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IT has been estimated in 2004 that
about 125 million people use contact lenses worldwide, including 28
to 38 million in the United States and 13 million in Japan. The
types of lenses used and prescribed vary markedly between countries.
According to
Tim Grant of CIBA Vision, a recent study shows that contact lens
users already increased to 1.6 billion worldwide and estimated to
increase by 2.5 billion in 2020.
According to a
study, people choose to wear this corrective, cosmetic or
therapeutic lens for various reasons. Many consider their appearance
to be more attractive with contact lenses than with glasses. Others
believe that contact lenses are less affected by wet weather, do not
steam up and provide wider field of vision and more suitable for a
number of sporting activities.
But now
contact lens wearers have more reasons to smile about. For the first
time, they can experience all-day comfort every day with the
launching of CIBA Vision’s new category of ‘sustained release’
lenses called Focus Dailies with Aqua Release.
According to
Jeanette Romualdez, CIBA Visions’s professional services
consultant in South East Asian Region, this invention is the first
daily disposable contact lens to offer a unique breakthrough—the
blink-activated technology with built-in moisturizer.
With each
blink, the built-in moisturizer is gradually released from the lens
into the tear film to keep your eyes moisturized or lubricated. As
such, it relieves your eyes from dryness and provides you all-day
comfort.
Considered to
be the No. 1 disposable contact lens in Europe and the United
States, Focus Dailies with Aqua Release holds the record of being
the only contact lens brand to gain a US FDA approval to claim
“all-day comfort” on its packaging.
It also boasts
of using Visitint, a handling tint that makes it easier to insert
and remove the lens, providing more convenience to the contact lens
wearer.
Now available
in the Philippines at all leading optical outlets, its recommended
retail price is P1,200 for a box of 30 pieces. It is also available
in packs of 5 pieces.
Here’s
another treat. You can cool your feet with a fancy pair of summer
flip flops which you get absolutely free when you buy two packs of
Focus Dailies Aqua Release, Precision UV or 02Optix from February 15
to May 15, 2007.
 --Lea
Manto-Beltran
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