Abstract: A contact lens for the correction of astigmatism or presbyopia and for the correction of "high riding" lenses being of lenticular construction. This invention avoids unwanted increase in center thickness of the lens and unwanted prism in the central area. The curved lenticular carrier portion of the lens, the non-visual portion, is constructed with a concentric curve cut which produces a thick lens edge. The lenticular carrier is also provided with a second eccentric curve cut, with respect to the visual axis of the lens, to provide a thickness disparity between the superior and inferior portions of the lens and to provide an offset center of gravity and a desirable rotational positioning of the lens in the eye of a wearer, particularly when the lens is of astigmatic or bifocal type.