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S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 2 0 1 5 • O P T O M E T R I C M A N A G E M E N T . C O M 27 A S A BIG PRESCRIBER of multi- focal contact lenses, I'll be the frst to admit that it hasn't always been easy to give patients great comfort, great near vision and great distance vision in the same lens. Typically, we had to choose which of those features was least important and compromise a little in that area. From my perspective, that was still a better option than monovision. And most of the time, my patients have been willing to tol- A CONTACT LENS WITH AN INNOVATIVE NEW PUPIL-OPTIMIZED DESIGN EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS WITH MULTIFOCAL WEARERS UP YOUR GAME WITH PRESBYOPES Michael Ciszek, O.D. erate the tradeofs for spectacle-free vision. When 1-DAY ACUVUE MOIST Brand MULTIFOCAL Contact Lenses were frst introduced, I was a bit skeptical. But afer my frst few cases, the skepticism went out the window. Tis lens has taken my patients from saying, "Tis is working . . . I'm okay with this" to "Wow, this is fantas- tic!" In my experience, it works so well for such a broad range of patients that I've been switching most of my exist- ing multifocal contact lens wearers — both daily disposable and reusable — into the lens. Being a daily disposable lens usually means a bigger price tag. But, price hasn't been much of an issue because of how we posi- tion the lens to patients. I let them try the lens and, if they don't think the beneft is worth the additional cost, there is no harm done; they can stick with their current lenses. However, for most patients, the value — crisp vision at all distanc- es and great comfort — greatly outweighs the costs. Tis lens has quickly become my go-to lens for all types of pres- byopic patients, from emerging presbyopes to current multifocal to presbyopic spectacle wearers who would beneft from trying multifocal contact lenses. See my top tips for introducing this lens to two of these categories of wearers on page 28. Figure 1: Fitting multifocals keeps patients in contact lenses as they age and attracts new wearers as well. FE ATURE OPTOME TRIC MANAGEMENT