Lyon Contact Lens Center

04/27/2026

For You Know???
* Over 70% of our patients previously failed with their old style contact lenses before they came to our office?
* More than 50% of our patients previously needed bifocals before they were successfully transitioned into one of our many bifocal contact lens programs?
* 80% of our patients have moderate to severe astigmatism that we have successfully corrected with their new contact lenses?
* 25% of our patients are under the age of 16...a crucial time in the development of confidence, social, sporting activities, etc?
* 15% of our patients still require contact lenses to fine-tune their vision, even after post lasik complications or cataract surgeries?
* The average patient has been with us as both a patient / and friend to our office for 22 years?
* The average patient drives 19 miles each way for their yearly contact lens exams?
* Many of our custom lenses are totally “made to order” and have been designed with complex formulas, multiple bevels, blends, and peripheral curves in order to provide the comfort, the vision, and the eye health that is necessary for successful wear?

For all the reasons mentioned above, I will always be grateful beyond measure to you and your families for the limitless kindness, patience and cooperation you have had with me over the past 50 years... and if God allows with His blessing, many more years to come!

Thank you all for this honor and privilege to serve you.
Bill Lyon and Staff

04/24/2026

The Best Is Yet To Come: Because of Instagram and our YouTube Channel, you can see many testimonials from our child patients, adults, and active seniors who are enjoying the freedom in a world without eyeglasses!
With the emergence of Hi-Definition soft lenses that can often correct vision beyond 20/20, bandage lenses that help the healing process of corneas that have been injured, to hybrid lenses that allow legally blind individuals to regain their eyesight, we have been absolutely blessed with the outcome of these new lenses!
For sure, the last 10 years have been particularly rewarding for our office, as we continue to make a difference in our patients' lives with God's help and His ultimate guidance.
Bill Lyon and Staff
Lyon Contact Lens Center

04/21/2026

A few of our patients sent us a report card of our reviews on Yelp... So grateful for all of you who have been part of our story!

Lyon Contact Lens Center is very highly rated across multiple platforms:
Yelp: 5 stars with 44 reviews, Birdeye: 4.9 stars with 107 reviews, Facebook: 98% recommend with 64 reviews.

The center, located in Santa Ana, California, specializes in fitting contact lenses for patients who need more specialized care, such as those with high prescriptions, post-surgical needs, or medical conditions. They’ve been established since 1975 and are led by Bill Lyon.

Reviews consistently praise Bill Lyon’s expertise, the personalized care, and his ability to fit patients who have had difficulty with contact lenses elsewhere. Many reviewers mention being long-term patients, with some having visited for 10- 40+ years.

Specializations:
80% of their patients are drop-out or high-risk individuals who couldn’t wear contact lenses in the past BirdEye.

They specialize in:
- Post-surgical patients (including unsuccessful LASIK corrections)
- High prescriptions and astigmatism
- Medical conditions requiring therapeutic lenses
- Keratoconus
- Pediatric patients (as young as 16 months old)
- Geriatric patients (up to age 96)
- Piggy Back” lenses (soft lenses for corneal protection combined with rigid lenses for vision correction)

Location & Contact:
- Address: 3000 W MacArthur Blvd, Suite 413, Santa Ana, CA 92704
Phone: (714) 979-9747
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Website: lyonlens.com

History & Growth: - They’ve expanded from their original 1975 office to their current location near South Coast Plaza in 1997, which has 5 exam rooms and an on-site laboratory. By 2015-2025, they had fitted over 25,000 patients.

Patient Reach: - They serve patients from 32 states and 10 foreign countries who return annually for exams. They’re widely regarded as a referral resource for leading optometrists and ophthalmologists in the area for specialty contact lens cases.

04/16/2026

Meet Linda Burns Our Featured Patient Of The Week: Next year, Linda will already be a patient with us for 30 years. Because of her astigmatism back then, she was forced to wear old style hard lenses that caused severe irritation, dryness and redness in her eyes.
After examining Linda and mapping her eyes, I was able to fit her with a 3rd generation Gas Permeable lens that quickly solved all of her problems and challenges. We have been good friends ever since.
Linda now lives in Boise, Idaho, and just like 15% of our patients who live out of state or out of the country, she still finds time to come see us every year to update her prescription and make sure her custom Gas Permeables are fitting properly.
Thank you dear Linda, for the many years you have blessed our office as both a patient and a friend. Here at the Lyon Contact Lens Center, we could never do the things we do without your love and support!

04/13/2026

Meet Araceli Navarro, Our Featured Patient Of The Week: Everyone has a story, this is Araceli's. She came to the U.S. in her teens from Mexico, and she was never able to see clearly. Due to severe myopia (Right Eye: -22.50, Left Eye: -19.50) and corneal scarring in both eyes since childhood, she never passed her vision test at the DMV. Her husband and children had to do all the driving for her.
For years Araceli tried to improve her vision. Eyeglasses provided marginal clarity and ordinary soft contact lenses could never correct her vision, leaving her legally blind and handicapped with "low vision" status.
Earlier last month Araceli came to my office hoping for a miracle. After mapping her eyes, I determined that our 7th generation Air-Lens design could improve her vision. This custom micro-thin lens fit perfectly over her scarred corneas and allowed Araceli to experience clear vision for the first time in over 30 years!
We were so pleased with Araceli's outcome that we took a dark room analysis picture under fluorescence to show her perfect fit and decided to feature her as our patient of the week!
Thank you, Araceli for allowing us to share in your wonderful success story. You can now pass the vision test at the DMV and join millions of drivers here in California to finally drive your own car!

