4 Topic Commentaries

Scleral Lenses for Presbyopes Struggling With Dry Eye

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  Anisa Gire, O.D.

  Optometry — PROSE/scleral lenses; Ocular surface disease

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  They come into your office with two pairs of sunglasses and a visor hat, because bright lights cause extreme pain.

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  Michelle M. Hessen, O.D.

  Optometry — PROSE/scleral lenses; Ocular surface disease

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  They're able to go back to their daily activities and have significantly better quality of life.

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  Muriel M. Schornack, O.D.

  Optometry — Scleral lenses; Ocular surface disease/dry eye

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  Mayo Clinic

  It gives them hope. It gives them vision. It gives them ocular comfort that they could only dream of prior to wearing scleral lenses.

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  Kathleen Thai, O.D.

  Optometry — Specialty contact lenses; Ocular surface disease

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  Harvard Medical School; Mass Eye and Ear

  One treatment that I think is underutilized is therapeutic scleral lenses.

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