20's and 30's

Looking good is an important part of our lives. We wear the latest fashions. Get popular hairstyles. Even have cosmetic surgery. And our eyes are no exception.

The verdict is in: People look better without glasses. In a recent survey sponsored by Bausch & Lomb, more than three times as many of the adults surveyed thought that women looked better without glasses and more than twice as many of the adults surveyed thought that men looked better without glasses.

Maybe that is why people are increasingly wearing contact lenses or having laser surgery to correct their vision.

Contact Lenses

A contact lens is a hydrophilic (water loving) disc that floats on your cornea. Like prescription glasses, a contact lens is specifically shaped to focus light into the retina of your eye (and to fit your eye). But because the lens covers your cornea, it actually corrects your entire field of vision (unlike glasses, which you can see over and under). Contact lenses float on the tears that bathe the eye when you blink—so you want to keep your eye well-moisturized when you’re wearing contact lenses.

Today, Bausch & Lomb offers soft and gas permeable contact lens choices for almost every type of vision correction.  PureVision® – our latest soft contact lens – is made from a silicone hydrogel material that offers enhanced optics, providing exceptional clarity regardless of your vision correction needs.

Contact Lens Council's Survey: Many Patients not Aware of New CL Options

The results of the Contact Lens Council's (CLC) "Eye on Innovations" survey show that consumers aren't aware of all their current contact lens options. The survey was conducted among 500 participants between the ages of 18 and 65 from May 1 to 2, 2007. More than 83% of respondents say they would like to try contact lenses if they are available to satisfy their individual eye care needs. Participants are reportedly unaware of some of the major advancements in contact lenses:

• New materials, specifically silicone hydrogel (69%)

• Lenses with UV protection (55%)

• Multifocals (40%)

• Toric lenses for astigmatism (23%)

Among other findings, the survey also revealed that many respondents are not properly caring for their lenses:

• More than 44% of CL wearers always or occasionally top-off their contact lens solution

• 46% clean their lens case after each use

• 49% wear lenses longer than recommended.

Additional findings and information on proper lens care are available at: http://www.mycontactlenses.org.

 

Reprinted with permission from the August 19, 2007 edition of Contact Lenses Today, a free weekly e-mail newsletter published by Contact Lens Spectrum. Copyright 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins VisionCare Group. All Rights Reserved. To subscribe to Contact Lenses Today, log onto www.cltoday.com.

Laser Surgery

Typical vision problems, such as being nearsighted or astigmatic, occur when either the eye or the cornea is not perfectly shaped. Laser surgery permanently changes the curve of the cornea, improving or correcting the eyes' focus. Bausch & Lomb makes a range of innovative surgical products used for this and other surgical procedures.

With the Bausch & Lomb Technolas® 217z Zyoptix System for Personalized Laser Vision Correction, your doctor can advance your vision to a new level of precision and clarity. In a clinical study 91.5% of subjects achieved 20/20 or better vision.

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Orthokeratology - Vision Shaping Process

Orthokeratology effectively treats nearsightedness and mild astigmatism.  Your eye care professional prescribes shaping lenses that are custom-fitted to the specific contour of your eyes. Every night, these shaping lenses gently reshape your eye to correct your vision while you sleep. They correct nearsightedness by reshaping the surface of the eye so that light focuses properly on the retina, instead of in front of it. In the morning, you take your shaping lenses out and see clearly and crisply all day long.

Bausch & Lomb Vision Shaping Treatment VST™ (VST® ) is the latest innovation in the field of orthokeratology. This may be perfect for people with lifestyles where glasses and contact lenses may be problematic (such as athletes or firefighters).