Contact Lenses
Good Safety Profile Found in Pediatric Soft Contact Lens Wear
Children weren’t at greater risk for infection compared with adults, adding another point for this modality as a strong choice for myopia management.
03/10/2023
Visionary Optics Launches Scleral Lens with Simpler Fitting Process
The design allows practitioners to adjust zone parameters one at a time.
02/02/2023
Alcon to Launch Total30 Toric Contact Lens
The “water gradient” material is designed to maintain its moisture all month long.
01/08/2023
Daily Disposable Wearers Understand Risks but Don’t Modify Behavior in Response
Study shows that more individualized patient education may help curb improper usage with this modality, such as lens reuse and overnight wear.
01/04/2023
New Biotrue Hydration Boost Drops for Soft and GP Lenses
B+L says that the solution matches the pH of healthy tears.
12/30/2022
Study Evaluates Scleral Lens Practice Trends
Most lenses prescribed are at least 16mm in diameter with an advanced landing zone design, and hydrogen peroxide disinfectants are most often recommended.
11/15/2022
Myopia Spectacle Lenses Shown to Reduce Myopia Progression
Kids wearing glasses featuring “highly aspherical lenslets” experienced less refractive error and axial elongation than those with conventional single vision correction.
11/09/2022
Keratoconus Patients May See Improvement with Scleral Lens Wear
A recent study reported an increase in mean nerve length and optical density after six months without intrastromal corneal ring segments.
10/28/2022
J&J Contact Lens Prototype for Myopia Relies on Different Optics
The company hopes that using a ring of focus, rather than a point of focus, can break the tradeoff between efficacy and visual quality typical of existing dual-focus products.
10/24/2022
Contact Contaminators
Acanthamoeba infections can be easily combated with stringent contact lens wear and care routines.
10/15/2022
Upcoming Events
April 13, 2023
All Eyes on Evaporation
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Eric Donnenfeld, MD, and James Thimons, OD, FAAO
Webinar: 7:00pm EST
Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb
April 14-16, 2023
April 18, 2023
All Eyes on Evaporation
Location: Virtual
Speaker: James Khodabakhsh, MD, and Damon Dierker, OD, FAAO
Webinar: 10:00pm EST
Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb
