by Optometric Insights | Oct 23, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
All of the GP lenses that come into my office have been plasma treated. It is another line that I have drawn in the sand. I know that I’m dealing with a new consultant who doesn’t know my account when he or she asks: Does it help? Eh, I’m not sure. Does every GP lens...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 23, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Numbers don’t lie. That is why I love research. But in clinical practice, eyecare practitioners tend to get feelings about things that guide them in the way that they practice. These guiding principles are the things that make them better clinicians. Practitioners...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 9, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Successful multifocal contact lens fitting is a dream for eyecare practitioners. Most pass off their failures as unfortunate examples of how the lenses are imperfect when compared to the accommodative system of a 20- or 30-year-old. Like all lenses, the two major...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 6, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Missy Miserable has been wearing contact lenses for some time now. She has also been to three eyecare providers in the last 5 years. Each of them assured her that her prescription is not a problem for contact lenses. Her refractive error seems pretty simple...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 6, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
I was discussing soft keratoconus lenses with my contact lens fellow and student intern this past week prior to us fitting a patient into a design. Doing so brought us to the discussion of what makes these lenses so unique and complex. Although these are soft lenses,...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 6, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
A patient I had this week was a 49 year-old mid-hyperopic presbyope. He is a real estate agent but throughout the exam, he revealed to me his love of scuba diving. Being from Seattle, I quickly learned that he is doing well in his industry, as one does not scuba dive...
