by Optometric Insights | Jul 1, 2016 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Publications, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
For the first time since punctal plugs, dry eye is sexy. Remember when we used to think that we understood dry eye and that we had the ultimate solution? All we had to do was put a plug in our patients’ punctum; they would instantly have tears filling up their eyes,...
by Optometric Insights | Jan 1, 2016 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Publications, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
I love the January issue of Contact Lens Spectrum because we get to see our report card as an industry. The assessments that are done to show how contact lenses are being used are always exciting to me. Perhaps I am too analytical of our profession, but when we see...
by Optometric Insights | Nov 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Optometry
You may be thinking, “I have perfectly good reasons for not fitting orthokeratology.” Let me assure you—you don’t. Let’s consider five reasons why you haven’t shaped your practice to include this modality: 1) It is something new; 2) My patients are not interested in...
by Bee Enriquez | Apr 24, 2015 | Optometry Times, Publications
When it comes to dry eye, we often think that our success is based on patients feeling better. I had to have a root canal once, and when the oral surgeon numbed me up for the procedure, I did not congratulate him and walk out. Heck no, I let him fix the underlying...
by Bee Enriquez | Apr 24, 2015 | Optometry Times, Publications
We are always looking for new and better ways to treat our patients. As such, we have scoured the literature. The more we search, the more we learn. The more we learn, the more we realize that we don’t know. Read more...
by Bee Enriquez | Apr 24, 2015 | Optometry Times, Publications
I have a contact lens and dry eye specialty practice in Seattle, WA. I have patients referred into the office or patients who seek us out from all over the world. When I graduated 10 years ago, I knew of posterior blepharitis, a condition that has more recently been...
