dry eyes and discomfort affect over 70 percent of everybody who wears contact lenses so no
wonder there's so much energy and time that go into developing a contact lens that is not only
comfortable when you put it in in the morning but last throughout the whole day and keep those
lenses comfortable even when you remove them into the evening so in comes a new contact lens the
Bausch and Lomb infuse it is a single use daily contact lens that is as the name implies literally
infused with different moisturizers proteins and electrolytes to help stabilize your tear film
keep it in a state of homeostasis and decrease your dry eye symptoms with contact lenses but is
it really all that comfortable well today is our video of a dry eye infused review
i've been testing out for six months and i'm excited to share my thoughts let's take a look
hey welcome back this is dr Allen here from the dr eye health show now on this channel we do a lot
of education around different eye diseases and treatments but we also do product reviews just
like this one all about things like contact lenses glasses different surgeries techniques those sort
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button down below and ring the bell so you don't miss any of our future videos now when i first
heard about a contact lens that was specifically designed for dry eyes and contacts i got really
excited because not only am i mainly a contact lens wearer but i myself have been diagnosed
and struggled with dry eye disease and there's many nights where i end up having to take out my
contact lenses to switch back into glasses because i just my eyes my vision's unstable and they burn
they sting so i just i have to switch back and that's frustrating let me know in the comments
if you've experienced those symptoms or struggled with this at all yourself so thankfully the
clinic where i work received a fitting set and i've been testing them out over the last six
months again the Bausch and Lomb infused lens is a single use daily disposable contact lens that has
been designed specifically around dry eye in fact it's even based off of findings that are in the
DEWS 2 report this is the dry eye workshop 2 this is a landmarks publication and study that really
has built the foundation of our understanding of management and diagnosis of dry eye disease
now just so you know that we're on the same page depending on where you're watching this video
from what country you live in they may be known as the Bausch and Lomb infused lens here in the
united states but in other countries it's often marketed and known as the Bausch and Lomb ultra
one day lens again two different names but they're the same product so if you are watching this video
or looking to purchase lenses like the infused lens just keep in mind that it may go by the
other name the Bausch and Lomb ultra one day now let's just go over a couple of quick features
of this new technology first of all these lenses are a silicone hydrogel lens which
is excellent because it has a higher amount of oxygen transmissibility of about 134 dk over t
which eye doctors like myself love to see because that means that more oxygen gets to the cornea and
that means healthier eyes overall and it also has a lower modulus which means the lens isn't
quite as stiff and is at least theoretically supposed to be a lot more comfortable on the
surface of the eye while you're wearing them they come in an 8.6 base curve and a 14.2 diameter and
are available all the way from a plus six diopter power all the way down to a minus 12 diopter power
but unfortunately sorry folks with astigmatism they're not available for astigmatism correction
yet but due to these different parameters the self-published study by the manufacturer did
report up to 97 success rate for fitting these lenses but as always that does depend on your eye
power and your eye shape so yeah it may work for some people but not other people but still at 97
success rate that's pretty awesome now as far as price goes these are some of the newest technology
on the market for contacts so they are a higher premium price coming around to 85 us dollars for
a single 90 pack and if you're wearing them for both eyes for a full year that comes to
about 700 us dollars now of course you can shop around certainly ask your local eye clinic for
manufacturer rebates and discounts those sort of things now two other cool quick things is that
this lens does have a uv blocker built into it so it blocks about 95 percent of uv light that
could be entering your eye so even if you're not wearing sunglasses which i always recommend you
are at least if you're not wearing sunglasses you at least get some of that immediate protection
the other cool thing is these lenses have what are called aspheric optics which help reduce glare and
ghosting around different images that you may see especially while driving at night and i always
hear a lot of people complaining about that so kind of a cool thing now what's really cool
about the infused lens and what makes it a dry eye contact lens is again how it's infused with
different moisturizers to help stabilize your tear film now i'm going to go a bit full eye nerd here
for you now specifically these lenses are infused with erythritol and glycerin which are to help
prevent hyperosmotic stress on the surface of the eye which basically helps prevent your tears from
becoming too salty they have potassium which is an essential electrolyte in your tear film naturally
that helps balance the osmolarity and then they have two moisturizers paloxamine 1107 and polloxer
wow these are tough uh they have poloxamine 1107 and palloxamer 181 built into them but
overall these moisturizers help with hydration of the lens keeping it wettable and overall
destabilizing the different tear film proteins now you may be thinking wow joe that all sounds
amazing but how do they feel and honestly pretty good to be specific i do find them comfortable
and long lasting i've even been kind of favoring these more than any other previous contact lenses
which i've really advocated for for dry eyes and yes i'm saying i am enjoying them a little bit
more than the dailies total one which has been my favorite contact lens in general for the last like
six years or so i even did a sort of pepsi challenge with them having the daily total one
and one eye and wearing the new infused lens in the other eye and wearing them for 10 days just to
kind of see if i could notice a difference and for the first two days they were pretty much the same
at least feeling on my eye but after about that day three and beyond my assistant or my office
manager here at the clinic actually noticed like hey one of your eyes is more red and irritated
and that happened to the eye with the total one versus the new infused lens i think initially when
i put in the total one lens i find that one more comfortable for at least the right when i put them
in and probably the first few hours but at least for long-lasting effect over the course of the day
i think that the infused lens is a little bit more comfortable and preventing a kind of end of
the day dryness the only issue i have had with the infused lens is that while i've had other doctors
evaluate the lens fit on my eye it does tend to sit a little bit tight on my cornea now that's
something that won't be for every single person but at least for me that's how other doctors
have assessed the fit of this lens of my eye and because of that when i remove it at the end of the
evening the lens seems to almost want to stick to my eye it really grasps the surface of my cornea
so sometimes i have to put like a re-wetting drop in the eye just before i take the contact
lens off kind of in a way to float the lens off my cornea now these are again my personal
anecdotal experiences trying out these lenses and not everybody will have that same experience
i've had patients that i've given trials to and i've heard other doctors say that overall
they've had very good success with this lens but there are of course some people where the lens
just either doesn't fit quite right or they just don't share the same experience for their comfort
and i think it's important to say that even though these lenses may be more comfortable they do not
treat dry eyes but they just simply are designed to help stabilize the material film and hopefully
prevent dry ice symptoms for those individuals who usually find discomfort with contact lenses
but overall again my experiences have been excellent the question of the day for you
is have you heard of the new infused lens have you tried it has your doctor mentioned it at all or is
this something that you would even consider trying even though the price may be a little bit higher
let me know your thoughts in the comments section either way thank you so much for watching if you
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