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The article presents views of several optometrists in the U.S. regarding their recommended lenses for treating presbyopia. Joseph Shovlin prefers to use the multifocal lens from Bausch & Lomb or CIBA Vision, while John Rinehart prefers to use aspheric lens designs for patients that requires gas-permeable lenses. It also mentions that lens modality cannot fit all and can only serve certain patients.

The article provides information for optometrists on how to customize their patients' needs of using presbyopic lenses. It suggests that doctors need to keep at least one of the special categories for use as a companion to primary designs. These categories include short-corridor progressive lenses, computer progressive lenses and wraparound progressive sun wear lenses.

The article describes presbyopic contact lens and identifies its advantages. It is advisable for optometrists to fully understand the considerations and demands of their patients to provide them the satisfaction they need. It is remarkable that contact lenses are developed in an improved manner that cope with the demands of patients.

The article suggests that it is important for eye care practitioners to take stock of the contact lens available to fit their presbyopic patients. It discusses the available approaches, including monovision, bifocals, toric multifocals, gas-permeables and sclerals. The article concludes that industry innovation and new technology have provided practitioners with some solid options to help many patients who are interested in continued contact lens wear.

The article presents the views of several experts on the future of contact lenses (CL), that were discussed by panelists during a British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) session. Physician Noel Brennan said that contact lenses will be mainly used for the correction of myopia and presbyopia in future. Optometrist Nathan Efron said that in the coming five or 10 years, almost all contact lenses will be daily disposables, which will have a great impact on the way optometrists practise.