Rethinking contact lens discomfort

Rethinking contact lens aftercare.

The evolution of contact lens technology and clinical practice over the past three decades has been remarkable, with dramatic improvements in material biocompatibility, better lens designs and care systems, and more flexible and convenient modalities of wear. However, our approach to the aftercare examination has remained conservative, with the general modus operandi having not fully evolved fr...

Cytokine changes in tears and relationship to contact lens discomfort

PURPOSE To determine the reproducibility of a multiplex bead assay for measuring cytokines in tears and correlations between ocular discomfort with or without contact lens wear and the concentration of cytokines in tears. METHODS Ninety participants (divided into two groups) were enrolled in this prospective study. They were asked to rate their ocular comfort and collect their tears in the mo...

The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: executive summary.

The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: report of the contact lens materials, design, and care subcommittee.

Centre for Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida University of Minho, CEORLab, Center of Physics (Optometry), Gualtar, Braga, Portugal C. R. Bard, Inc., Bard Medical Division, Covington, Georgia The University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester, ...

The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: report of the contact lens interactions with the tear film subcommittee.

Department of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Optometric Technology Group Research & Consultancy, London, United Kingdom...