Optical Boutique

In addition to the comprehensive ophthalmology services provided at Chico Eye Center, our practice also features an optical shop with a wide array of eyeglass frames and contact lenses to suit every and budget. Our optical shop has the largest selection of quality eye wear in the North Valley. We offer patients frames from many elite designers, as well as stylish yet affordable alternatives. We also carry sun wear and a full line of frames for children and teens.

Eyeglasses

Whether you are looking for your first pair, or just want a new look, our professional, certified staff will take the time to get you exactly what you want. Browse through our extensive collection of frame designs and see what’s new; we have everything from trendy to traditional. Today’s eye wear has become a fashion statement as well as a necessity, so you can count on us to have the widest selection in the area.

Our convenient onsite location also eliminates the hassle of having to take your prescription to another location in order to fill your vision correction needs. With our full service in-house optical laboratory, we can usually have your glasses ready within 24 hours. In addition, we also provide sunglasses, goggles, and other forms of safety eyewear.

When visiting our optical boutique, patients will be seen by one of our certified opticians, who will help you decide which type of glasses are best for you. If we don’t have what you want on hand, we can order it for you.

There is never a need to make an appointment; just come in and see all the wonderful options available to you. To learn more about our optical shop, call us today at 895-1727 or stop in to see the wide array of products we currently offer.

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Contact Lenses

Thanks to advances in optical technology, almost everyone can now wear contact lenses, regardless of the type or extent of their vision problems. Many patients who were not able to be fitted with contact in the past, can now be comfortably fitted with newer state of the art contact lenses.  That includes patients with astigmatism and those who need bifocal or multifocal lenses. At Chico Eye Center, we offer a comprehensive array of contact lenses to suit our patients’ individual needs—from daily disposables to extended-wear soft contacts to rigid gas-permeable lenses to specialty need contacts. Talk with us to find out which contact lenses are best for you.

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Daily-wear Soft Contacts

Daily-wear soft contact lenses are by far the most popular type of contacts. Made of a flexible plastic polymer, daily-wear lenses are put in each morning and taken out each night. They rest in a cleaning solution while you sleep. Daily-wear contacts come in many colors and typically last about one year.

Extended-wear Soft Contacts

Extended-wear soft contact lenses can be worn all the time, including while you sleep. Depending on whether you have 7-day (standard) or 30-day lenses, you only need to take out and clean your contacts once a week or once a month.

Disposable Lenses

Disposable soft lenses are intended to be thrown out and replaced after you’ve worn them for a certain length of time. This makes them even easier to maintain than regular soft contacts. Many disposable lenses are designed for replacement each morning, every two weeks, or even every three months.

Gas-permeable Lenses

Rigid, gas-permeable contacts offer several benefits over soft lenses. They:

• Can correct a wider range of vision problems, including a high degree of astigmatism;
• Provide sharper vision than most soft lenses;
• Allow more oxygen to pass through to the eye, reducing the risk of corneal irritation;
• Are more durable than soft lenses and don’t need to be replaced as often, lasting as long as two or three years.

Because they are harder than flexible contacts, gas-permeable lenses may take some getting used to when you first start wearing them. They are also more likely to require adjustments to ensure centration and a proper fit.

Specialty Lenses

Specialty contact lenses can either be soft or gas permeable. They are used for patients with irregular corneas due to trauma, scarring, prior corneal surgery, and certain ocular inflammatory conditions. Fitting these types of lenses frequently requires special testing and ocular measurements and can be very time consuming. At Chico Eye Center, we have doctors that have specialized training in fitting these types of lenses. With proper fitting, many of these patients can achieve excellent visual results.

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To learn more about what our Optical Boutique offers, please call us today to schedule an appointment.