Contact Lenses

Campaign looks to build awareness of myopia management

Company celebrates Contact Lens Health Week across social platforms

Optometrists urged to provide input to shape initiative’s outreach

Online resources make safe contact lens wear possible during COVID-19

Allergy sufferers are more likely to develop ocular symptoms with scleral lens wear.

Age is nothing but a number when deciding when kids should wear contact lenses

With the release of CDC guidelines on contact lens wear and publication of a peer-reviewed paper on the topic, lead author Lyndon Jones, PhD, FCAHS, FCOptom, FAAO, offers advice to ODs and patients alike about safe contact lens wear. Read the paper from Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, “The COVID-19 pandemic: Important considerations for contact lens practitioners.”

Doctors and staff need to better communicate recommendations to contact lens wearers.

Communication and education are highly correlated with better patient adherence and when ODs spend time connecting with contact lens wearers one-on-one, the degree to which patients follow contact lens recommendations increases. Establishing rapport, asking questions and sharing knowledge with contact lens patients is a great way to guarantee clinical success.