Categories: Uncategorized
Contact Lens Solutions and Products Proper care of you contact lenses is essential for a lifetime of healthy vision. It is often overwhelming to the patient new to contact lenses when they make a trip to the pharmacy for contact lens solution. They are greeted by aisle of choices. To decrease the likelihood of eye infections you [...]
Categories: Contact Lenses, farsighted (hyperopia), Vision Conditions
Farsighted Eyes Contact lenses And Other Ways Your Optometrist Can Improve Your Look With a Thinner, Lighter Lens Designs and Eliminate the Bug Eye Look! Read On- First a disclaimer-you have to read to the end for contact lens solutions for farsightedness. Being farsighted (hyperopia is the technical term) is when distance vision is good, [...]
Categories: Contact Lens Solutions, Contact Lenses, Eye Allergies, FEATURED
We still see allergies to the preservatives in contact lens solutions in our Fort Collins Contact Lens Clinic but at a much lower frequency than in the past. Thimerosal, (sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate) is an older contact lens solution preservative whose composition is about half mercury. It as commonly used in very low doses in contact lens [...]
Categories: Corneal Infections, Keratitis, Pinkeye
Contact lens solutions will soon be required to have two new additions to their labeling. Although most manufacturers no longer label solutions “no rub” the F.D.A. will require rubbing lenses as part of disinfecting cycle on labeling for all multipurpose contact lens solutions. The other change will be to add a discard after opening date [...]
Categories: Contact Lens Problems, Contact Lenses, Eye Allergies, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis-GPC, Pinkeye, Vision Insurance, Vision Service Plan -VSP
SIX SIGNS YOU MAY HAVE GPC FROM YOUR CONTACT LENSES Itchy eyes as contact lenses get older Lenses that slide and stick under the upper eye lid Irritation Every Time You Blink Mucous Discharge and Foggy Vision Lenses That Discolor and Develop a Film Intermittent Red Eye With Feeling Something is Scratching Your Eye In [...]
Categories: FEATURED
Contact Lens Can Be Comfortable! Fort Collins is a different environment for contact lenses than many other parts of the country. The low humidity, Chinook winds, and wide variation in weather make it a more challenging environment for optometrists to find the perfect fit for you or your children. By utilizing special contact lens materials [...]