Yes, Biofinity Toric is specifically designed to correct astigmatism. It’s one of the most widely prescribed toric contact lenses available, made by CooperVision as a monthly replacement silicone hydrogel lens. The “toric” in its name refers to the lens shape that corrects the uneven curvature of the cornea responsible for astigmatism.
How It Corrects Astigmatism
Astigmatism happens when your cornea is shaped more like a football than a basketball. Light bends unevenly as it enters the eye, causing blurry or distorted vision at all distances. A standard spherical contact lens can’t fix this because it has the same corrective power across its entire surface.
Toric lenses like Biofinity Toric have different powers in different zones of the lens. One zone corrects the astigmatism while another corrects any nearsightedness or farsightedness you also have. For this to work, the lens has to sit on your eye in exactly the right orientation and stay there when you blink or move. CooperVision uses what it calls Optimized Toric Lens Geometry, a combination of design features that keep the lens stable and properly aligned throughout the day. If a toric lens rotates even slightly out of position, your vision gets blurry, so stability is a core part of what makes these lenses effective.
Prescription Range
The standard Biofinity Toric covers a broad range of prescriptions. Sphere power (your nearsighted or farsighted correction) runs from +8.00 to -10.00 diopters. Cylinder power (the astigmatism correction) is available in four steps: -0.75, -1.25, -1.75, and -2.25 diopters. This covers mild to moderate astigmatism, which accounts for the majority of people who need toric lenses.
If your astigmatism is higher than -2.25, CooperVision makes an extended range version called Biofinity XR Toric. It picks up where the standard lens leaves off, offering cylinder powers from -2.75 all the way up to -5.75 diopters. The XR version also covers very high sphere powers, from +8.50 to +20.00 and -10.50 to -20.00 diopters. Between the two versions, nearly any level of astigmatism combined with nearsightedness or farsightedness can be fitted.
Lens Material and Oxygen Flow
Biofinity Toric is made from a silicone hydrogel material called comfilcon A. The key advantage of silicone hydrogel over older soft lens materials is that it lets significantly more oxygen pass through to your cornea. Your cornea has no blood vessels, so it gets its oxygen directly from the air (or, when you’re wearing contacts, through the lens). Lenses that restrict oxygen can cause redness, discomfort, and long-term corneal health issues.
CooperVision’s Aquaform Technology is built into the lens material itself. It works by anchoring water molecules to silicone chains throughout the entire lens, from the core to the surface. This keeps the lens hydrated without requiring surface coatings or added wetting agents that can wear off during the day. The result is a lens that stays moist and soft from morning to evening, which matters especially for toric wearers since a dry, stiff lens is more likely to shift position and blur your vision.
Wearing Schedule
Biofinity Toric is a monthly replacement lens, meaning you wear the same pair for up to 30 days before opening a fresh set. On a daily wear schedule, you put the lenses in each morning and take them out before sleep.
The lens is also FDA-approved for extended wear of up to 6 nights and 7 days of continuous use, meaning you can sleep in them. The FDA recommends that your eye care provider evaluate you on a daily wear schedule first before approving overnight use. Sleeping in any contact lens increases the risk of eye infections, so extended wear isn’t for everyone, but having the option is useful for people with demanding schedules or specific lifestyle needs.
What Wearing a Toric Lens Feels Like
If you’ve worn standard soft contacts before, Biofinity Toric feels very similar on the eye. Toric lenses are slightly thicker in certain zones to maintain their orientation, but modern designs have minimized this difference to the point where most wearers don’t notice it. The silicone hydrogel material is flexible and retains moisture throughout the day, so the dry, gritty feeling that sometimes develops with older lens types in the afternoon is less common.
The fitting process takes a bit more precision than a standard lens. Your eye care provider will measure not just your sphere power but also your cylinder power and axis (the angle of your astigmatism). They’ll check how the lens sits on your eye and confirm it’s not rotating out of alignment. Some people get a perfect fit on the first try, while others need a slight adjustment to the axis or cylinder before the prescription is finalized. Once properly fitted, the lens should deliver consistently sharp vision without noticeable rotation or shifting when you blink.