A17. There are contact lenses available for people with astigmatism. Astigmatism is the name of a condition in which the cornea (front of the eye) is oval shaped (like a rugby ball) rather than round shaped (like a football)
This distortion affects the vision. It is very common and often affects people with short sightedness.
However there is a type of contact lens designed to correct this called a ‘toric lens’. This contains two axis or two different corrective strengths according to your contact lens prescription which forces the eye to concentrate on a single object.
Both soft and gas permeable lenses can correct astigmatism although gas permeable have been found to be the more effective out of the two.
Find out more about toric lenses in our types of contact lenses section.