Azman
Contact Lens Specialists |
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Azman Eye Care Specialists is the preeminent contact lens specialty
practice in the greater Baltimore area. Patients are referred to
Azman Eye Care Specialists from eye care professionals throughout
the United States.
Our practice is specifically designed, equipped, and staffed to
provide the contact lens patient with nothing but the finest in
professional care. As contact lens specialists, we have successfully
treated thousands of patients with contact lenses, including many
who were previously told they could not wear contact lenses.
The one characteristic that sets Azman
Contact Lens Specialists apart from other
eye care practitioners is that they neither
avoid nor decline the challenge of
prescribing the most difficult cases. They
tend to have a perfectionist demeanor.
Our contact lens
specialists will take all factors into consideration to
prescribe the best contact lens system for you: To Schedule
appointment Call 410.561.8050 |
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Times Have Changed - Technological Advances at Azman Eye Care Specialists
Contact lenses are not what they used to be... even two years ago.
Technological advances have greatly improved contact lenses and lens care
products – revolutionizing vision correction.
At Azman Eye Care Specialists, our doctors keep well informed of
emerging technologies by being involved in research studies and FDA
clinical trials. We design and develop new contact lenses on an
ongoing basis. Our doctors will recommend the contact lenses that
will work best for your eyes and your lifestyle.
Our doctors prescribe contact lenses made by all major
manufacturers, as well as contact lenses from smaller custom labs,
and even develop our own unique contact lenses for patients whom
other doctors may consider difficult or impossible to fit. Due to
our doctor's vast experience in contact lenses, they often find that
patients who have not had past success with contact lenses are now
able to enjoy safe, healthy contact lens wear.
As experts in the field of contact lenses, our doctors stay involved
in research and development of the newest products associated with
contact lenses, lectures at vision conferences, and has published
numerous articles in professional contact lens literature and
journals. You can be assured that our doctors will provide the
highest quality of contact lens care, whether your needs are as
straight forward as soft-disposable contact lenses, or as complex as
fitting lenses for kerataconus or following corneal trauma.
Emergency Contact
Lens Service
At Azman Contact Lens Specialists, we inventory more than 20,000
different lenses in order to best fit each individual patient, and
to accommodate any emergency needs our patients may have, such as
losing or tearing a lens. Our inventory of lenses includes the
following:
Soft, Astigmatism Soft, Gas Permeable, Bifocal Soft, Tinted Lenses,
Extended Wear, Keratoconic,
Lenses for Eye Traumas, Color-Corrective Lenses for Color
Deficiency, Sport Contact Lenses, New "Wave Front" Lenses, Lenses
for Radial Keratonomy Failure, PRK and Lasik failure and Disposable Silicone.
Specialty Contact Lenses
When it comes to personalized contact lens care, no doctor can match
the attention given by Dr. Irwin Azman and Dr. Thomas Azman of the Azman Contact Lens Specialists. The Azman
team is world renowned for their expertise, unwavering commitment to
superb patient care, passion, and education in providing
personalized eye care for contact lens patients. They have earned a
reputation by their peers as being the "Doctor's doctor".
The one characteristic that sets Azman Contact Lens Specialists
apart from other eyecare practitioners is that they neither avoid
nor decline the challenge of prescribing the most difficult caese.
They tend to have a perfectionist demeanor.
Physicians, Optometrists, and Ophthalmologists from all over the
nation refer their challenging and complex contact lens patients to
the Azman team. The doctor's meticulous contact lens evaluation is
unique and will not only determine if a patient's eye are
appropriate for contacts; but also will let the Azman team prescribe
the correct type of lens that is the most compatible for the
patient's eyes and visual needs. The Azman doctors prescribe all
types of contact lenses including; bifocals, progressive, lenses for
astigmatism, dry eyes, golf and other sports, color vision
correction, theatric, post-lasik, and many other specialty lenses.
For those patients with dry eyes, a comprehensive dry eye evaluation
will allow the doctor to determine the best treatment regimen for
the patient's specific condition. Only a comprehensive contact lens
evaluation will assure long term eye health, perfect all day eye
sight, and all day comfort.
The Azman team of specialists have redefined and set the gold
standard of care in the contact lens profession and are known as the
experts by their peers. When it comes to contact lenses "they are
the "Doctor's doctor".
Bifocal and Multifocal Contact Lenses
If your work or lifestyle prevents you from comfortably wearing
bifocals or multifocal eyeglasses, or if you are tired of constantly
putting on and taking off your reading glasses, our doctors can
evaluate to see if bifocal or multifocal contact lenses are for you.
Our meticulous bifocal and multifocal contact lens evaluation will
allow us to tailor the design, material and brand of contact lens to
your unique eye characteristics to attain the perfect fit: the lens
that provides the best combination of all day comfort, long term eye
health and crisp clear vision at all distances.
Soft and Gas Permeable Multifocal and
Bifocal Designs
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To the right is a partial list of designs. We do not endorse a
certain design because one design may work fine for you but the same
design may do very little for others. Only a comprehensive contact
lens evaluation can determine which design is best suited for your
particular eye characteristics. |
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* Omni lenses- modified version of monovision
* Translating -alternates between near and distance
* Omni SynergEyes- hybricd of soft and gas permeable
* Monovison lenses- single vision- multifocal * right
near *left near
* Aspheric lenses -back * front * multi- near center-
distance center
* Progressive design
* Concentric center design- near center- distance
center-alternating
* Crescent design-
* Astigmatism multifocal bifocal designs- with any above
combinations |
Soft and Gas Permeable Multifocal and
Bifocal Brands
The following is a partial list of the leading
brands. We do not endorse any one certain brand because one brand
may work fine for you but the same contact lens may do very little
for others. Only a comprehensive contact lens evaluation can
determine which brand is best suited for your particular eye
characteristics.
