

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Types of Lenses

Rigid Gas Permeable - (RGP) have replaced standard hard lenses. They generally provide crisper, clearer vision than some soft lenses particularly for patients with corneal irregularities or with keratoconus and are the easiest to care for. RGP lenses tend to be more durable and resistant to deposit buildup and are a low risk for causing infections.

Daily Wear Soft Lenses are larger in size and are very popular because they are easier to adjust to than rigid permeable lenses. Since they are harder to dislodge they are often used in sports. These lenses should be replaced every year.

Extended Wear Lenses - Usually worn up to 7 days without removal or cleaning. There is, however, an increased risk for infection with these lenses. They are available in rigid gas permeable or soft lenses and replacement is needed on a yearly basis.

Overnight Lenses - Because of the advances in lens material and oxygen permeability, extended wear (overnight) contact lenses are now available in options which have been approved by the FDA for periods of up to 30 days at a time.

Toric - Designed to correct astigmatism problems. They are available in both rigid gas permeable (RGP) and soft lenses. Soft Toric contact lenses are also available in larger ranges of parameters and sizes than they were in the past. This is helping to comfortably accommodate patients with astigmatism.

Oxygen permeable - The contact lenses of the past created a barrier to the natural flow of oxygen between the eyes and the air around them. However, with the event of more oxygen permeable contact lenses, patients are experiencing less and less of the following symptoms related to corneal oxygen deficiency: end-of-day discomfort, irritation, dryness, redness and blurred vision.

Disposable Soft Lenses - Wear them up to 14 days and then simply throw them away.

Monovision Contact Lenses - One lens for distance, one for near is a very simple way to replace bifocal spectacles. This can be done in rigid gas permeable or soft lenses.

Bifocal - Some of the most recent and exciting advances in the contact lens world involve new lenses for persons who require bifocal spectacles and for those who have high amounts of astigmatism.

Multifocal - Multifocal soft contact lenses are also helping to correct both distance and near vision in patients over the age of 40.

Cosmetic - Colored contact lenses are also available through Doctors Eye Institute, if the desire of the patient is cosmetic as well as visual. A popular take on traditional colored contact lenses, particularly around the Halloween holiday, are the Wild Eyes lenses.

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Fitting

Since contact lenses are still medical devices, an appropriate fitting session with adequate follow- up is required by state law before supply lenses can be purchased, and before contact lens prescriptions will be released. At each fitting, trial lenses are usually dispensed to be used by the patient at no additional cost to them. In this manner, the patient is able to assess and evaluate the effectiveness and comfort of the proposed lenses before purchasing any. Many patients who have been unable to wear lenses in the past are doing well and enjoying the freedom from spectacles, which contacts can provide, after being fit at Doctors Eye Institute.

Products

Along with your contact lens fitting at Doctors Eye Institute, you will be given samples of some of the most advanced and efficient contact lens cleaning systems on the market today, in accordance with the type of contacts you are fitted with, and to meet your personal needs.

Appropriate solutions provide the safeguard of cleanliness and hygiene for contact lens wearers to remain comfortable and contamination free. Advances in materials for precision lenses have made contact lenses an option for more and more people.

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Brands

There are many brands of contact lenses available at Doctors Eye Institute. The following are just a few of the newest and most popular ones:

Acuvue® Advance™ Brand Contact Lenses are made with Hydraclear™ so you'll enjoy a unique, soft silky feel- no matter how long your day lasts. Acuvue® offers a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! Hydraclear™ is the proprietary technology that brings together a remarkable moisture rich wetting agent with high performance base materials to form clear, wettable lenses resulting in a unique, silky, soft feel. It provides comfort as good at the end of the day as when you first put your lenses on, and stays moist all day as well. Acuvue® lenses feature visibility tint so your lenses are easy to see and handle, the highest UVA and UVB blocking to help protect portions of your eyes and an Inside-Out Mark so you'll insert your lenses correctly every time.

Acuvue® Oasys™ - The world can be a very dry place. With Acuvue® Oasys™ IN, dry is OUT. Whether you're inside or outside, challenging environments can make your eyes feel tired and dry. Even long hours in front of computer can leave your eyes craving moisture. Wearing Oasys™ will feel almost like you're wearing no lens at all!

Acuvue® Advance™ for Astigmatism - Acuvue® Advance™ Brand Contact Lenses for astigmatism offer a new world in contact lenses. Acuvue® Advance™ for astigmatism is the only lens for astigmatism with Hydraclear™ that allows contact lenses to be comfortable immediately and throughout your busy day. Breakthrough technology, known as the Accelerated Stabilization Design, harnesses the power of the blink to create a lens that remains positioned correctly and gives you crisp, steady vision all day long, no matter what you are doing.
Learn more - click on http://www.acuvue.com

PureVision™ (Bausch & Lomb) contact lenses with innovative optics deliver pure, rich contrast and highly refined detail. And they're made from our unique material that's exceptionally healthy, so your eyes can feel as comfortable as you ever imagined, all day long and well into the night.

PureVision™ contact lenses have an enhanced optical design to correct spherical aberration, a natural occurrence in which light rays are refracted at different angles as they pass through the eye. Left uncorrected, spherical aberration can result in less than optimal visual quality.

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Financing

Learn more about our convenient financing plans.

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Schedule An Appointment

Schedule an Appointment for your contact lens, evaluation and fitting today by calling 502.897.1604 or 1.800.777.4393.

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