Emerald™ contact lenses are indicated for temporary reduction of myopia up to 5.00 diopters in eyes with astigmatism up to 1.50 diopters.

An ideal candidate is anyone with healthy eyes desiring freedom from contacts or glasses during their waking hours.

The ideal candidate:
• moderate myopia (up to -5 D) and/or astigmatism (up to 1.5 D)
• normal and healthy eyes
• good hygiene
• desire for great vision without glasses and conventional contact lenses
• not suitable or interested in LASIK
• almost any age, compliant and motivated
• has a good understanding of expectations


The less than ideal candidate:
• more cylinder than refractive error
• poor sleep habits - procedure requires a minimum of 6 consecutive hours to be consistently   effective
• poor hygiene – lenses must be cleaned regularly to avoid corneal complications and changes   to the lens surface will effect performance.
• myopia in excess of approved range may result in only partial correction
• high corneal cylinder may result in residual cylinder and poor centration
• clinically dry eye patients may have poor results and corneal complications


An ideal candidate is anyone with healthy eyes desiring
freedom from contacts or glasses during their waking hours.