unique technologies to deliver excellent comfort and clear,
stable vision, with a wide parameter range. Benjamin Straker,
Giovanna Olivares, Anna Sulley and David Ruston report
Many of our astigmatic patients find that current contact lenses are not providing the experience they would hope for or expect. Nearly six in 10 existing toric soft contact lens wearers (58%) report declining lens performance over the course of a day, a similar experience to spherical lens wearers.1,2
Toric wearers who undertake a variety of activities, shift between environments, and spend more time using digital devices during the day are more prone to declining lens performance.1 Those who experience a drop in performance report more diverse symptoms, feelings of tired eyes, dryness symptoms and visual compromise.1
Drop-out rates are also higher with toric soft lens wearers than among spherical lens wearers (27% vs 21% one year after fitting), and unsatisfactory vision and comfort are the most common reasons for those newly fitted with torics discontinuing.3
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