Practitioners reluctant to upgrade contact lenses

Despite advances in contact lens materials, and many more lens options becoming available, some eyecare practitioners appear reluctant to upgrade all their patients to the latest lens technology.

A 2014 survey conducted by Optician and CooperVision showed that practitioners were selective in their approach to upgrading and, on average, offered about two-thirds of eligible patients (64 per cent) the latest technology.¹

Nearly half (49 per cent) said they would leave a patient in a contact lens for one or two years before offering them an upgrade to a new product. Only a small minority said they would wait three years or more to offer an upgrade (7 per cent) or wait for the patient to ask for a new lens (7 per cent).