Posts Tagged ‘contact lens’

How long should i wait to wear a contact after having lasik surgery?

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Please i just want to know how long to wait after having lasik surgery done. Its been about a week and 2 weeks can anyone tell me if its ok to wear a contact lens. What are the risks and can i pull the flap off the eye still?

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Different kind of contact lens

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Contact lenses became popular after the Second World War with the introduction of Perspex. This material called PMMA by the contact lenses industry became the first choice for producing contact lenses.

At first the lenses were made quite large in diameter, but soon contact lens practitioners realized that this caused the cornea to be starved of [...]

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Toric Contact lens

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Toric contact lenses are contact lenses designed to correct astigmatism. These type lenses are getting more and more popular and are an excellent alternative to spectacles or corrective eye surgery like Lasik.

The next logical development in contact lens would be a multifocal contact lens in the toric design. Especially nowadays with a considerable of contact [...]

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The transition from the Hard (PMMA) to Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) contact lenses.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

After the introduction of the corneal hard lens, the contact lens wearers were introduced to the “Holy Grail” of contact lenses: the RGP lenses. It was supposed to be a hard lens made from a “breathable”  plastic. However the amount of oxygen transmission was not very high and it soon became obvious that lenses with [...]

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