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SOFT BRANDS
* Accuve bifocal
* Air optix multifocal
* Purevision multi-focal
* Proclear multifocal
* Proclear multifocal toric
* Cibasoft progressive toric
* C-vue toric multifocal
* C-vue multifocal
* Horizon bicon toric
* Metrofocal toric
* Polyvue
* Horizon progressive
* Flexlens multifocal
* Soflens multifocal
* Unilens
* UCL multifocal
* Proclear ep
* Synergy wave
* HD2 , HDX2
* CV ASPHERIC
* Focus progressives
* Frequency 55 multifocal
* Custom design
GAS PERMEABLE BRANDS
* custom design |
Soft and Gas Permeable Multifocal and Bifocal Materials
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To the right is a partial list of materials. We do not endorse any
one particular material because one material may work fine for you
but the same material may do very little for others. The main factor
that determines material compatibility with your eye is your tear
structure. Only a comprehensive tear analysis and lid evaluation can
determine which material is best suited for your eyes . The wrong
material can lead to discomfort and an unhealthy eye condition. |
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SOFT MATERIALS
* silicone hydrogel and many hybrids
* hema many hybrids
GAS PERMEABLE MATERIALS
* FLUROSILICONE ACRYLATE
* SILICONE ACRYLATE
* FLUORO-SILICATE ACRYLIC
* STRYLSILONE
* FLURO-SILOXANYL STYRENE |
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Astigmatism Contact Lenses
Our meticulous astigmatism contact lens evaluation will allow us to
tailor the design, material and brand of contact lens to your unique
eye characteristics to attain the perfect fit: the contact lens that
provides the best combination of all day comfort, long term eye
health and crisp clear vision at all distances.
Soft Astigmatism Designs
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To the right is a partial list of designs. We do not endorse any
one design because one design may work fine for you but the same
design may do very little for others. Only a comprehensive contact
lens evaluation can determine which design is best suited for your
particular eye characteristics. |
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* accelerated stabilization design
* prescision balance 8/4
* symmetric stabilization
* prism
* horizontal iso thickness
* circumferential bevel
* eccentric lenticulation
* biprism
* custom design |
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Soft Astigmatism Brands
The following is a partial list of the leading brands. We do not
endorse any one brand because one brand may work fine for you but
the same contact lens may do very little for others. Only a
comprehensive contact lens evaluation can determine which brand is
best suited for your particular eye characteristics. If you would
like for further information regarding these lenses refer to their
respective website
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* acuve advance for astigmatism
* acuve oasys for astigmatism
* air optix for astigmatism
* alden toric
* biocurve toric
* biofinity toric
* biomedics toric
* c-vue advance custom toric
* extreme h20 toric
* focus dailies toric
* frequency 55 toric
* freshlook toric
* preference toric
* proclear toric
* purvision toric
* specialeyes toric
* synergy toric
* custom toric |
Soft Astigmatism Materials
The following is a partial list of materials. We do not endorse any
one particular material because one material may work fine for you
but the same material may do very little for others. The main factor
that determines material compatibility with your eye is your tear
structure. Only a comprehensive tear analysis and lid evaluation can
determine which material is best suited for your eyes . The wrong
material can lead to discomfort and an unhealthy eye condition.
* silicone hydrogel and many hybrids
* hema many hybrids |
Keratoconus Treatment
Today gas permeable contact lens correction of keratoconus is still
the main stay of treatment, however very specialized designs have
been developed that improve vision and comfort far beyond yesterdays
lenses. In addition, customized soft lenses, hybrid, and sclera
lenses can now be designed that can also provide excellent visual
results in many cases of keratoconus. Some of the highly customized
designs used by your contact lens specialists at Azman Contact Lens
Specialists(ACLS) include among many others:
* KBA bi-aspheric (gas perm)
* Rose-K designs (gas perm)
* IKone bi-aspheric (gas perm)
* McGuire designs (gas perm)
* Soper designs (gas perm)
* HydraKone (soft lens)
* AlterKone (soft lens)
* Synergeyes Clear Kone and SynergEyes KC (hybrid soft
and gas perm combination)
* Jupiter Scleral (sclera gas perm)
* MSD (mini sclera gas perm)
* Macrolens (corneal-scleral gas perm)
* Intra-Limbal design (large diameter gas perm)
* "Piggy-back" lens systems (combinations of soft
disposable lenses and gas permeable
lenses fit over the soft lens for improved comfort and
fitting)
* Custom design |
Clinical Trials in Contact Lenses, Solutions and Ocular Pharmaceuticals.
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Our doctors are constantly involved in clinical trials and studies
for numerous contact lens and pharmaceutical laboratories. Our
patients are often asked to serve as subjects for theses studies,
thus giving them the chance to access the newest developments in eye
care. Some of the studies we have been involved in include: |
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* Bifocal Soft Contact Lenses
* Disposable Contact Lenses
* Thirty-Day Continuous Wear Contact Lenses
* New super high oxygen permeable soft contact lenses
* Contact Lens Care Systems
* Dry Eye Treatments |
Azman Eye Care Specialists is involved in clinical trials on an
ongoing basis. If you wish to be involved in upcoming studies,
please contact our office to speak with our Clinical Studies
Coordinator, Joanne Wilhelm.
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