This page has links to relevant sites & has been arranged into sections covering spectacle frames & lenses, fashion eyewear, contact lenses, manufacturers & suppliers.

Links to Spectacle Frames and Fashion Eyewear sites

Downloadable Materials

Downloadable material in Word format from the Cornea and Contact Lens Society.

  1. Disclaimer
  2. Handling Instructions for Soft Lenses
  3. Handling Instructions for RGP Lenses
  4. Description of Meibomian Dysfunction
  5. How to handle Blepharitis

Fashion Eyewear

  1. TAG Heuer – click the ‘Sports Vision’ link on their site.
  2. Freudenhaus
  3. Lafont
  4. Lindberg
  5. Serengeti
  6. Silhouette
  7. adidas
  8. Safilo for frames and sunglasses from Dior, Gucci, Gianfranco Ferre, Pierre Cardin, B&B, Diesel, Carrera, Valentino, Polo…
  9. Convertibles for 'Two-in-One' magnetic clip-on sunglasses and frames.

Contact Lenses

Definitions of common disorders, contact lens terminology, red, itchy eyes...A great resource

  1. Information about Keratoconus [KC]. An Excellent Resource for all. This link also has an e-mail based support group for KC sufferers.
  2. All About Vision. The title speaks for itself
  3. HealthWeb-Optometry A site with a wealth of links to numerous Optometry related sites and tons of information. This link alone should keep you surfing till the cows come home.
  4. So You Want to Wear Contact Lenses?
    American Optometric Association site on contact lenses: Q&A.
  5. A guide to contact lenses from the Contact Lens Manufacturers Association
  6. Thinking About Refractive Surgery?
  7. Complications from PRK, LASIK, RK or other forms of refractive surgery? This site provides a resource for those who suffer complications as a result of refractive surgery with various simulators, support etc.
  8. Contact Lenses vs. Glasses
  9. Can Oxygen Permeable Contact Lenses Control Myopia in Children?
  10. What Are Oxygen Permeable Contact Lenses?
  11. Bifocal Contact Lenses
  12. Teens and Contact Lenses
  13. Problems with soft lenses, success with RGPs
  14. The pros and cons of contact lenses from Chemical Health & Safety
  15. Contact lens risks associated with swapping lenses and improper supply.
  16. The risks associated with homemade saline solution.
  17. Slack. Inc A large Eye Site that covers so much it would take pages to list it all.

Manufacturers and suppliers of contact lenses and lens care products

  1. Alcon
  2. AMO
  3. Bausch & Lomb
  4. CIBA Vision
  5. Corneal Lens Corporation , Christchurch, New Zealand.
  6. Johnson & Johnson
  7. Polymer Technology
  8. UltraVision Capricornia