What can I do to help?
This week a colleague of mine asked, “what can I do to help?” after reading about Hubble selling contact lenses with a fake contact lens prescription. If you haven’t read this article, I encourage...
Events concerning Russia are in the news almost daily…..and not complimentary for the most part.
While I do not consider myself geopolitically savvy, I did have the opportunity to visit Mother Russia twice in 2017. One time for pleasure and...
Contact Connect 2017
I recently returned from the first annual Contact Connect 2017 conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hosted by the Contact Lens Society of South Africa, the last such meeting was in 1990. The current generation of members...
Optometry and contact lens practice in South Africa is alive and well.
Despite an economy which is showing signs of strain, the profession is still vibrant and is generally practiced at a level that is accepted worldwide. We share many...
While intuitively it may appear logical to select an oblate scleral lens profile to be fitted on an oblate-shaped ocular surface, other clinical indications may optimize the scleral lens fitting with the use of an oblate design.
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Elevated lesions of the conjunctiva such as pingueculae and pterygia oftentimes present challenges in fitting the patient desiring refractive correction with contact lenses. These lesions can be irritated and thus become inflamed from a contact lens that has a...
By all measures, the 2nd Annual ICSC was a big success!
Over 170 doctors from countries as far as Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Italy and Spain convened in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the all-day event July 28th. Truly an international...
Talk to patients about the lenses
In my office, I explain to patients that a scleral lens is like a bowl, that we fill up with saline and apply to the eye so there is a layer of fluid between...
What solution do you use for sclerals?
By now you may have seen a couple of webinars, attended a wet lab or two, watched some YouTube videos and have chosen a couple of lens designs. Good start! Equally important, critical even,...
Getting started in scleral lenses
Many practitioners that I speak with are aware of the many benefits of scleral lenses but do not know where to start.
On more than one occasion I have related an anecdote of my own...