There have been recent advances in fitting the "over forty crowd" with contact lenses. Many people over forty were fit with one eye for reading and one eye for distance (monovision). This for some individuals works quite well. The other other method used was just fitting reading glasses over contact lenses.

Recently, there has been the development of multifocal contact lenses. They don't work on everybody. However, when they do work, the vision feels very natural. There are a few manufacturers of these particular contact lenses. Sometimes the patient has to return to the office a few times to get the correct lens fitted. I work quite diligently with my patients in trying to get them fit.