UK Student Awarded by Contact Lens Manufacturer 29 June 2016 TimFletcher Contact Lens, News CooperVision has just announced the winners of its annual FORCE competition, awarding the most innovative projects submitted by optometry students from around the world. [More]
Radio DJ Joins a Campaign for Multifocal Contact Lenses 28 June 2016 GregFisher Celebrities, Contact Lens, News Sara Cox, a radio DJ and television personality, has become the face of a new marketing campaign prepared by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. [More]
New Contact Lens Options for Presbyopes 27 June 2016 TimFletcher Contact Lens, News mark’ennovy has expanded its Gentle family of contact lenses, introducing new multifocal and multifocal toric lenses designed specifically for presbyopes. [More]
Research into Tears Allows Development of Better Contact Lenses 26 June 2016 JoelHarrison Contact Lens, Research Studies investigating how tears keep our eyes healthy and protect the surface of the eye from drying have led to the development of much more comfortable and safer contact lenses, experts writing for Optician Online have stressed. [More]
Coloured Contact Lenses Used to Create the Look of Game of Thrones Nights King 25 June 2016 GregFisher Celebrities, Contact Lens The Night’s King is probably the scariest character on HBO’s series, Game of Thrones. Recently, Isaac Hempstead-Wright (who plays Bran Stark on the show) has described how it was to film the scenes with the undead creature. [More]
Major Contact Lens Manufacturers Confirm Their Pricing Policies 24 June 2016 TimFletcher Contact Lens, News A few weeks ago, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care announced the discontinuation of its unilateral pricing policy, allowing online retailers to offer the company’s contact lenses at significantly lower prices. [More]
Contact Lens Manufacturer Launches a New Website 23 June 2016 TimFletcher Contact Lens, News After introducing a range of football zero power contact lenses (Clearcolor Phantom), Clearlab decided to make changes to the way its products are distributed and launched a new website ordering system designed for eye care practitioners. [More]
Tips for Wearing Contact Lenses in the Summer 22 June 2016 TimFletcher Advice, Contact Lens, Health Contact lenses are generally problem free if we follow several basic rules and avoid taking unnecessary risks. However, there are a few things we can do to make sure our contact lenses remain comfortable all day long in the summer. [More]
New Contact Lens Technology Introduced by University of Missouri 21 June 2016 JoelHarrison Contact Lens, Health, Research Patients with irregular corneas often have problems finding lenses that would correct their refractive error effectively. Fortunately, lens manufacturers and researchers keep coming up with improved methods of producing custom lenses. [More]
EnChroma Contact Lenses Help Patients with Colour Blindness 20 June 2016 JoelHarrison Contact Lens, Health, Research According to recent research, as many as 8% of people may suffer from some kind of colour vision deficiency. Fortunately, thanks to tinted lenses developed by EnChroma, they can successfully deal with the condition now. [More]