Daily disposable wear grows by 6 per cent

Newly released figures from the Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers (ACLM) show that the UK contact lens market was worth nearly £199m in 2009.

The value of the contact lens market has increased by 2 per cent since 2008 and was worth £198.7m, according to the statistics for 2009.

Over 537 million contact lenses were sold during the year with daily disposables constituting 57 per cent of the total soft frequent replacement lenses, 12 per cent silicone hydrogels, 23 per cent soft traditional lenses, 2 per cent and rigid lenses, 6 per cent.

The number of people wearing daily disposable lenses has also increased by 6 per cent in the last 12 months to 1.4 million people and those wearing rigid lenses has risen by 5 per cent to £339,543.