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Reusable Lenses

Contact Lens Practice, Page: 196-208.e1
2024
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Book Chapter Description

In the early days of contact lenses (1970s and 1980s) contact lenses were not regularly replaced, leading to lens discomfort and adverse ocular reactions. Regular lens replacement was introduced in the late 1980s. Regular lens replacement avoids long-term adverse changes in contact lenses, such as surface deposits, irreversible water loss and lens damage and crazing. Also, long-term changes in the anterior eye are avoided, such as discomfort, reduced vision and ocular pathology. Issues relating to lens packaging and lens reproducibility are discussed, and well as principles of practice management in respect of prescribing these lenses. Strategies for guiding patients away from using alternative supply routes, in their own interests, are discussed.

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