Best Contact Lenses For Dry Eyes — Take Control of Your Comfort!
By Julie Sennett
·4 min read
As the demand for digital device usage steadily increases in our daily lives, dry eyes are becoming an ever-increasing problem. Staring at monitors and screens causes our eyes to blink far less frequently, which causes our eyes to dry out faster than they should. Now add 12+ hours of contact lens wear in the mix, and you can be left with some serious discomfort.
Luckily, contact lens manufacturers are aware of this problem and have all been working hard to develop great contact lenses that are even comfortable for people with dry eyes. In this article, I will discuss my top monthly and daily picks for the best contact lenses for dry eyes.
Medical disclaimer: I am not a doctor. The information provided on this page is for general educational purposes only. You are not receiving medical advice or being given a diagnosis on this site. Please read Contacts Advice Terms of Use before continuing.
Monthly Contact Lenses
1. ULTRA by Bausch + Lomb
When it comes to comfort in a monthly lens, there is simply no contest. ULTRA is the first monthly lens to hit the market since 2008. Prior to ULTRA, people wearing monthly contact lenses were wearing lenses that were over a decade old.
The ULTRA lens was designed specifically to solve the problem of dryness with contact lenses. It is revolutionary in design, in that it combines all the elements that make a contact lens breathable with all the elements that make a contact lens comfortable. A decade ago, these two things came at each other's expense. Lenses were either very breathable, but felt stiff and uncomfortable, or very comfortable, but not so breathable. Bausch + Lomb knew that for ULTRA to succeed they had to combine both. That's why they spent years on research and development until they perfected it, and the resulting contact lens is truly phenomenal.
Read my full review of the Bausch + Lomb ULTRA lens.
2. Acuvue Vita by Johnson & Johnson
Acuvue Vita is Johnson & Johnson's response to Bausch + Lomb's ULTRA. Johnson & Johnson has long dominated in the realm of comfort, but they had never put out a monthly contact lens until Acuvue Vita.
Acuvue Vita utilizes brand new technology that they call HydraMax. Compared to its predecessor, Acuvue Oasys with HydraClear, HydraMax helps the contact lens material stay hydrated and comfortable for a full month without gradually getting drier and scratchier as other brands do.
Also, Acuvue Vita is non-coated. That means that the properties that make this contact lens comfortable are found in the material of the contact lens itself. It does not depend on an exterior coating to keep it comfortable, which is good because those coatings tend to wear out by the end of the month.
Read my full review of Acuvue Vita by Johnson & Johnson.
Daily Contact Lenses
3. Acuvue Oasys 1-Day by Johnson & Johnson
Although this lens shares its name with the bi-weekly lens Acuvue Oasys, the Acuvue Oasys 1-Day has very little in common with its bi-weekly namesake. The material is different, the replacement schedule is different, the lens treatments are different, the patented technology used to create it is different, etc.
Johnson & Johnson developed Acuvue Oasys 1-Day principally to deliver a contact lens with the smoothest surface possible. This allows wearers of Acuvue Oasys 1-Day to wear their contacts comfortably all day, regardless of whether you're always in front of a computer, or constantly on the go. The advances in comfort and breathability in this lens are due to the patented HydraLuxe technology, which is currently unique to Acuvue Oasys 1-Day.
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