by Optometric Insights | Aug 4, 2016 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
Traditionally, dry eye was coined as the disease that caused the eyes to “burn.” Although this is a major contributory symptom, we realize that this doesn’t represent its only symptom. A number of conditions can cause symptoms of burning eyes: Thygeson’s superficial...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 31, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
Today I’m doing things I never thought possible. I am fitting scleral contact lenses based more on what technology is telling me more than what my own eye is seeing. I would have never believed it possible when I started fitting scleral lenses 12 years ago. At this...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 31, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
I was discussing soft keratoconus lenses with my contact lens fellow and student intern this past week prior to us fitting a patient into a design. Doing so brought us to the discussion of what makes these lenses so unique and complex. Although these are soft lenses,...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 17, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
We all know that contact lens discomfort is the number one cause for patients’ dissatisfaction with their contact lenses. In fact, we know that most of our patients have stopped wearing their lenses by the time that they are in the 40s. We have looked long and hard to...
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 | Jun 30, 2016 | Clinical Insights, Publications
Peroxide systems provide patients with a comfortable wearing experience because they effectively clean and disinfect contact lenses. Mile Brujic, OD, outlines 3 things that are critical for optometrists to remember when considering these solutions. Watch...
