To ask if anybody can tell me about scleric contact lenses

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I am short sighted/long sighted with astigmatism. I wear multifocal toric lenses. They are just OK. Yes I can read in them but distance vision is compromised. And soft lenses even toric never really totally tackle astigmatism.

I trialed gas permeables a while ago and nearly fainted at how good the vision was. Just amazing. But oh the pain. I am pretty pain resistant but they were hellish. I would have persevered due to the fantastic vision but I lost one and that was the end of the trial.

Mentioned this to optician today and she told me about Semi Scleric lenses. They are Gas perneable lenses so give the good vision but much bigger so they don't sit on the cornea. Normal GPls are small and sit on the cornea which is why they hurt.

Anyway, they are quite a new thing, not widely available. She doesn't know how to fit them but a colleague in anther branch does.

I am very very interested but not really much info online. Has anybody tried them? Are they as good as she said? And presumably they cost a mint......?

I have these.

I'm not in the UK, where I live it's been a process getting them fitted as they're a specialist lense that not many people wear, so k can't just rock up and try a few different sizes on. It's been a process of trialling some for a few weeks, having to make changes, wait for the new lenses to be reordered, etc. Finally have some that seem to be comfortable now.

They are much bigger than other lenses which took some getting used to, I previously wore soft daily disposables and found the new lenses really hard to put in at first. But after a few months of practice it's a lot easier.

I have dry eye disease so for me it's been a game changer as they are great for dry eyes.