04/09/2026

7 POINTS TO REMEMBER FOR THIS SPRING:

1. We Care about you and your needs. Sometimes finances are an issue. For this reason, we have created a fund for patients who need their exam, but cannot afford to pay at this time.
2. Through this fund, we help bring sight to everyone who has a need for our services...all without charge to you. Call us, and allow us to bless you at this time.
3. We accept most insurance plans such as VSP (Vision Service Plan) and other insurance companies that offer reimbursement coverage to you on our lenses.
4. New Technology Opens New Doors For Success: We have recently introduced numerous high definition designs with Patented "Aerchor" Chemistry and "Wavefront" Technology...new style lenses so comfortable, they virtually "mimic" the tissue of the human eye!
5. Did you know that lens purchases you make between now and the December 31, 2026 deadline can qualify for your Office Flexible Spending Account -- Cafeteria Plan? Call our office if you need to make your purchase timely before the year's end.
6. Our Family Discount Program (FDP) is the best deal in town! Each family member you refer to our office as a first time patient will receive a $75.00 Courtesy Discount on their lens program!
7. THIS EMAIL HAS VALUE! Kindly show this email and present it to our office during your next visit for a 10% discount on all lenses ordered. Also, in case we recently saw you... please keep a copy of this email and you can use the discount on your next visit 🙂

May God richly bless you and your family always,
Bill Lyon and Staff

04/06/2026

Meet Grace Chiu And Her Sister Lillian, Our Featured Patients Of The Week: Grace lives in New York, and her sister Lilian lives in Placerville California, which is near Sacramento. Both sisters were teenagers when they first came to my office: Grace, 36 years ago, and Lillian, 38 years ago.
Over the years, I have watched these two beautiful ladies travel hundreds of miles each year for their annual appointments. Because of their complex prescriptions and sensitive eyes, I have had to custom make their lenses so they can see clearly at both distance and near.
They have also been able to experience every "new generation" of our "Air-Lens" designs to keep their lenses at maximum clarity for both comfort and vision.
Thank you Grace and Lillian, for the many years you have blessed us at our office as both patients and friends...
Here at the Lyon Contact Lens Center, we could never do the things we do without your love and support!

03/30/2026

God's Perfect Plan...The Hope Of Heaven: Easter Week: A prayer for love, faith, strength and supplication. Always to be kind, tender hearted and forgiving of one another.

For so many of you who have great faith, and especially for those who are in need of encouragement at this time, please watch this short video.

It will be a great example to all of us who seek hope and encouragement at this blessed time of year.

Bill Lyon and Staff
Matthew 5:16...

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03/27/2026

Meet 14 Year Old Valeria Zamora And Her Father Matias: Our beautiful Valeria had strabismus surgery on her lazy eye when she was only six years old. Since then, she always had to wear her thick and heavy eyeglasses.

Fast forward to earlier last week when we fit her into her new custom astigmatic soft lenses that can fully correct her to a solid 20/20 vision in both eyes with total comfort and all day wear!

Thank you, Valeria, and thank you to her parents Matias and Alejandra for allowing us to be a part of this wonderful success story for your daughter!

Here at the Lyon Contact Lens Center, we could never do the things we do without your love and support!

03/23/2026

Meet Richard Crosby, Our 83 Year Young Patient Of The Week: Richard, a 25-year veteran of our office, is still doing beautifully with his 3rd generation Air-Lens I custom designed for him back in 2001.
Due to severe scarring to his corneas that he developed in his adult years, Richard could no longer see clearly with eyeglasses or ordinary soft lenses.
Our Air-Lens design allowed Richard to see a perfect 20/20 for over 20 years at our office until he developed cataracts in both eyes.
Once he had his cataracts removed and implants inserted we were able to fit him into contact lenses again!
Richard now wears permanent lenses inside his eyes and our contact lenses over his corneas, enabling him to see clearly at both distance and near.
Thank you Richard, for the many years you have blessed our office as both a patient and a friend.
Here at the Lyon Contact Lens Center we could never do the things we do without your love and support!

03/09/2026

Meet Veronica Torres Our Featured Patient Of The Week And Her Husband Gerardo: 40 years ago, Veronica had a very unsafe and hazardous procedure performed on her eyes. She was 20 years old at the time, and the surgical procedure was called "Radial Keratotomy" (R. K.) for short.

It consisted of a surgeon taking a scalpel and cutting into the cornea with incisions near the center part of the cornea and moving the incisions toward the cornea's outer ring.

These perforations remained as permanent scars that caused Veronica's cornea to flatten and bulge outward, which hopefully would improve her vision.

Poor Veronica ended up like millions of R.K. patients whose vision changed drastically because of this procedure.

Her vision worsened to the point that she tried to get eyeglasses and contact lenses to help improve her vision. Unfortunately the permanent scars from the procedure would prevent her from ever seeing clearly again.

Now for the good news: Fifteen years ago, Veronica visited my office to discuss improving her vision. I immediately put her into a first-generation, high-definition soft lens that miraculously allowed her to see clearly again!

With her contacts, Veronica's vision improved to a solid 20/25, allowing her to see clearly at both distance and near for the first time in 40 years!

Thank you Veronica, for allowing us to share your beautiful success story with all of our patients and their families!