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If you have been fit with the Cooper Proclearmultifocal contact lens, then you already know how great the comfort and vision can be. Have youstopped to wonder what makes this lens so greatand why it is considered by many to lead themarket in soft disposable multifocals?

The Cooper ProClear Multifocal contact lenscombines the all day comfort of the entire proclear line with the versatility and optics ofthe frequency 55 multifocal. By the time a personneeds multifocal lenses; their eyes are generallydrier than they might have been a few yearsearlier, so the merging of the two designs makesperfect sense.

The proclear multifocal contact lens material wasmade specifically for people with dry eyes. Allproclear lenses are made up of 62% water whichmakes a very high water content lens. Thebreakthrough in the material is not necessarilyits water content; rather it is the ability ofthe lens to maintain its water content throughoutthe day.

Most high water content lenses dehydrate rapidlyand rely on the eyes tear film to replenish thelost water. For someone that already has dry eyes,this creates a very uncomfortable contact lensenvironment. Contact lens related dry eye can bevery noticeable at the end of the day or duringextended computer use.

With Cooper’s ProClear material, the lenses have ahigh water content which makes them comfortableinitially and they retain that high water contentin most environments. For a person wearing theCooper ProClear multifocal contact lens, thismeans it does not rely on absorbing as many tearsas other lenses to maintain a moist state. Whetherat the computer, the theatre, or the beach,Proclear lenses stay comfortable.

Essentially, ProClear means initial comfort thatlasts throughout the day. All the ProClear families of lenses are designed to be replaced ona monthly basis which makes them convenient andextremely healthy.

With this amazing material, it was only a matterof time before Cooper released the ProClear Mulitfocal. These soft contact lenses have a widerange of parameters allowing most people to befit with sphere powers between +4.00 and -6.00.Add powers start at +1.00 and go up to +2.50. Twostyles are made, a distance lens and a near lens.

When fit properly the Proclear multifocal has theability to provide end of day comfort, qualitydistance vision, great computer vision, and addfor near vision.