Speciality lenses: Worthwhile fitting? 

Eye care practitioners need to step out of their comfort zones and learn how to fit speciality contact lenses to ensure patients are given the best possible treatment, according to a leading lens expert.
A marked increase in the availability of specially-engineered bespoke lenses has enabled optometrists to recommend a range of new products to help treat irregular corneas and conditions such as keratoconus, but many professionals remain apprehensive about the new technology. A lecture to be held at the first ever BCLA Asia conference in Hong Kong next month will hear from Dr Stan Isaacs (pictured) who has served as President of the Singapore Contact Lens Society for the past 26 years.

He said: “Technology has made the fitting of speciality lenses more of a science then an art, yet practitioners tend to avoid fitting these lenses as they tend to avoid coming out of their comfort zone and spend time, learning and implementing new technology “As eye care practitioners our job is to ensure that our patients get the best comfort and vision from any ophthalmic device and sometimes the only thing that works is a speciality lens.”

The lecture will discuss the science behind speciality lenses including soft, RGPs, scleral, semi-scleral and hybrid lenses. These lenses are suitable for irregular corneas and certain corneal conditions such as keratoconus, post RK and Lasik, Ectasia, high astigmatism and acute dry eye, where normal production stock lenses do not work. Delegates will be able to boost their knowledge, awareness and confidence when dealing with these lenses and take what they learn back into practice to help ensure patients are getting the best possible solution to their eye health needs.

The session will be held at 4.00pm on Tuesday, September 13 as part of BCLA Asia at the Cordis Langham Place hotel in Hong Kong.
Find out more about the programme and to book your place here.