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Jan31

Contamac Launches Nutrifill™, A Patented Insertion Solution for Scleral Lens Wear

January 31, 2020With the perfect theme for the beginning of 2020, Perfect Vision in Sight, the annual Global Specialty Lens Symposium began in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 22nd. The…

Jan31

Dry Eye and Scleral Lenses in Optimum

January 31, 2020 By Martin Conway & Mark Darling Scleral lenses have become a standard option for the correction of keratoconus and other irregular corneal pathologies, however, they can also be…

Jan30

PresbyHope

January 30, 2020 The Contamac Education Series 2019 By Eef van der Worp As a young, fresh member of the 50+ family (sounds better than ‘old man’), I can confirm…

Jan30

Why you should go to Class 2020

January 30, 2020 By Ian Sexton, FBDO CL As part of my global role as Professional Services Manager for No7 Contact Lenses, it is important I am up to date…

Nov29

The Prevalence of Refractive Error in an Ageing Population

November 29, 2019 Are We Ignoring or Embracing the Unmet Need? By Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO Eye care has evolved at a tremendous rate over the last decade. In addition…

Nov29

A Look at Custom Contact Lenses in the Film Industry

November 29, 2019It’s a Wrap! By Karen Hughes, FBDO CL From the minute eye care professionals start studying, they are taught about the general public and how to deal with…

Nov29

Excellence in Customized Scleral Lens Keratoconus Fitting

November 29, 2019 By Luciano Bastos, CLAO Patient male, 42 years old, he has binocular, stage IV keratoconus in OS. He also has stage III keratoconus at OD but is…

Nov29

Carlos Mayoral – Key Account Manager, South America

November 29, 2019 Please describe your role at Contamac: As the Key Account Manager for Latin America, my responsibility is to look after my customers with their needs, whether in…

Sep30

Salzmann’s Nodular Degeneration

September 30, 2019 By Martin Conway & Mark Darling RE + LE Salzmann’s Nodular Degeneration (SND) is a non-inflammatory, progressive corneal degeneration, characterised by elevated, whitish-grey subepithelial nodules. The nodules…

Sep30

10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Graduating Optometry School

September 30, 2019 By Dr Stephanie Woo, O.D. After the blood, sweat and tears that optometry school can create, we are all at the same point on that graduating day.…

Sep30

The Evolution of Scleral Lens Fitting

September 30, 2019 By Martin Conway Scleral lens fitting has become increasingly mainstream over the past decade. Once the preserve of specialist practice and confined mainly to hospital practice, it…

Sep30

Power profiles of Peripheral Additions using topographers with Soft Contact Lenses in Myopia Control

September 30, 2019 By Pascal Blaser and Ian Sexton, F.B.D.O. CL Introduction Various studies have demonstrated that both soft center-distance multifocal lenses and orthokeratology lenses are an effective option in myopia management.…