This Month’s Moderator: Pamela A. Lowe, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO

Contact lenses are enjoying a nice resurgence thanks to recent advancements in materials, designs, and even fitting guides that are helping to make them more functional and comfortable for patients. In particular, the technology of multifocal contact lenses has evolved leaps and bounds above what was available just 10 years ago. The timing of these new offerings couldn’t be better, as we are all well aware of the number of presbyopes emerging and already existing as the general population ages, and multifocal contact lenses give us eye care professionals an effective yet flexible solution for our patients’ daily visual needs.

This edition of Business Matters is dedicated to multifocal contact lenses and how our colleagues are leveraging them in their clinics. Is demand for these lenses increasing? Are dropout rates decreasing? Are multifocals as demanding of chair time as they once were? How should we broach the sensitive topic of presbyopia with our patients? These are the questions we’ll explore inside.

—Pamela A. Lowe, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO