Eye disfigurement is easily concealed with prosthetic contact lenses from Adventures In Color Technology, Ltd.
(Golden, Colo.) - "It's amazing. I don't know why more people don't know about it," says Courtney Wacker, a Loveland, CO, accident victim, who benefited from hand-painted contact lens technology following a auto accident two years ago.Wacker suffered from double vision and a disfigured eye after emerging from a coma following the accident. She subsequently was fitted with a lens from Adventures in Color Technology.
According to Wacker, the restoration of her normal vision and appearance brought tears to her eyes.
"Being able to see normally, without wearing an eye patch, was the best feeling in the world," Wacker said.She says the contact is just like wearing a patch.
"But, it just looks like your eye, because it's painted," Wacker explains, "They take pictures of your good eye and then paint the contact to look exactly like it."New York City optician Cary Hirshfield says the optometry group he's affiliated with, Farkas Kassalow & Resnick, has been working with Adventures in Color Technolgy for about 12 years now."When we prescribe hand-painted lenses, it's usually to fix a trauma or congenital problem, Hirschfield says, "But Adventures in Color Technology also creates hand-painted lenses for theatre. And that's a pretty important component here in New York City."Adventures in Color Technology is miles ahead in the industry - in terms of customer service, accessibility and the staff's willingness to help practitioners with their patients' problems. In most cases, their delivery time is also better," Hirschfield explains.Denver businessman Gordon Milliken, 75, has been wearing an Adventures In Color prosthetic lens for about the past 10 years.
His eye had been injured as a boy and he simply didn't know that a lens with a hand-painted iris was an option.
Now he is never without several prosthetic lenses, just in case he loses one and needs a spare."It's not noticeable to people on the street with the contact lens on.
And it makes me feel more comfortable," Milliken says."More than 20 million people suffer from serious untreated vision problems, and most of those people don't realize a solution like ours is available," says Stan Harper, CEO of Adventures in Color Technology and former president of the Contact Lens Society of America.Roughly two percent of the population has suffered a serious eye injury as a result of an accident, and others have vision problems as a result of unsuccessful eye surgeries or birth defects. The company uses various Federal Food and Drug Administration approved colors and designs specifically applied to soft contact lenses.Adventures In Color Technology, Ltd., serves eye care practitioners both in private practice and at teaching hospitals and universities throughout the world, developing colors and patterns for patients and continuing research for other retinal problems. Hopefully, to soon help patients with macular degeneration, a debilitating loss of vision as the macula in the back of the eye becomes less and less responsive to light entering the eye through the pupil. This condition is the leading cause of blindness in our older population. The company's headquarters is located at 1511 Washington Avenue, Golden, Colo., 80401.
Harper may be reached at 303-271-9644, toll-free at 1-800-537-2845 or by e-mail at e-mail protected from spam bots.
The company website is http://www.techcolors.com..
What are Compound Microscopes?
Most of the microscopes used today are compound.
A compound microscope features two or more lenses.
A hollow cylinder called the tube connects the two lenses.
The top lens, the one people look through, is called the eyepiece.
The bottom lens is known as the objective lens.
Below the two lenses is the stage, with the illuminator below that.
Compound microscopes were among the first magnifying instruments invented.
Two Dutch eyeglass makers named Zaccharias and Hans Janssen are credited with making the first compound microscope in 1590 by putting one lens at the top of a tube and another at the bottom of the tube.
Their idea was fleshed out by others scientists over the next several centuries, but the basic design remained very similar.
The eyepiece, also known as the ocular lens, is at the top of the compound microscope.
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Contact Lenses : How to wear and not tear
If you've never had contact lenses or haven't worn them ina long time and need a refresher, here's a few tips on whatto do and what not to do when wearing and caring for yourlenses. First on the list, make sure to listen to what your doctortells you. When he or she prescribes the lenses in thefirst place, they know what type of lenses they are givingyou as well as the type of care they will require. Some people need to remove their lenses for a few hourseach day and let their eyes 'rest,' especially in the firstfew weeks of wearing new lenses.Learn to carry rewetting drops with you. Nothing like dryeyes during work or a meeting will make you wish you hadstashed an extra bottle of solution in your car.
Avoid excessive rubbing at your eyes while wearing them andwear sunglasses when you're in the bright sun. If youreyes hurt excessively or you experience severe itching andredness, call your doctor. These are signs you don't wantto ignore.One thing your doctor will do on the day you...
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Online Shopping: Choosing the Correct Contact Lenses
The online shopping experience is ? in many ways ? different from making the same purchases from a brick and mortar establishment. While the convenience of browsing, ordering and making shipping arrangements is hard to beat, health related products such as these must be designed specifically for the consumer who's doing the ordering. With this in mind, there are a number of things to consider when making the decision to buy this type of product via the internet.Your first step, if course, is to ensure that your prescription is up-to-date. This means that you should have had an eye exam within the last one to two years. In most cases, your contact lenses will be effective, as long as the prescription renewal date is still intact and hasn't expired.
Typically, these are valid for one to two years after your last exam, although some states allow the doctor to determine the expiration date.It's highly recommended that you only purchase contact lenses with a valid prescription that...
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Contact Lenses Or Eyeglasses? Which Option Is Best For You?
Which is better, eyeglasses or contact lenses?This bout is scheduled for 5 rounds?There is no cut and dry answer to this question. While eyeglasses vs contact lenses is not a bout that would sell out Ceasar's Palace, it is of importance to most of us who rely on vision correction.Because the eyeglasses vs contact lenses debate is of such interest to so many, Let's look at the general pros and cons for each type of vision correction.I'll give you the facts and you can then decide for yourself which is best for you.Round 1 - Quality of Vision:Eyeglasses provide crisp clear and consistent vision straight ahead. There are not many variables to vision throughout the day because with glasses you are looking through a solid piece of plastic.Contacts give you good straight ahead vision, however it is not as consistent as with glasses. Soft lenses are made of plastics and water and are therefore prone to change with environmental variables. For example, air conditioners...
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The attribute that makes all the difference in many walks of life is the ability to be quick, then whether it is quickness of thought or the quickness by which we get our job done. This attribute plays a major role in making or breaking of a project. Now this feature is available for all the UK residents with bad debt quick homeowner loans.
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Best Recipes: Christmas Plum Pudding
Most of us not from England are only familiar with plum pudding from those much-loved holiday movies that show scenes of English families gathered for the family meal enjoying their delicious plum pudding. Plum pudding is also mentioned in numerous stories and songs.Of course, I had no idea of what plum pudding really was until I saw it advertised in food catalogs. Plum pudding isn't really a pudding at all, it's a steamed cake filled with fruit, nuts and spices. Plum pudding is traditionally...
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Plant A Flower Day
12th March is called Plant A Flower Day. Why this day is celebrated on on 12th march, could not be found out by me. How we began the tradition is again unknown. At least I could not find any information on that. But whoever did has done a great service to mankind.
Why do I say so? Let me elaborate.
Pick up a flower if you have one nearby, or imagine of a flower. Have you seen anything more beautiful in nature? Yes, butterflies come as close competitors in colors. But butterflies...
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