By Jeffrey Sonsino, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Let’s face it. Patients often complain about their vision with the standard, currently available, off-the-shelf soft multifocals. Why? Decentration is often the culprit in soft lenses, but sometimes it is simply the “mushy” optics of soft lenses. Until something better comes along, our patients have been just silently suffering.
By Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA
The SynergEyes VS scleral lens features scleral toricity and linear landing zones. The popularity of the scleral lens modality is colossal amongst specialty contact lens practices and continues to grow in general optometric practices. There are three major categories for scleral lenses: restoration and support of the ocular surface, visual rehabilitation and correction of corneal irregularity and pain attenuation.
The SynergEyes team participated in the 2019 Global Specialty Lens Symposium where over 1,000 eye care professionals gathered to discuss and share the latest information on specialty contact lenses. SynergEyes held a series of workshops highlighting the company’s 2019 Innovative Products for Contact Lens Specialists.
By Louise Sclafani, OD
Myopia is a growing epidemic and practitioners are searching for options to slow myopia progression. Multifocal contact lenses offer young patients visual freedom from their spectacles while keeping myopic creep in check. Indeed, progression control is commonly achieved with center-distance designed multifocal contact lenses.
By Louise Sclafani, OD
Combating the progression of myopia has long been a source of frustration.
By Amy Hellem
Let’s call a spade a spade: Fitting presbyopes has never been easy, especially when these patients are young, emerging presbyopes
By Amy Hellem
SynergEyes has long been known as a hybrid specialty contact lens company, but after discovering a truly unique scleral lens
By Amy Hellem
Our deep understanding of corneal shape has driven contact lenses design since its very beginnings,
By Amy Hellem
It’s not a secret that it takes longer to fit a specialty lens than it does to hand out a commodity lens.
By Amy Hellem
Soft lens wearers have long enjoyed the benefits of lens coatings, with manufacturers maintaining that the treatments enhance comfort and wettability.