Tag: Contacts

Millennials, Meet Presbyopia. In the conversations around building a practice, doctors often focus on niche and specialty care. But there is plenty of untapped potential to grow a thriving and busy practice around serving the needs of patients that are in your chair. Studies show that in the average optometry practice, 40% of patients are over age 40. And those numbers are poised to grow even larger; the oldest millennials turn 40 in 2021, and at 73 million people, they are the largest living generation in the USA, accounting for 25% of the total population.

A new study investigated the impact of soft contact lens wear on the meibomian glands (MG). The study details. The authors examined 174 eyes of current contact lens...

Can I get a multifocal contact if I have astigmatism? You can and we also have a new option to try. ULTRA Multifocal for Astigmatism just...

Do I have to buy my year supply of my contacts all at once? No. Johnson & Johnson has launched the MyAcuvue Subscription Program which allows...

If Snapchat pays you to promote Spectacles... You better promote it. Save this post for next Halloween. Halloween is over but horror from colored contacts lives on. What's new in glasses...

Sitting down with Ashleigh Hinde, founder and CEO of Waldo, it is quickly apparent that this woman has not only done a breadth of...

Get this man some contacts. Another royal wedding was this past week and the groom put his glasses on for just a second to make sure he...

OD save. Great story about a Delaware OD that saved a man's life. Contact Lens Health Week. Mark your social media calendars. August 20-24th is contact lens health week....

Poor vision coverage. NPR featured a story about the gaps in insurance coverage for eye exams. They also gave a nice shoutout to ICO for their outreach...

Can I get contacts that shoot laser beams? Scientists in Scotland have developed an ultra-thin membrane laser that can be placed on a contact lens and emit...