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However, despite being widely available for over five years, the growth of daily disposable silicone hydrogels has been limited, with silicone hydrogels representing a smaller percentage of the daily disposable contact lens market compared to the proportion of silicone hydrogels in the reusable segment (Figure 1).

So what would it take for daily disposables to replicate the success of silicone hydrogel reusable lenses? If we take a look back in history, growth in the silicone hydrogel reusable lens segment was relatively slow in the first five years following the introduction of the first-generation silicone hydrogel materials (Figure 2).