by Optometric Insights | Oct 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum
Consider this tale of two patients. It is Monday morning, and a 24-year-old new patient comes into your practice. His chief complaint is that his distance vision has gotten worse. He reports never having his eyes examined before. Your exam finds that all ocular health...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum
A middle-aged Hispanic male who had keratoconus had exhausted all other contact lens modalities, and scleral lenses were the only specialty lenses that could provide adequate vision. However, due to severe, bilateral pingueculae, he suffered from significant...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum
We live in an age of quick fixes. Those who are overweight are looking for a magic weight loss pill, and individuals who are in pain want a painkiller to solve their ailments rather than looking for a more permanent solution to their problems. We are fortunate enough...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
Specialty contact lenses are not always prescribed simply to improve clarity of vision—they are occasionally indicated for managing other conditions as well. Up until recently, only a small number of specialty contact lens practitioners were fitting scleral lenses,...
by Optometric Insights | Jun 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
Every day, we get new product updates in our email inboxes, publication posts, at conferences or continuing education events, or from company representatives. New products bring new concepts and new ideas. But in reality, when do new products trump the old, and what...
by Bee Enriquez | May 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
If I told you that I tried vegetables once and hated them so I never tried them again, you might think I was crazy. And yet, we often form our perceptions of multifocals after just a few tries and a few mild failures. Multifocal lenses always work, we just have to...
