Are you looking for new contact lenses for astigmatism because you feel like you’ve tried them all and none of them perform as well as you’d like? Then this is an exciting time for you because we are seeing a … Read More
The Spectacle Calculator by CooperVision is an online application that can be used to convert your glasses prescription to the corresponding contact lens parameters. It can be found directly on CooperVision’s website at https://coopervision.com/practitioner/tools-and-calculators/spectacle-conversion-calculator When I first saw this calculator, … Read More
So you’re in need of new contact lenses. That means it’s time to get into money saver mode and track down all the websites that offer cheap contact lenses online with free shipping. I’m going to help you do just … Read More
Why Should You Compare Contact Lens Prices? Contact lens prices vary wildly from one contact lens website to another. On one popular contact lens site, you may be getting a great price for your brand of contacts, while a different … Read More
The Myopia Epidemic There is no question that myopia (nearsightedness) rates have been increasing over the years. MiSight contact lenses is a new contact lens by CooperVision that may help prevent myopia from developing in children. Currently in the United States, … Read More
There are now more places than ever to buy contact lenses. If you combine both online and offline sources, you have no less than hundreds of different options. So how do you know what the best place to order contact … Read More
If you use contact lenses and you now wear bifocal or progressive glasses, you may be wondering ‘do they make bifocal contact lenses’?. The answer is yes, although they’re not typically referred to as ‘bifocal contact lenses’. What are they … Read More
This morning a read an article entitled “I Tried Hubble Contacts And Here’s What Happened” written by Bre Payton. While most of the article actually had nothing to do with Hubble Contacts, by the end of the article the author … Read More
We all know that some people need glasses to be able to read, but is it also possible to get a reading contact lens prescription? In this article, I will discuss the different ways you can use contact lenses in … Read More
All over North America, the most common type of contact lenses worn by contact lens wearers are monthly contact lenses. That being case, it worth knowing about all the cheap monthly contact lenses out there on the market. In this … Read More
Ortho K contacts, or orthokeratology contacts, have been around for a long time. You may have heard of them or read about about them somewhere, and wondered if Ortho K contacts are for you. In this article I will discuss … Read More
What is a Contact Lens Exam? A contact lens exam is essentially when your optometrist assesses the performance of your contacts, your experience with you contacts and the physical fit of your contacts in order to give you an up … Read More
Are you having difficulty finding toric color contact lenses for astigmatism? If you are it’s not surprising since all color contact lenses for astigmatism were pulled from the market in North America around 2014. Since then, people interested in wearing … Read More
Part 4 – The Power Cross & Advanced Conversion Charts In part 1, part 2 and part 3 of this tutorial series, you learned all about how lenses work, why prescriptions for glasses are sometimes different than prescriptions for contact … Read More
PART 2 – Converting The Powers In part 1 of this tutorial series, I explained how glasses help to make your vision clear, how the strength of your glasses is measured, and what the numbers on your prescription for glasses … Read More
What is GlassesUSA.com? GlassesUSA.com is now selling contact lenses. If you’re not familiar with GlassesUSA.com, it is an online glasses retailer that propped up in 2008 an grew to become on of the leading online glasses store. Their mission is … Read More
Due to popular request from optician and optometry students, as well as regular glasses and contact lens wearers, I will be doing a comprehensive set of tutorials on how to do back vertex conversions i.e., how to convert a glasses … Read More
There’s no denying that wearing contact lenses is not cheap. But just like everything else, there are ways to save money on contact lenses. In this article, I will reveal the top 5 least expensive contact lenses that you can … Read More
Realizing that the numbers in your glasses prescription are not always the same numbers that are needed for your contact lenses is an important first step in being successful with contacts. Ordering the wrong power in your contact lenses can … Read More
We all know that contact lenses are not cheap, which is why we should always look for the lowest price for our contact lenses before we place an order. But the expenses don’t end there. For our contact lenses to … Read More
For anybody who needs to glasses or contact lenses to see, you know that the cost of clear vision is not cheap. But as with everything, there are ways to save money on contacts that few people know about. In … Read More