so what are the best monthly contact
lenses in terms of all value and comfort
in this video I'm gonna be reviewing
three of my favorite monthly contacts and
sharing some little-known perks that
make these lenses the best let's take a
look
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at any point throughout the video if you
want to see additional specs or any sort
of updated information about pricing any
of the contact lenses that we are
reviewing then you can always check out
additional links in the YouTube
description below now when it comes to
wearing contact lenses I am personally a
big advocate for daily soft contact
lenses mainly because they are a little
bit more comfortable they're a little
bit safer for the eye and there's a
little bit more convenient however
monthly contact lenses are still an
excellent choice for a lot of people one
of the reasons you'd go with a monthly
is that you have a unique prescription
that's not available in a daily lens in
addition they monthly lenses are usually
a little bit more affordable the prices
aren't as high as with a daily lens and
with a monthly lens as long as you take
good care of it there's a couple extra
good perks with those as well and we'll
be getting into those now I'm going to
be reviewing my three favorite contact
lenses based on my personal experience
wearing these lenses as well as an eye
care professional fitting these lenses
in the clinic every week now just
because I like these lenses and other
people like these lenses doesn't mean
that you will have the same success with
these because everybody's eyes are a
little bit different so keep that in
mind and make sure to talk with your
doctor what is best and recommended for
you now the first ones I wanna review
here is the Bausch and Lomb ultra lens
now one of the real reasons I like the
Bausch and Lomb ultra lens is because it
seems to work really well for beginners
if you're just starting off in contact
lenses then this lens may be a little
bit easier for you to learn how to
manipulate be able to hold and be able
to really get it in the eye if you're
someone who has a hard time grasping the
lens or if you have a hard time telling
if the lens is inside-out or not
then this lens may be just a little bit
easier to handle and actually get used
to wearing contacts in fact I recently
did just post a video about how to put
contact lenses in and how to check if
the
our inside out or not so if you haven't
checked that out and you're just
learning how to wear contacts then I'll
include that in the entire YouTube
series down in the description below you
can check that out now another reason I
like the bottom ultra lens actually has
to do with vision clarity these lenses
actually have a spirit optics which help
improve the sharpness of vision and
reduces glare so some people who have a
really tough time with wearing contact
lenses and you feel like all the letters
that you're looking at something up
closer far away you can still see them
but they seem kind of fuzzy around the
edges that could actually be just
because the lenses don't have a spheric
optics but these ones do so it may
actually be better for getting an
improved clarity and crispness with your
vision the third benefit I find with the
botulinum ultra really has to do with
the Bausch and Lomb family of lenses in
general and that's that Bausch and Lomb
offers some of the best rebates for
contact lenses so it actually brings the
prices down quite a bit even though the
Bausch and Lomb ultra is a newer lens that
means that if you're buying a six month
or a 12 month supply of these lenses you
can get excellent rebates to make them
more affordable especially compared to a
lot of the other competitor brands out
there versus the Bausch and Lomb lenses
of course the prices that you pay for
contact lenses can vary a bit based on
where you're purchasing it from if
you're buying it in-store from an
optical and supporting a local business
or if you're producing to purchase
online for convenience those prices may
adjust just a little bit and again if
you want to see updated prices for any
of these lenses such as the botulinum
ultra i have included a link in the
description below so you can check that
out now the second lens here is the Biofinity
lens and its not just the Biofinity 
but the Biofinity Energys, now the reason
i'm combining these two lenses together
is because they're almost the exact same
lens they're made of the same material
they have the same base curve and the
same diameter the only real difference
is that the newer bio finiti energies
actually has something called digital
zone optics and this is actually a huge
benefit nowadays because so many people
are on digital devices you're on
something up close whether it's a
computer or a phone if you're watching
this video right now on a desktop a
laptop or a phone you probably know what
I mean if you spend a lot of time up
close you can get some eye strain and
this special digital Zone
optics in the Biofinity Energys lenses
are designed to actually reduce the
demand of how much muscle you muscle
tone you actually have to spend to focus
on something up close so oftentimes if I
have a patient who's always complaining
that you know hey my eyes are tired from
doing a lot of near work if they're a
college student writing a paper or maybe
you're in high school or if you're
somebody who dispensed a lot of time on
your digital devices then the bio finiti
energist lens as a monthly lens is it a
great option but in addition to having
that cool benefit of reducing eye
fatigue with the Biofinity Energys
lens even just the standard Biofinity
lens which has been out for a lot longer
that both lenses having that same design
same lens material it makes the lenses
very comfortable I actually wore the BioFinity
toric lenses for astigmatism for
almost like eight to ten years all the
way through high school and then again
through my undergraduate college years
mainly because the lenses were designed
really well and I find them very
comfortable even for people with more
drier eyes now another cool benefit of
the bio finiti lens and the bottom alter
lens is that both of these lenses have a
slight blue handling tint that little
handling tint is actually to help
improve the identification of that lens
so it makes it easier to put in take out
and in case you drop it on the counter
you'll be able to identify it easier
rather than lose it and then go hunting
for your lens and if you've ever done
that let me know I've done it many many
times in my life
sometimes it's amazing what these little
things will stick to and another cool
benefit of both of these lenses is that
they are approved by the US FDA up to 30
days of daily wear that means that after
30 days of wearing these lenses you are
supposed to toss them out and replace
them but they're also approved for up to
six nights and seven days of extended
wear that means some people can actually
sleep in these lenses just fine for six
nights in a row however before you ever
begin to sleep in contact lenses I
highly recommend that you speak with
your doctor because some people do not
do well with sleeping in lenses even
these ones that are approved by the FDA
for sleeping in them in fact sleeping in
contact lenses greatly increases your
risk for developing complications and
infections and sometimes that
be devastating for some people even lead
to permanent vision loss now since we're
on that topic of sleeping in lenses that
brings up the next lens I want to review
and that is the air optix night and day
lens and this is one of the coolest
lenses on the monthly kind of schedule
for contacts because it has that extra
perk that the US FDA has approved this
lens for up to 30 nights of extended
wear that means that some people can
actually wear this lens for almost an
entire month without having to remove
them which is super cool however same
thing applies if you are sleeping in
contact lenses you are putting yourself
at a greater risk of infection
complications scarring potentially even
vision loss so before you ever sleep in
this lens again you want to make sure
you talk with your doctor about this
lens and if it's really good for you and
your eyes another cool benefit of these
lenses is that they are part of the air
optix family which have what's called
smart shield technology and that's
actually type of buffer built onto the
lens to help reduce the amount of
deposits that actually stick onto the
surface of the lens and that'll actually
improve comfort especially for longer
wear time now despite having that extra
smart shield technology when I wear
these lenses I do find them comfortable
initially but even after like eight
hours where they start to get a little
bit more noticeable on the surface of my
eye so I personally don't really wear
these lenses that much but I know a lot
of people find them very comfortable and
have no problems wearing them for 18 or
possibly 24 plus hours in a day again
once it'll give you that warning that
you should not sleep in lenses unless
you were first evaluated by a doctor
because the risk of having complications
and problems with the eyes and sleeping
in lenses is far greater than just the
standard daily wear and if you ever do
have problems with lenses make sure you
take them out right away and then call
your doctor immediately again you only
get two eyes so take care of them
so I have question of the day do you
wear monthly contact lenses which ones
are your favorite go ahead and comment
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