Contact Lens Exams in West Los Angeles
Fitted to your eye, not just your number.
Dailies, torics and multifocals across every major brand — measured, fit and verified on your eye.
Out of contacts? We keep one of the largest trial-lens inventories of any optometry office in Los Angeles — most patients leave wearing lenses the same day.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brandon Cohenmehr, OD
01 · The fitting exam
Why a contact lens exam is its own exam.
A contact lens is a medical device resting on living tissue. Fitting one starts where a glasses exam ends: our optometrists in Los Angeles measure corneal curvature and diameter, assess the tear film the lens has to float on, convert the power for the eye’s surface, then evaluate the actual lens on your actual eye at the slit lamp for centration, movement and coverage before any prescription is finalized.
The result is a lens that disappears: stable vision, no awareness of the edge, and comfort at hour twelve as well as hour one.
02 · Out of contacts?
Ran out of contact lenses? Come in today.
Squinting through your last torn lens, or stretching a two-week lens into month three? We stock one of the largest contact-lens trial inventories of any optometry office in Los Angeles — thousands of lenses across brands, powers, torics and multifocals — specifically so we can bridge you the same day while your order ships.
- Valid prescription
- We confirm your lens is on the shelf and send you home with trials today — call ahead and they’ll be waiting at the desk.
- Expired prescription
- Same-day contact lens exam slots: we refresh the fit, verify it on your eye, and you still leave wearing lenses.
- Traveling or visiting LA
- Lost a lens away from home? Bring your box, your prescription, or your doctor’s number, and we’ll take it from there.
03 · Daily disposables
Daily disposable contact lenses — a fresh lens every morning.
Dailies have become our default recommendation. A sterile lens every day means no cases, solutions or protein buildup, and that is why dailies carry the lowest infection and dryness rates of any soft lens. Modern materials carry water gradients and breathable silicone hydrogels that stay comfortable through a full workday.
- ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day
- ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day
- DAILIES TOTAL1
- Alcon Precision1
- CooperVision MyDay
- Bausch + Lomb INFUSE
- clariti 1 day
04 · Toric lenses for astigmatism
Toric contact lenses: astigmatism is no reason to give up.
A toric lens carries different powers across different meridians, so it has to sit at exactly the right angle. Modern stabilization designs re-orient within a blink or two and hold the axis through the day. If you were told years ago that your astigmatism was “too much for contacts,” the answer has very likely changed: soft torics now reach high cylinders, and custom lenses go further.
- Biofinity toric
- ACUVUE OASYS for Astigmatism
- Precision1 for Astigmatism
- MyDay toric
- ULTRA for Astigmatism
- DAILIES AquaComfort Plus Toric
05 · Multifocal & presbyopia
Multifocal contact lenses: reading glasses, retired.
Multifocal contacts layer near and distance power in concentric zones and let the visual system pick the image it needs, so you can see menus, dashboards and phones without reaching for readers. Success depends on the fitting: pupil size, dominant eye, add power and real-world habits all shape the design. Monovision remains a worthy alternative for some, and we’ll tell you honestly which you are.
- DAILIES TOTAL1 Multifocal
- ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day Multifocal
- Biofinity Multifocal
- MyDay Multifocal
- ULTRA for Presbyopia
- INFUSE Multifocal
06 · Beyond soft lenses
When soft lenses can’t do the job, we’re the office that can.
Some eyes need more than a soft lens: those with keratoconus, high or irregular astigmatism, post-LASIK corneas or severe dry eye. We design free-form scleral lenses from an Eaglet Eye Surface Profiler map of your eye, plus rigid gas-permeable and hybrid designs, and Ortho-K lenses that correct vision while you sleep. Patients fly in for these fits; for you it’s ten feet down the hall.
07 · When contacts stop being comfortable
Dryness at 4 p.m. is a solvable problem.
Most “I can’t wear contacts anymore” stories are really dry eye stories: the tear film under the lens runs out before the day does. Instead of just swapping the lens, we treat the surface with meibography-guided dry eye care, then re-fit into a material that suits your chemistry. Wearers who’d given up are routinely back in lenses.
Common questions
Contacts, answered.
Out of lenses right now? Call 310-828-2010 and we’ll check the shelf.
Same-day contact lens trials near you
12222 Wilshire Blvd, on the Santa Monica border. Free parking on Wellesley, just south of Wilshire.
Next step
See clearly on your way home.
Book a contact lens exam, or call if you’re out of lenses and we’ll have trials waiting.