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I recently obtained my first manual keratometer, a S4OPTIK Keratometer. My clinic exclusively uses auto keratometers, and none of the other opticians or optometrists can recall how to use a...

Well that's the last time I listen to an optometrist!! (Not you- the optometrist who refracted the patient and insisted to me that the patient was inducing more minus) Seemed fishy but I thought she...

Hoping someone has some wisdom here that I'm missing...

Patient in a 1.74 Varilux E-Series, current rx is
OD: -8.75 -1.25 x 055
OS: -9.25 -0.75 x 155
Add +2.50

They've been in these lenses...

If they're not already in a gray polarized lens, switch them to gray (as opposed to a brown). A mirror coating on the outside bounces more light off the lens which will give the effect of the lens...

Fairly high acceptance rate- first time PAL wearers seem to really like it for the ease of positioning. I've gotten pickier about who I put in the Max, because Pete is definitely right, this is a...

Essilor just launched the "Discovery" tool which is essentially Plano Comfort Max lenses with various adds that you clip into a frame for a patient to try. Essilor has designed it to be worn alone...

Essilor recently launched a new PAL, the Comfort Max.
Our Essilor rep told me that this is an upgraded version of the Comfort DS, with wider intermediate zones and smoother transitions between...

I'm a student optician working with a preschool aged child who just had their first eye exam and their Rx is -12.00 with a -3.00 cyl!
I've dispensed for similar prescriptions before, but always...

I work dispensing in a small clinic alongside two optometrists. Recently, we had a patient with a multifocal prescription. The standard "sphere cylinder x axis plus addition" format of prescription...