by Optometric Insights | Jul 1, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today, Publications
One of the worst things about multifocal contact lenses is that they increase the amount of aberrations that patients experience. The many reasons for this include pupil size problems, decentration of the lens, and altered tear film in a population more prone toward...
by Optometric Insights | Jun 17, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today, Publications
There are some fantastic orthokeratology lenses available. One lens was shown in a study to be successful with empirical fitting more than 80% of the time with the first trial lens using only keratometry readings, a prescription, and horizontal visible iris diameter...
by Optometric Insights | Jun 3, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today, Publications
While on the road visiting an office a few months ago, I saw the “trophy room” of fitting sets that the practitioner had amassed over the last 20 years of practice. While walking through the museum of lenses, it allowed for reflection on contact lenses by reputation,...
by Optometric Insights | May 13, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today, Publications
Near the end of every consultation call, the local laboratory asks “…and what material would you like to use?” Honestly, the answers are probably nearly always the same. Practitioners share the fact that their favorite material … READ...
by Optometric Insights | May 1, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Ya know those low-plus patients who are just starting to get frustrated with their presbyopia? We need to sympathize with them; they have had it pretty good their entire lives. Now, their vision is going down the drain. Their accommodation system is not only failing...
by Optometric Insights | Apr 30, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
The Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) never ceases to amaze me. Last year’s meeting was no exception. I have been attending the meeting every year since it started, and every so often I think to myself, “I am a specialty lens fitter, I do this every day, what...
