by Optometric Insights | Mar 5, 2017 | Contact Lens Today
How are you addressing your patients who have both astigmatism and presbyopia? For me, these patients are a big challenge. The industry has great options available to us, but the simplicity to prescribe a standard sphere, toric, or multifocal lens is confounded to a...
by Optometric Insights | Feb 19, 2017 | Contact Lens Today
I see them everyday. Honestly, I wish I didn’t. I think to myself, if only I had seen you a year ago or two ago, we could have made a difference. But now, is it worth it? I guess so, a little is better than nothing. You are probably wondering what I’m talking...
by Optometric Insights | Feb 5, 2017 | Contact Lens Today
Contact lenses are neutral—they are neither good nor evil. They are simply material pieces of plastic combined with water. However, put in the hands of the right practitioner and on the eyes of the right patient, they work magnificently. But every lens is not for...
by Optometric Insights | Jan 22, 2017 | Contact Lens Today
Do you cringe like I do when the refracting patients and the cylinder dial keeps going up and up, and you end up landing on –3.00? I do. I know that my standard lenses really don’t go much higher than –2.25 cylinder. Fortunately, two-week, monthly, and daily...
by Optometric Insights | Jan 8, 2017 | Contact Lens Today
Being a futurist, I am always excited for tomorrow. I love what it brings. And, few things excite me more than drawing a line and starting new with something. That is why I get so jazzed up about January. As the operator of my business, I love to see my scorecard....
by Optometric Insights | Nov 13, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
When you discuss cleaning of your replacement contact lenses with your patients, do you still recommend a rub step? The concept of cleaning seems to be a mindset that has gone out of mind for so many patients. Although we have seen that lenses and materials continue...
