Introducing the latest multifocal lens from Alcon

Presbyopic daily disposable contact lenses have until recently been under-represented in the eye care professionals’ fitting armamentarium, with fittings proportionally lower for this indication than for spherical corrections. Dailies AquaComfort Plus Multifocal contact lenses will help address this issue, increasing the possibilities of fitting presbyopes with daily disposable lenses.

Presbyopia

The changes to the eyes occurring in presbyopia, have been elegantly reviewed by Charman.1 Between the ages of 30 and 70, there is a hyperopic shift of about +0.04D sphere per year, accumulating to +1.00 to +2.00D by age 70, and an against-the-rule shift in astigmatism of about 1.00DC. The amplitude of accommodation declines until 52 years of age,2 and presbyopia is generally considered as starting when the amplitude of accommodation has fallen below 3.00D, at about 40 years of age. According to Charman, with increasing longevity, most people in the developed world can look forward to spending almost half of their lives as presbyopes – in the UK 42 per cent of the population are over 45 years old. In an increasingly near-focused world, with tasks such as reading, working on computers and with mobile devices, there are greater near visual demands to correct presbyopia in order to allow people to work and play normally.