by Optometric Insights | Oct 25, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
From what I see about new materials technology and the way that lenses have been released into the market over the last two years, I am pleased that almost all of them (not every one) bring something new that we have not seen before. Whether it is a new surface...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 11, 2015 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
A recent published work of mine outlining a certain type of contact lens fitting was met with some online criticism from a fellow practitioner. Apparently my colleague had a less than ideal outcome from a similar treatment with one of his patients due to the patient’s...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 27, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
JK is a 38 YOF who is new to the office. She reports that she has been wearing the same lenses until they become uncomfortable. She reports boastfully that it used to be that she could wear a lens for an entire year but more recently her eyes have been “bothering” her...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 13, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
Lens manufacturers first learned to mass produce soft contact lenses using hydrogel, an easily moldable material that allowed instant comfort on lens insertion as compared to rigid lenses. As companies developed their own hydrogel materials, the FDA developed...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 23, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
The first contact lenses were made of simple, pure glass. In the late 19th century, Eugene Kalt wore one of the first contact lenses, made of blown glass into “contact shells,” which were comparable in size to today’s scleral lenses. While these early lenses helped...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 26, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
When we had only GP lenses for our custom patients, it was amazing what things we could accomplish with a simple base curve or diameter change. Now with hybrid, custom soft, and scleral lenses, those simple modifications seem somewhat archaic in ways because we know...
