Contact lenses consisting of silicone have some features that provide a healthy environment for the eye. These lenses are designed to allow as much as five to ten times the amount of oxygen to pass ...

This article aims to provide a balanced perspective given that the world’s most sold DD brand is a hydrogel, with very many successful wearers. The three main things practitioners look for when ...

silicone hydrogel lenses on the market: Silicone lenses have not been found to reduce the risk of bacterial keratitis for contact lens wearers. Current research suggests that contact lens-related ...

A multicentre study was undertaken recently to evaluate both practitioner and patient acceptability of a new one-day disposable silicone hydrogel contact lens; the sorafilcon A material Hoya One Day ...

The aim of this study was to review the published literature on microbial adhesion to contact lenses, focusing on adhesion to silicone hydrogel lenses. Methods: The literature on microbial ...

The author received an honorarium from CLAO for presenting the paper at the SiHy symposium (Silicone Hydrogel Lenses ... this special issue of Eye & Contact Lens. The author has no other funding ...

Since hydrogel soft contact lenses went into mass production in 1971, lenses with simple color pigments have become pretty accessible. But designing and painting bespoke lenses is still an art form.

Four cases of microbial keratitis in patients who were using silicone hydrogel SCL (either CibaVision Focus Night ... Where possible, the contact lenses themselves were also sent for microbial ...