by Optometric Insights | Oct 22, 2020 | Blog, Contact Lens Spectrum, Latest READS, Publications
I was recently at a museum. I admired a curator’s glasses and told her that they were cool. She proudly told me that she had just gotten them in the mail the day before and that they had cost only $4.95. It made me wonder: Don’t people appreciate quality products...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 11, 2020 | Blog, Contact Lens Spectrum, Latest READS, Publications
This year, we have seen more and more “generic” contact lenses coming into play. While (in the United States and most other countries) you need a prescription for the specific brand of contact lenses, many companies are releasing contact lenses into the market and...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog, Contact Lens Spectrum, Latest READS, Publications
Dear Dr. Kading, I wanted to says thanks for all that you have done for our family over the last 10 years. I cannot believe what we did not know in 2020 when we started seeing you. Back then, little Sam was 5 years old, and Jenny was 9. I won’t say how old Cindy and I...
by Optometric Insights | Jun 28, 2020 | Blog, Contact Lens Spectrum, Latest READS
Identifying the cause of a patient’s headache can be tricky. The next time that a 46-year-old patient comes in and tells you that he gets a headache after working on the computer all day while wearing progressive addition lenses (PALs), ask him to view your computer...
by Optometric Insights | Jun 14, 2020 | Blog, Contact Lens Spectrum, Latest READS, Read to Lead
How many times do we let those 0.75D to 1.00D astigmats slide? Too often, we use spherical equivalents for these patients; it works, and everyone is satisfied. Did you ever stop and think: I wonder whether these patients would be better if I showed them a correction...
by Optometric Insights | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Contact Lens Spectrum, Insightful Reads, Latest READS
If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a million times: “That place is selling contact lenses for about what I pay for them. How am I ever going to compete?” If you live in an area in which patients have access to a “big box store” (i.e., about 98% of America) or your...
