Lasik and Beyond
Washingtonian.com - Washington,DC,USA
Ready to throw away your glasses? New technology has made laser eye surgery better, while procedures beyond lasik offer more ways to get 20/20 vision - and even eliminate reading glasses....

New material makes wearing contacts safer, comfier
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Contact lenses have come a long way since 1887, when German physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick fashioned two 20-millimeter thick slabs from brown glass, ...

Special Assignment: Corrective Eye Surgery
ABC30.com - Fresno,CA,USA
With other procedures such as Lasik, a major vision problem such as nearsightedness would be corrected. But some patients might find they still have trouble reading at a certain distance such as up close and they might need reading glasses even after surgery. What makes implantable contact lenses so revolutionary is that it can correct vision at all different fields. But like every other surgery, it does come with some risks ...

Care For Your Contacts
Chester Daily Local Online - Chester,PA,USA
In a survey last spring of some 7700 of our online readers who wear corrective lenses, 45 percent of those who reported trying contact lenses in the past ...

Revised guidance due on plano lens sales
Optician Online - Sutton,Surrey,UK
Rules surrounding the sale and supply of contact lenses were brought to the GOC's attention last November to address the growing number non-optical suppliers of plano contact lenses such as internet firms and pharmacies ...

Experts Expose The Truth Behind "Horror Stories" of Lasik Surgeries Found Online
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
A new website has been launched to bring honesty to the Internet by eliminating bogus LASIK sites that present false claims of LASIK complications. Started in 2000, several LASIK bashing sites arose that were sponsored by lawyers "fishing" for clients to sue LASIK surgeons....

Warning on non-prescription cosmetic contact lenses
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
Cosmetic contact lenses (also known as novelty lenses; crazy lenses; and fashion lenses) are coloured contact lenses intended to be worn directly against ...

VISTAKON Launches 'Click-To-Be-Contacted' Service to Speed Up
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
VISTAKON(R), Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. and maker of ACUVUE(R) Brand Contact Lenses, today announced the national launch of "Click-to-be-Contacted," a complimentary online service designed to facilitate appointment scheduling for new contact lens patients. ...

Contact lens use
WSLS.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
Consumer Reports just surveyed some 7,700 people who were either eyeglasses or contact-lens wearers. Consumer Reports found that 60 percent of contact-lens wearers who were supposed to regularly replace their contact lenses in fact wore them longer than recommended ...

Advances in contact lenses offer more choices
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
That was until the Food and Drug Administration approved SynergEyes lenses. They have a hybrid hard lens in the middle with a soft lens skirt ...

Contact lens with a skirt?
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
The SynergEyes lenses have a hard contact center and a soft contact skirt surrounding it. It's larger than most contacts but Nelson is thrilled that it's such a simple way for him to have 20/20 vision. The contacts are truly fitted to only his eye, so it took a couple of tries to get it just right ...

The eyes have it: Lasik and beyond
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
The newest technology now allows for ‘bladeless Lasik.’ It's called Intralase and it uses laser-burst bubbles seated just beneath the cornea to make a thinner flap than earlier generations of Lasik...

Laser a weapon against poor vision
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Fort Riley soldiers are being offered free eye surgeries so they won’t need glasses or contact lenses, which can cause problems in a war zone, especially in ...

A clear look at optical choices
Enid News & Eagle - Enid,OK,USA
As a way of correcting vision without glasses, LASIK surgery is well established with more than a million Americans choosing it every year. Although conventional LASIK is relatively safe, some persons have experienced long-term problems such as decreased night vision, glare, halos or shadows...

The eyes have it: Lasik and beyond
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
Talk eye surgery and most people automatically assume the subject is laser vision correction, Lasik. However, maybe you'd be better off with a type of contact lens that's implanted within the eye, right in front of your own lazy lens ...

Hi-Tech Water Toys - For Grownups
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
These disposable contact lenses, co-developed with Bausch & Lomb, improve your game by filtering 95 percent of UVA and UVB rays without the need for cumbersome shades. Look like a cat in amber lenses that help you see fast-moving objects better during games of football, baseball or tennis ...

1-800 CONTACTS Announces Resolution to Supply Issue
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The Company has recently signed long-term supply agreements with its three largest contact lens suppliers. The Company has purchased directly from Bausch & Lomb, its fourth largest supplier, without a written agreement since 2001...

Helping soldiers see
Blackanthem.com - Clinton Township,MI,USA
The optometry clinic makes sure that Soldiers know the dangers of wearing contact lenses in the combat zone. They have ballistic glasses and snap in ...

Man Leaves Contacts in For a Year, Fuse to His Eye
ShortNews.com - Regensburg,Germany
A 40-year-old Chinese man only known as Liu had contact lenses he wore for a year straight surgically removed because they grew into his eyes ...