If you have steered clear of contact lenses in the past or struggled with dry eye disease, scleral lenses may be the answer. You're not alone if you haven’t heard of these specialized lenses. Scleral ...

Scleral contact lenses are specialised devices designed to vault over the cornea and rest on the sclera, creating a fluid reservoir that promotes hydration of the ocular surface. Widely used for ...

About this time last year, Kristina Metcalfe was looking to adopt a guide dog and was preparing for a life of blindness. But a doctor in Boston and a little-known contact lens allowed the 28-year-old ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What are scleral contact lenses and who can benefit from them? Are they more expensive than regular contact lenses? Scleral lenses differ from other contact lenses in several ways.

The sclera is the outer layer of your eye. You’ve probably heard it referred to as the “white of your eye.” It’s made up of fibrous connective tissue that covers the eyeball and surrounds the cornea.

Have you ever considered LASIK but Scleral lenses have been plagued with doctor misconceptions: they’re bulky, they’re uncomfortable, they’re difficult to care for, they are potentially dangerous to ...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tangible™ Science, LLC, an innovator creating a dramatically better contact lens experience for patients and eye care practices, today announced that a new study ...