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Contact Lens Services

To reorder contact lenses, please email contactlenses@upmc.edu.

The UPMC Vision Institute’s team of optometrists offers the most all-inclusive contact lens services in the Western Pennsylvania region.

In addition to lenses that correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism, we specialize in difficult-to-fit patients with:

  • high astigmatism
  • dry eye
  • presbyopia
  • keratoconus
  • LASIK-induced keratectasia
  • corneal transplants
  • corneal scars
  • artificial corneas
  • trauma

We provide scleral lens services for patients with severe ocular surface disease stemming from conditions such as Sjogren’s syndrome, graft versus host disease, neurotrophic keratitis, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, or chemical injury to the eye. Prosthetic lenses used for traumatic injuries or congenital abnormalities are also available.

All fittings include insertion and removal training, personalized recommendations for lens disinfection systems, wearing schedules, and follow-up care. According to federal law, contact lens prescriptions expire in one year.