by Optometric Insights | Oct 6, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Following the introduction of the first disposable soft contact lens in the late 1980s, most all of the contact lens companies began making lenses that were disposable—a move away from conventional yearly based lenses. Then in the mid-1990s daily disposable lenses...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 6, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
With all the discussion and activity in scleral lenses these last few years, we cannot forget about their corneal counterparts today made from rigid gas permeable (GP) materials. In fact, corneal lenses originated from scleral lenses. In the 1940s …. READ...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 4, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Initially, there is greater lens awareness with GP lenses than with traditional soft contact lenses. However, GP lenses provide remarkable uncompromised vision. Here are four proven strategies that allow GP lens wearers to optimize their contact lens comfort. READ...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 25, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum
When eyecare practitioners (ECPs) think about fitting toric lenses on their patients, they each have a threshold for how high of a cylinder correction a patient needs before going to a toric lens. Whether they select a toric lens and there is lens rotation or a lens...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 19, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum
A 36-year-old male wearing spherical daily disposable contact lenses for myopia correction came in for his yearly exam. At his last visit, he was happy with his current lenses from both a comfort and a vision perspective. This year, he reported that although the...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 19, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum
Anyone who tells us that multifocal contact lenses are “there” is delirious. Folks, we have issues. But, in the same way, anyone who tells you that progressive addition lenses are perfect is a person who doesn’t keep an eye on the progressive market. In fact …...
