The Bifocal lenses in near-sighted kids (BLINK) study results are out, adding weight to the growing body of evidence that soft, multifocal contact lenses...

A new review of soft contact lens wear in children found adverse effects were low and comparable to rates in adult wearers, supporting contact lens-based...

The Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) is seeking abstract submissions for its Free Papers and Posters event scheduled for 20-23 January 2021.   Topics sought...

In recent years there has been a resurgence in interest in orthokeratology. This clinical procedure involves the refractive reshaping of the cornea through...

A new organisation to promote the development and knowledge of scleral lenses, the Euro and Austral-Asian Scleral Lens Academy (EASLA), has been created...

I approached the sixth edition of Contact Lenses by Anthony Phillips and Lynne Speedwell with enthusiasm as some years ago I was a student when the fifth...

Now in its eleventh year, the Global Speciality Lens Symposium (GSLS), held annually in Las Vegas, is a unique conference focused on enabling eye care...

For anyone who has followed these specialty contact lens articles over time you will have noticed a conspicuous lack of mention of the dominant segment...

Last year, I gave an account of my personal sob-story of rampant myopia and discussed how modern day orthokeratology (ortho-k) contact lenses can be modified...

As contact lens fitters, too often we find ourselves fixated over obtaining the very best visual results for our patients. These days we can specify a...

Adjoining the consulting room of my specialty practice, Bay Eye Care, is an office shared by a clinical psychologist and a private psychiatrist. Fortunately,...

At the tender age of nine I developed a blinding eye disease. This bombshell was dropped on my world at my first eye examination in 1996. My optometrist...