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 …...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 19, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum
We live in an amazing digital age. Ten years ago, if you wanted resources about contact lenses, you would either need to email a friend, check at a local university, or search the web for a website that had some data (only to discover that it brought you little...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 23, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum
I have had a longtime patient, Nancy the nurse, who has been a happy contact lens wearer. Recently, she became presbyopic and is ready to try something new. She works at our local hospital in the Labor and Delivery department. She has been wearing her distance contact...
