AC Lens Submits Comments and Recommendations to FTC Regarding Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act
Dr. Peter Clarkson, President of Columbus, OH based AC Lens, submitted formal comments and recommendations to the FTC today in response to the FTC's request for comments related to the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, which the FTC announced on January 30, 2004. Dr. Clarkson's comments highlighted several areas where the FTC could alter the proposed rule to make it easier for consumers to purchase contact lenses from alternative sources such as Internet and mail order contact lens firms. Dr.
Clarkson recommended that the FTC should change the definition of "business hours" to include Saturdays since most ophthalmic practices are open on Saturdays, and this would allow AC Lens to offer customers faster prescription verification and order delivery.The FTC also solicited comments on "Private Label" lenses, which some eye doctors prescribe in order to lock patients into purchasing those lenses from the eye doctor or a specific retail outlet because the manufacturer of these "Private Label" lenses does not make the lenses available to alternative channels, such as Internet and mail order. This practice generally leads to higher prices for consumers because there is no price competition on these products. Fortunately, companies who manufacture these lenses often have a generic equivalent that can be purchased at a discount through mail order companies and the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act allows substitution of generics for the "Private Label" lenses that the eye doctor prescribed.Dr. Clarkson also pointed out a disturbing development in the ophthalmic industry where "Prescriber Only" brands of lenses were being promoted to eye doctors as a way of "control the purchase price and keep 100% of the profits." Dr. Clarkson commented, "These lenses are clearly anti-consumer ? there is very little product innovation, the main reason a doctor would prescribe such a lens is to try and force the patient to buy the lenses from the eye doctor and not from discount channels."Dr.
Clarkson summarized the comments he submitted as helping the FTC to tackle the challenge of fostering competition in the contact lens industry while ensuring that the health of contact lens wearers is not compromised. "AC Lens is committed to working within the new rules and hopes to partner with other members of the eye care industry to better serve patients and customers."The full text of Dr. Clarkson's comments as well as the full text of the FTC's proposed Contact Lens Rule (Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, 15 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.16 C.F.R. Part 315: Contact Lens Rule16 C.F.R.
Part 456: Ophthalmic Practice Rules) will be available on the FTC's website (http://www.ftc.gov/). For more information, or copies of Dr. Clarkson's comments, please contact: Philip Dietrich at 614-921-9857.About AC LensArlington Contact Lens Service, Inc. (AC Lens), sells brand name contact lenses directly to consumers via its website www.aclens.com and toll-free telephone 1-888-248-LENS. Operating from a custom-designed call-center and warehouse facility in Hilliard, Ohio, the company has been selling contact lenses online since 1996 and has established a reputation as an on-line leader in service, convenience, and discount prices for consumers.CONTACT INFORMATION:Philip DietrichAC Lens614-921-9857Fax: 614-921-9866http://www.aclens.com/.
Non Prescription Contact Lenses Are the Best Way to Alter Your Look Without Altering Your Sight
Today's world has a staggering 75 million contact lens wearers, with 31 million living within the United States. Though it might seem as though this is an awfully large number of people who opt not to wear glasses, there are actually quite a few people who are wearing non prescription contact lenses to alter their look, but not their vision. Non prescription contact lenses are a unique way to change your appearance by way of your eye color, whether making a dramatic change, or a slight enhancement.As long as you first visit an optometrist, you'll know the correct size so that you can find the contact lens that it best suited to your eye. After a brief period of initial adjustment, most people discover that they can't even feel their non prescription contact lenses anymore. There are a number of different kinds of non-prescription colored contacts out there.
Opaque coloured lenses are able to transform even the darkest natural eye color into a brighter or lighter shade. These lenses...
Non Prescription Contact Lenses Are the Best Way to Alter Your Look Without Altering Your Sight
Contact lens > Non Prescription Contact Lenses Are the Best Way to Alter Your Look Without Altering Your Sight
Gas Perm Lens Solutions : New Rules for Lens Care
Now that rigid gas permeable contact lenses (RGP) have been in existence for many years, a lot of people have gotten accustomed to viewing the selection of contact lens solution as a mundane task. At the store, they just grab the same old bottle of "no-rub" solution and keep going. But, not so fast! Did you know that the rules are changing? Newer contact lenses have begun to use new technologies, to provide materials that are even safer, more comfortable, and more convenient than before. Those new technologies mean that the same old contact lens solution may not be the correct choice anymore. Before you choose a bottle of contact lens solution for your gas perm lenses next time, make sure you understand some of the recent developments, and how they may determine which lens solution is best for you.The New "No-Rub" Solutions - Not All GoodThe trend in recent history has been toward the use of "no- rub" solutions.
In the early days of contact lenses, care was extremely complicated....
Gas Perm Lens Solutions : New Rules for Lens Care
Contact lens > Gas Perm Lens Solutions : New Rules for Lens Care
Gas Perm Lens Solutions : New Rules for Lens Care
Now that rigid gas permeable contact lenses (RGP) have been in existence for many years, a lot of people have gotten accustomed to viewing the selection of contact lens solution as a mundane task. At the store, they just grab the same old bottle of "no-rub" solution and keep going. But, not so fast! Did you know that the rules are changing? Newer contact lenses have begun to use new technologies, to provide materials that are even safer, more comfortable, and more convenient than before. Those new technologies mean that the same old contact lens solution may not be the correct choice anymore. Before you choose a bottle of contact lens solution for your gas perm lenses next time, make sure you understand some of the recent developments, and how they may determine which lens solution is best for you.The New "No-Rub" Solutions - Not All GoodThe trend in recent history has been toward the use of "no- rub" solutions.
In the early days of contact lenses, care was extremely complicated....
Gas Perm Lens Solutions : New Rules for Lens Care
Contact lens > Gas Perm Lens Solutions : New Rules for Lens Care
New York Eye Surgeon Reports Results of Cataract Surgery with Restor? Multifocal Lens Implants
Poughkeepsie, NY (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) February 15, 2006 -- Satish Modi, M.D., F.R.C.S. ( C ) a leading Cataract and LASIK surgeon in Poughkeepsie, New York who performed some of the first cataract surgery using the ReSTOR? Multifocal Lens Implant in New York, reports that cataract surgery and lens implant surgery using the ReSTOR? Lens Implant, has produced excellent clinical results and patient satisfaction. After having now used the ReSTOR?
Lens for more than 9 months, our patients are telling us that their goal of being able to see at far and near distances without having to depend on glasses or corrective lenses after their cataract surgery has been achieved, said Dr. Modi.The ReSTOR?
Lens works by using a sophisticated lens design that incorporates apodized diffractive optics in order to create a multifocal lens effect allowing patients to have distance and near vision and thus minimizing or eliminating...
Contact lens > New York Eye Surgeon Reports Results of Cataract Surgery with Restor? Multifocal Lens Implants