Contact lenses

Professional bodies discussed the challenges that 2020 has brought to the profession and key focuses for the path ahead at Alcon’s ‘Alconversation’ event

Can contact lenses help those who are struggling to wear face masks alongside spectacles? A spectacle wearer, an optometrist and a Bausch + Lomb expert offer some answers.

Introducing the ACUVUE® Astigmatism Fitting Calculator - it helps make fitting your astigmatic patients quicker and easier, so you can get the right trial contact lenses in just two clicks

Professor Philip Morgan reports on how eye care practitioners can go about reducing the number of people discontinuing contact lens wear by proactively addressing the issue of contact lens discomfort in practice

Eye care professionals identified the importance of comfort to patient satisfaction and improving levels of dropout in a roundtable hosted by Alcon and OT 

A survey of 1,500 contact lens wearers found the majority expect to return to their normal wearing schedule in the next few months and will remain loyal to their current brand

There’s a lot to gain by supporting presbyopic patients with multifocal contact lenses and proactive, clear explanations, writes Robyn Marsden

Professor Christina Grupcheva’s guide to contact lenses and glasses safety during the pandemic

CooperVision has hosted a consumer roundtable to find out more about the experiences of contact lens wearers

OT  speaks to three practitioners about the benefits that portfolio optometry has to offer