New one-day contact lens

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Silhouette has reinvented its iconic 1970s Futura style with a limited edition collection called Futura Dot. Launched in 1973, the Futura style was originally designed to only grace the catwalks, but soon became a hero piece with the fashion set. Inspired by the company’s founding in 1964, only 1,964 pairs of Futura Dot have been produced – each bearing its own serial number. Four styles combine 70s retro with a futuristic aesthetic, in four bold colourways.

Roland Keplinger, head of design at Silhouette, said: “The signature dot plays a central role in this design. The dot is milled and then accentuated by its handfinished colour inlay. The large lenses that are precisely embedded in the shield work beautifully with the dot to create a particularly modern look. The contours are coloured by hand to bring a graphic element to the design, and strongly emphasise the shape of the lenses.”

Launching in the UK on 14 March, new Bausch + Lomb Ultra One Day features a ‘next generation’ contact lens material – kalifilcon A – while its Advanced MoistureSeal Technology is said to deliver a highly wettable surface and excellent breathability for long-lasting and healthy lens wear. The lens also features new ComfortFeel Technology, releasing moisturisers/conditioners, osmoprotectants

New moisture-rich environment

and electrolytes to help protect, enrich and stabilise the tear film. The lens also offers a low modulus, ease of handling, UV blocking and Bausch + Lomb’s High Definition Optics.

Back to the future with Futura Dot

The two technologies are said to work together to deliver “outstanding comfort for a full 16 hours of wear—supporting a stable and healthy ocular environment”. Said Thomas J. Appio, president, Bausch + Lomb International: “Bausch + Lomb Ultra One Day brings a higher standard of innovation to the contact lens category.

“This breakthrough new silicone hydrogel daily disposable contact lens is a welcome addition to our already robust contact lens portfolio and allows our eyecare practitioners to take their patients and practices further – to live the Ultra life.”

Practices purchasing 100 of the new, larger size 100ml Glasklar refillable lens cleaner bottles will receive a complimentary display of their choice with personalised backing imagery. Glasklar’s tree-planting initiative will this year support the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) tree-planting project to mark her Platinum Jubilee. For every minimum practice order of 300 regular bottles, or 100 larger ones, a donation will be made to the project. Practices can also order bottles with the QGC logo to show their support of the initiative. Digital marketing manager, Ellie Jarman, commented: “Glasklar is the original sustainable lens cleaning system, which improves patient retention. It encourages the patient to revisit the practice to refill their bottle, engendering loyalty. Now it further strengthens the practice’s green credentials by showing its support for tree-planting as part of the QGC project.” Glasklar bottles and wall mounts are offered in a variety of colours to match practice colour schemes and with practice details and logos. Free cleaner concentrate is available for all stockists. A complimentary tree sapling will be given to customers placing an order at the Glasklar stand E83 at 100% Optical in April.

We’ve partnered with Plastic Bank® to help stop ocean-bound plastic by offsetting our plastic consumption through their Certified Plastic Neutral programme. Here in the UK and Ireland, we purchase credits equal to the weight of plastic used in our one-day contact lenses, the blister and carton2 – and an equal amount of plastic is collected by Plastic Bank.®

As all CooperVision one-day contact lenses sold in the UK and Ireland are plastic neutral, you will automatically be prescribing plastic neutral too.