I recently switched from gas perm lenses to soft lenses and really like
my current lenses (CIBA Focus Monthly) with the exception that one of
my eyes tends to get dry and, in addition to reduced comfort, I notice
a change in my refraction of that eye.

I am extremely sensitive to visual distortions. My new eye doctor says to
use glass only - my previous doctor who just passed away said plastic is
better.
I tend to think of glass as the best medium for lenses....opinions please.

First off, a little about me.  Blind in right eye since birth.  Left
prescription is 0 +1.25 x 175 with a +2.5 add (always a PC lens).  Each
year the add has been increasing...but lately seems to have leveled off.
 I've had progressives for about 8 years now...when I first ...

3rd European Meeting in Physiological Optics
City University, London, UK
7th to 9th of September 2006
**************Submissions now open**************

FOR RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006
Rochester, NY --- Bausch & Lomb (NYSE:BOL) announced today that it is
temporarily suspending U.S. shipments of ReNu® with MoistureLoc®
produced at its Greenville, S.C., manufacturing facility in order to

Following the recent incidents of fusarium keratitis in Singapore and Hong
Kong, cases are now being reported in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Florida and Iowa (http://www.clspectrum.com/cls_breakingnews.aspx).
The SE Asian cases wew initially linked to the use of Renu, but ...

I'm trying to get into some toric contacts, but I also want to keep my
current prescription without overcorrecting.  I'm looking for -0.5x180
and -1x180.  My eye doc said the minimum possible is -0.75, and just
surveying online stores it looks like they all go in 0.5 increments, so

This post is guaranteed to make everyone go ballistic! It's about a
new hypothesis on the etiology of myopia.
First, a description of my methods. Anyone can speculate, or dream up a
new theory. I prefer to let the eye *tell me* how it works. I subject

I am 35 years old and have suffered from exotrophia since I was about
6.  Prior to that I esotrophic. I had 2 surgeries when I was a child on
both eyes in the mid 1970's. Dr Marshall Parks in Washington D.C. did
both. Not sure if each surgery was on one eye or if he did both eyes

 My wife had gone into the emergency room here in Canada over a week ago.
The doctor said she had pink eye, and was given ratio- ketorolac.  She works
in  a daycare by the way.  It didnt work, and they dont alow you to come to
work for 24hrs until after using the medicine for a 24 ...

Just a few questions from a new lurker.  Does anyone know if Bausch and
Lomb will produce a toric division II type contact for the PureVision
brand?  I guess 6.0 is as high as they go.
Another quick question.  My prescription is -7.75od, +1.00 cyl, and 98

i just wanted to let everybody who has been reading my posts that my daughter
is doing fine and wearing her glasses. its amazing how many compliments we
get when she is wearing her glasses.for having a very high prescription she
still sees well without them. when she first gets up ...

If you do a little digging, here's what you find out about Fred
Deakins.  There's some stream-of-consciousness type stuff here, but it
becomes rather obvious that either this IS Uncle Otie's "Fred Deakins"
-- who worked as a medic and--from what I can see--never flew a plane

After wearing contacts (bifocal) for many years, my doctor convinced me to
switch to disposable one.  They are fine, but I'm not sure when I need to
dispose of them.  The doctor said the FDA approved them for 14 days, but I
don't wear them every day and don't always wear them all ...

I thought people might be interested in a new search engine my company
has created for people with low vision. It's called Big.com
(www.big.com) and it has a large font size that you can make even
bigger after doing a search by clicking on a magnification button.