Specialty lens services
A lens fitting shaped around your eyes.
When glasses or conventional contacts fall short, a custom lens may provide the clarity, stability, and comfort you have been missing.
Custom lens care
More than a prescription.
Specialty contact lenses are evaluated against the shape of your cornea, the health of your ocular surface, your visual goals, and how the lens behaves on your eye.
Traditional rigid lenses sit on the cornea and may provide better vision than glasses, but comfort and stability can be limited for some patients. Scleral lenses are larger and rest on the white part of the eye. They vault over the cornea and hold a fluid reservoir beneath the lens, which can improve comfort while creating a stable optical surface.
There is no single lens that is best for every patient. Dr. Nanar uses diagnostic lenses, careful measurements, and follow-up evaluations to select and refine the option that best supports your vision and eye health.
What to expect
The fitting process.
Specialty fittings are iterative by design. Each visit helps refine vision, comfort, and the way the lens supports the eye.
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Evaluate, Fit, and Order
Your first appointment includes an eye health evaluation, measurements, and a conversation about your vision history and daily needs. Diagnostic lenses help determine an appropriate design. Once the fit is finalized, your lens is ordered specifically for you.
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Train
When the lens arrives, Dr. Nanar rechecks the fit and vision, teaches insertion and removal, and schedules follow-up care as needed.
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Refine
Further adjustments are performed to fine tune and tailor lenses for the patient.
Lens options
The right design for the job.
Dr. Nanar Hovasapian O.D. fits a range of lens designs so the recommendation can be based on your corneal shape, prescription, ocular surface, handling needs, and previous lens experience.
- Scleral contact lenses
- Custom contact lenses
- Gas permeable lenses
- Hybrid contact lenses
- Specialty soft lenses
Conditions treated
Complex eyes deserve a careful plan.
Patients may be referred for specialty lenses after changes to the cornea, chronic ocular surface symptoms, or reduced vision with standard correction.
- Keratoconus
- Pellucid marginal degeneration
- Dry eye and Sjögren’s syndrome
- Corneal scarring or injury
- Corneal transplant
- Post-RK changes
- Post-LASIK or PRK ectasia
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- High astigmatism
- Night glare and reduced visual quality
Start with a conversation about your eyes.
Call the office to schedule a specialty lens evaluation or ask what records to bring to your first visit.