DryEyeShop Blog — scleral lenses

What is GSLS and why I am I here? GSLS is the Global Specialty Lens Symposium... all about specialty contacts, and scleral lenses visibly dominate the agenda when it comes to specialty contacts these days.  I'm here for a few reasons: To unchain myself from my desk and phone for some sanity time. To see optometrists that I haven't seen in a long time or have never met at all and only know online! To learn as much as I can from attending classes & talks... everything from new technology developments to insurance coverage for lenses. To talk to manufacturers, learn about the...

Tap water should never be used on any contact lenses, including scleral lenses. Here's why this is so important.

Even for  us "old-timers" who have worn scleral lenses for many  years, sometimes we have bad days with our lenses or surprising problems. It's all just part of the adventure.

I'm really good at doling out advice about scleral lenses. I mean, REALLY good. It's one of my favorite hobbies. But when it comes to following my own advice? Possibly... not quite so much. I had ample opportunity to ponder this strange inconsistency today on my way to Chapel Hill, NC to speak at the National Keratoconus Foundation's family symposium taking place tomorrow morning. So first of all, thanks to some hyper-budget-conscious fit of lunacy, I booked myself on a flight departing Seatac Airport at 5:45am. I live an hour and a half away from the airport, and I saw something in passing the...