Contact Lenses

Smart contact lenses

David Wilson evaluates recent developments in the smart contact lens sphere

In focus: Reality bites for TV star that breached advertising rules

A cosmetic contact lens retailer owned by TV personality Marnie Simpson has ...

The contact lens that knows light

John Buch, Billy R Hammond, David Ruston introduce a new contact lens

Advantages of polarisation

Michelle Lloyd-Bibb explains how Seiko’s new lens technology opens up a world ...

Interview: Lyndon Jones, director of the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) at the University of Waterloo

Mike Hale catches up with Lyndon Jones during the contact lens educator’s ...

Practitioner and patient exper

Practitioner and patient experience with a silicone hydrogel, daily disposable contact lens

David Webley and Mailie Fournier take a look at findings from a recent survey ...

In focus: Can light management grow the contact lens business?

Johnson and Johnson Vision hopes to create a new contact lens category with its ...

Figure 1: A spherical RGP on a toric cornea

CET feedback: RGP interactive

Bill Harvey discusses the results of the interactive CET exercise looking at ...

Cantor wins loyalty in specialist CL market

Cantor & Nissel has carved its own niche as a manufacturer of specialist lenses ...

Event report: Coopervision Force

Coopervision’s Future Ocular Research Creativity Event (Force) competition has ...

Telling tales of torics

Optician invited contact lens companies to take part in a product round-up and ...

In focus: Full transparency

Johnson & Johnson’s Acuvue contact lens recycling campaign grabs people’s attention in good and bad ways. Simon Jones reports

Wear and care: responsible contact lens recycling

Optician has launched its contact lens recycling campaign to encourage more practices to get involved in responsibly disposing of them. Zoe Wickens speaks to practices already on the bandwagon and those who have yet to join in

IACLE: Exceptional impact

The founding meeting of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators took place in Monaco in November 1979. Dr Shehzad Naroo and Alison Ewbank trace the early years of the organisation, now celebrating the start of its 40th year

CooperVision: Summit to think about

Summit to think about

Fitting wearers with the healthiest contact lens option is what everybody wants so why doesn’t it always happen? Chris Bennett reports from CooperVision’s inaugural European Media Summit

Lynn White, Ultravision’s clinical director

Looking at labs: Getting the right fit for your eyes

Looking at labs

Long time RGP wearer Keith Hassell visits Ultravision’s headquarters and provides a patient’s perspective on how technology is meeting one wearer’s complex contact lens needs

Seven ways: Steps to multi-focal success

Steps to multi-focal success

Keith Tempany, immediate past president BCLA, director Leightons & Tempany

Finding your range: multifocal contact lens round-up

Finding your range

Sean Rai-Roche invited contact lens companies to submit their choice of product, along with details and a description, to take part in Optician’s round-up

In focus: Safe contact lens disposal

Safe contact lens disposal

The importance of recycling plastics has never been more prevalent in the current climate. Zoe Wickens reports on how contact lenses can be appropriately disposed

Optician Awards 2018: Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year

CL Practitioner of the Year

An enduring passion that keeps him up-to-date with all the latest developments in the field helped Indie Grewal become Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year at the Optician Awards 2018. Sean Rai-Roche reports

In focus: Acanthamoeba takes a liking to UK households

In focus: Acanthamoeba

As new data reveals a threefold increase in Acanthamoeba keratitis infections in South-East England contact lens wearers have again been warned about the risks posed by water supply and poor compliance. Joe Ayling reports