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Contact lenses
Order contacts online
We make it easy to order your contact lenses and have them delivered direct to your door. Free shipping on all annual supplies of contacts or on orders more than $100. You do not need to be a current UW Health patient; just enter your prescription or call your nearest optical shop.
Virtual frame gallery
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Locations
Three locations for your convenience
All UW Health Optical locations see patients by appointment, with same-day appointments and curbside pickup available.
Deming Way Eye Care Clinic Optical
E Terrace Dr Medical Center Optical
University Station Eye Care Clinic Optical
Specialty eye care
Helping you achieve the best possible vision with your eyewear
At UW Health, your eye health care team isn’t limited to your Optometrist or Ophthalmologist. Our board-certified opticians work with your doctors to ensure you achieve the best possible vision with your new eyewear.
Specialty lenses, glasses and devices
Kid-friendly contacts
We now offer MiSight, kid-friendly daily disposable soft contact lenses from CooperVision.
Kids lead active, jam-packed lives. But whether they’re playing pretend, riding bikes with their friends or learning new things at school, myopia (nearsightedness) can make it harder for them to engage in the activities they love. And as they grow, their prescription might get stronger, too.
MiSight one-day contact lenses not only correct nearsightedness, they’re also the first soft contact lenses proven to slow the progression of myopia in children aged 8-12 at initiation of treatment.
Talk with your UW Health optician to see if MiSight contacts are right for your child.
Scleral lenses
Scleral lenses are custom-made contact lenses designed to fit your specific eyes. They are for patients with the following conditions:
Corneal irregularities
Keratoconus
Pellucid marginal degeneration
Salzmann’s nodular degeneration
Corneal dystrophies
Post-corneal transplant/surgery
Post-LASIK, post-PRK
Traumatic scarring
Ocular surface diseases
Severe dry eye syndrome
Sjogren’s syndrome
Systemic autoimmune disorders
Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Epidermal ocular disorders
Neurotrophic keratitis
Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
Sharp vision correction for patients with normal corneas
High astigmatism
Multifocal for presbyopia
EyePrint Prosthetics
We are a certified EyePrint practitioner. EyePrint uses impressions and scan of the surface of your eyes to create a virtual 3D model. They can then design specialized lenses that match the exact shape of your eyes. This results in greater stability of the lenses and improved comfort.
Ortho-k lenses (orthokeratology)
Orthokeratology, or ortho-k, is the use of specially designed and fitted contact lenses to temporarily reshape the cornea to improve vision. It’s like orthodontics for your eyes and the treatment is often compared to dental braces. Most ortho-k lenses are worn at night to reshape the front surface of the eye while you sleep. Vision improvements are reversible, but can be maintained if you keep wearing the lenses as directed.
Hand-painted contact lenses
Adventure In Colors custom colored prosthetic soft lenses from Golden, Colo., provides a variety of hand-painted tinting for soft contact lenses. We work with Adventures in Colors for the following services:
Hand-painted iris colors and designs
Special colored lenses
Standard enhancement tints
Special prosthetic tints
ZELTZER X-CHROM soft contact lenses
Special effect and theatrical lenses
Sunglass-colored lenses
These help patients with unique vision needs, including:
Amblyopia
Albinism
Aniridia
Diplopia
Double vision
Light sensitivity
Photophobia
Pupil irregularities
Scarred cornea
Other anomalies
Hybrid lenses (rigid and soft lens combined)
SynergEyes iD, Duette and UltraHealth contact lenses combine the stability of a rigid lens with the comfort of a soft lens into one personalized contact lens solution. Single, multifocal and progressive vision options are available.
SynergEyes provides a broad portfolio of technologically advanced lenses. These contact lenses transform vision for patients with astigmatism, presbyopia and irregular cornea conditions.
Low vision devices
Low vision is a condition in which vision cannot be corrected by glasses, contacts, surgery or medicine. People who have low vision are said to be visually impaired or have irreversible vision loss and their vision impairment is usually caused by an underlying eye disease or congenital disorder.
A variety of diseases and disorders that affect the eye (many age-related) can cause an individual to become visually impaired:
Macular degeneration
Diabetic retinopathy
Glaucoma
Cataracts
Retinitis pigmentosa
Stargardt disease
Other conditions
We carry devices for low vision patients including:
Hand-held, stand and pocket lighted magnifiers
Telescope and microscope glasses
Absorptive filters (prescription and non-prescription)
Portable and desktop video magnifiers
Task lighting
Other optical aids
The optician's role in your care
A certified optician is an eyecare expert that specializes in the fitting, adjusting, and dispensing of prescription eyeglasses and other visual aids. The certified optician also specializes in training new patients in the wearing of contact lenses.
Working as a team with the optometrist and ophthalmologist, the certified optician will analyze your prescription and educate you on the best lens options that affect the way you see. They look at the size and shape of the lens, pupil and focal measurements, fitting heights for both single vision and multifocal lenses, lens materials, and more; while making sure that the frames look the best and makes you feel good about your purchase.
You likely wear glasses or contacts every day. Don’t leave such an important part of your eye health and personal style to a sales associate or online checklist. The experts at UW Health Optical will help you live your best life by ensuring you don’t miss any of the details, in style.
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Frequently asked questions
UW Health Optical has the expertise and experience necessary to help find the right lenses for your needs.
Glasses and contact lens recycling
Donate your used glasses
Although we recommend keeping a recent pair of glasses as a good backup option, all three of our optical locations take donations of used glasses.
The glasses that are donated are put to good use. We use many of the glasses donated on mission trips to other countries to help individuals who need glasses without the means to obtain them.
We also work with a local organization who provide corrective lenses to millions in low- and middle-income countries that lack access to basis eye care.
Recycle your used contacts
All three UW Health Optical locations are proud to be part of a contact lens recycling program.
Normal water purification processes are not eliminating contacts particles from the water so they are ending up in our foods and polluting our rivers and lakes.
To fight back for our environment, UW Health Optical locations collect and recycle used contacts and the blister packs they come in.