A consumer's guide to Bausch&Lomb Contact Lenses

Bausch&Lomb is the eye health company, dedicated to perfecting vision and enhancing life for consumers around the world. Its core businesses include soft and rigid gas permeable contact lenses and lens care products, and ophthalmic surgical and pharmaceutical products. The Bausch & Lomb name is one of the best known and most respected healthcare brands in the world. Celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2003, the Company is headquartered in Rochester, New York. 2002 revenues of Bausch&Lomb were $1.8 billion; it employs approximately 11,500 people worldwide Its contact lenses, eye drops and products are available in more than 100 countries.

The contact lenses line of Bausch&Lomb is called Vision Care.

The Vision Care of Bausch&Lomb

• Bausch&Lomb 's Vision Care business manufactures the world's most comprehensive line of eye care products.

• Soft and GP (gas permeable) contact lenses including color contacts

• Lens care products for soft and GP contact lenses

• Eye care products, such as eye drops and ointments

• Vision accessories, such as magnifiers and eyeglass accessories

Bausch & Lomb develops prescription- and over-the-counter drugs and eye drops used to treat a wide range of eye conditions, including glaucoma, eye allergies, conjunctivitis, and dry eye and eye drops for contact lenses wearers.

Let's take a closer look at the 2 mostknown contact lenses that Bausch&Lomb manufactures:

Bausch&Lomb Optima FW

Bausch&Lomb Optima FW is an easy-to-fit low water content spherical soft contact lens manufactured using the patented "Reverse Process III" or cast molding technology, and designed for use in the correction of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism on a daily wear or extended wear basis. Extremely low center thickness provides good oxygen transmission, while an increased mid-peripheral thickness of the contact lenses allow good handling across the power range. Bausch&Lomb Optima FW Replacement schedules should be determined by eye care practitioners in consultation with their patients.

Bausch&Lomb Soflens

Bausch&Lomb SofLens®59 or 66 contact lenses combine excellent performance, comfort and visual acuity providing daily wear for two week replacement. Hilafilcon B polymer offers the comfort of 59% or 66% water. Deposit resistant materials minimize the potential for discomfort. Advantageous for you as contact lens wearer.
There are Soflenses for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, and there are bifocal Soflenses.

Find your Bausch & Lomb Lenses here:

• 1-800CONTACTS.COM

Why get your Bausch&Lomb contact lenses online

Buying your lenses online has a big advantage that is: they can be bought much cheaper than in a store in town.
1800Contacts for example is as large as 2400 average opticians combined. They have at any given moment 20 million contact lenses at their shelves and the entire stock is renewed every month, so the customer gets the freshest possible lenses. These volumes mean you can buy contact lenses sometimes at up to 60% discount.
At most of these shops shipping is not charged.
Online support is 24/7 and free as well. AC Lens even offers you free online consultation with their staff doctors.