Dailies Contact Lenses

How high is the refractive error in a contact lens?

My son is 7 years old. He was born with congenital glaucoma, but received the surgery in both eyes at 2 mos old. He has had a normal pressure ever since; however, he was left extremely nearsighted. He is currently a -26.0 refractive error with his glasses. Do they make contact lens for him? Thanks for your help.

Public Comments

1. no problem! yes, he can have contacts...they'll have to be custom-made, but its certainly do-able. IMO he probably needs either a gas permeable design or a soft-silicone design like o2 optix custom
2. I have had a - 24.00 made at a custom contact lab , which was equivalent to - 27.00 in glasses...so yes, it is made. That is definitely something to discuss with his eye Dr. , as to whether it would benefit him at this time.