mark (03/09/83)
#R:ihuxt:-16800:zinfandel:16900001:000:1313 zinfandel!mark Mar 7 16:36:00 1983 Yes toric lenses are for astigmatism ("technical term?" is "spherical lense" a technical term?); I tried toric lenses to correct astigmatism but gave it up for 3 reasons: 1. As a long-term hard lens wearer I found that I just wasn't satisfied with the vision I got from soft lenses; it wasn't that 'crystal-clear' sight you get with hard lenses. Seems that the people happiest with soft lenses are those that weren't previously contented hard lens wearers. 2. The lenses are weighted so that they maintain the proper orientation. Unfortunately what happens is that when they move from the proper location you get a moment of very fuzzy vision, and then they move back and your sight clears. So what causes them to move off in the first place? Eye motion and blinking, largely. What this means in practice is that in some activity where rapid, accurate vision is important, (eg, racquetball), then you're likely to be looking around rapidly and your lenses shift a lot (read: my lenses shifted a lot). As a result, you get foggy vision just when you want sharp vision the most. 3. If you have bad astigmatism (I do) then you can feel the differing thickness at different places in the lenses sometimes. Mark Wittenberg ...!decvax!sytek!zehntel