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Serving the following areas since 1975:
Perry Hall, Baltimore, Pikesville, Carney, Cockeysville, Lutherville, Towson, Parkville, Bel Air, Fallston, Fredrick, Glenwood, Jarrettsville, Parkton, Westminster, Reisterstown, Randallstown, Sparrows Point, Crofton, Sparks-Glencoe, Laurel, Bowie, Phoenix, Monkton, Kingsville, Manchester, Hampstead, Severna Park, Severn, Essex, Havre De Grace, Elkton, Annapolis and Silver Spring. PENNSYLVANIA: Shrewsberry, Middleton, Harrisburg, Hershey and York. VIRGINIA: Vienna, Alexandria, Fairfax and Tysons Corner. WASHINGTION DC.

 

Azman Contact Lens Specialists

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

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.

  * 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.
 

 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

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. 

  SOFT MATERIALS
* silicone hydrogel and many hybrids
* hema many hybrids

GAS PERMEABLE MATERIALS
* FLUROSILICONE ACRYLATE
* SILICONE ACRYLATE
* FLUORO-SILICATE ACRYLIC
* STRYLSILONE
* FLURO-SILOXANYL STYRENE
 


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

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.

  * accelerated stabilization design
* prescision balance 8/4
* symmetric stabilization
* prism
* horizontal iso thickness
* circumferential bevel
* eccentric lenticulation
* biprism
* custom design
 
 

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

 * 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.

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:

  * 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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