Contact Lens Exams, Fittings, & Brands

Contact Lenses & Glasses: The Best of Both Worlds

At Monson Optical, we offer comprehensive contact lens exams and fittings. Whether you’re new to contacts or a seasoned wearer, our team is here to guide you. We’ll help you find what’s comfortable and the right fit for you.

We aim to meet your vision needs, and we also offer a fabulous selection of glasses. With a variety of options, you can decide if and when you’d like to change up your style–for a meeting, event, or just because you want to!

Let’s have some fun with the options that are available to you. Contact us to schedule an appointment today!

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How Often Should I Get a Contact Lens Exam & Fitting?

During a contact lens exam, we’ll complete tests and decide if contacts are an option for you. We’ll determine your prescription, which will differ from your glasses prescription.

If you wear contacts, we recommend an annual exam. A contact lens exam and fitting don’t replace a comprehensive eye exam. We recommend both so that we can monitor your eye health and check if your contacts fit properly.

What’s the Difference Between Hard Contacts & Soft Contacts?

While soft contact lenses are more common than hard contact lenses, we offer both to our patients. In fact, we’re one of the few local offices that provide hard contact lenses.

Hard contact lenses and soft contact lenses both have their own advantages. We can help you decide which ones will be a suitable fit for you based on your unique needs.

Whichever ones you choose, please don’t sleep in your contacts! It could increase your risk of an eye infection.

Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) or Hard Contact Lenses

Hard contact lenses may offer patients clearer vision and are less likely to tear. However, they also can take some time to get used to and could be more complicated to care for than soft contact lenses.

Soft Contact Lenses

Patients may find soft contact lenses more comfortable because of their flexibility. They may also be easier to get used to than hard contact lenses.

We offer toric, multifocal, and daily lenses:

Toric lenses can help correct astigmatism, which can blur and distort vision.
Multifocal lenses can help to correct both near and farsightedness.
Daily lenses are worn during the day and stored at night.

Book an Appointment

If you’d like to book a contact lens exam or fitting, you’ve come to the right place! Contact us to schedule an appointment today.

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Our Brands

ACUVUE

The options are nearly endless when it comes to ACUVUE® brand contact lenses – the #1 contact lens brand in the world. Long-lasting comfort and clear vision can be yours with a contact lens in the ACUVUE® brand family.

Alcon

Alcon has one mission: to provide innovative products that enhance quality of life by helping people see better. Alcon is and uniquely poised to serve every contact lens wearer by addressing the full life cycle of their needs. Designed in the USA.

Bausch + Lomb

Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected American healthcare brands globally, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.

CooperVision

We create and execute innovation that is unmatched in the contact lens industry. There's much more to our story than that, however. You'll find that what sets us apart is how we approach our business. We collaborate, we listen, and we enjoy what we do. Designed in the USA.

Our Services

Frames & Lenses

Sunglasses

Contact Lens Exams, Fittings, & Brands

Adult & Senior Eye Exams

Our Location

We’re conveniently located in the center of Monson at the intersection of Main St. and Cushman St., just a few doors from the Woodbine Country Store.