Contact Lenses News

SAN FRANCISCO — Patients who do not comply with their prescribed contact lens program, as well as environmental and patient-specific risk factors, contribute to an increased risk of developing severe microbial keratitis.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Vistakon has introduced its Acuvue Oasys brand contact lenses for presbyopia, the company announced in a press release.

Duration of contact lens wear was associated with partial or complete loss of meibomian glands, according to a study.

Newer contact lens technologies represent an upgrade over previous iterations in some regards, but they may also increase the risk of sterile keratitis, mechanical disorders, difficulty removing the lens and nonulcerative complications.

Identifying ocular symptoms may be more accurate than comfort scores in predicting corneal staining.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Bausch & Lomb has launched a multi-tiered advertising, online and consumer promotion marketing initiative to raise awareness of its presbyopia and multifocal contact lenses in the United States.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In a presentation here on bacterial keratitis, one speaker advocated refractive surgery for contact lens wearers to minimize the higher risk of infection from contact lens wear.

An implantable Collamer lens corrects the same level of myopia as a contact lens, but the surgically implanted device yields significantly higher patient-reported quality of life, according to a study.

Wearing cosmetically tinted soft contact lenses increased ocular higher-order aberrations and diminished contrast sensitivity in mesopic and photopic conditions.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — As many as 40% of patients with astigmatism believe that their condition prevents them from using contact lenses to correct their vision, according to a study conducted by Decision Analyst and sponsored by Bausch & Lomb.