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A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward. Putting contacts in and taking them out. One-day disposable contact lenses with blue handling tint in blister-pack packaging. Contact lenses, or simply contacts, are thin lenses placed directly on the surface of the eyes. Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used ...
The first contact lenses were made of glass, in 1888. Initially the glass was blown but soon lenses were made by being ground to shape. For the first fifty years, glass was the only material used. The lenses were thin, yet reports of injury were rare. In 1938 perspex (polymethylmethacrylate, or PMMA) began to replace glass in contact lens ...
Official website. Specsavers Optical Group Ltd is a Guernsey multinational optical retail chain, which operates mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Nordic countries. The chain offers optometry and optician services for eyesight testing and sells glasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses. It also sells hearing aids.
Lenstore had served over 100,000 customers by 2013, despite not being the only online-only lens and glasses retailer in the UK. [ 3] This growth was aided by a desire in the UK to buy lenses cheaper, and not just from high street opticians. Guides were subsequently created to help UK customers identify the correct lens to purchase online (as ...
The British Contact Lens Association [1] is an educational and scientific membership organization formed in 1977. In 2013 it had 2000 members. It organizes an annual Clinical Conference and Exhibition. In 2015 the main themes were myopia management and presbyopia correction.
Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers. The Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers is a British trade association established in 1962. It claims to represent the manufacturers of over 95% of all prescription contact lenses and lens care products in the UK, and is one of the five representative bodies that make up the Optical Confederation.