Hi HVAC

I don't know if this was the same article, but I posted an article here from the Daily Mail On-line (circa 2005). This particular article did NOT say that all contact lenses are the same AND it did not refer specifically to Extended Wear. Extended Wear lenses usually use a silicone hydrogel lens material with high oxygen permeability. Most, if not all, of the Daily Disposable lenses use a lower oxygen permeability material - they are already expensive enough!

http://www.lens101.com/1-day-acuvue/78213-re-using-them.html

post #32 onwards

In fact it mentioned two manufacturers only.

Eyecaramba tried to rubbish this article, but I posted a counter.

In fact it is TRUE that two manufacturers use(d) the same material in one of their Daily Lenses as they do in one of their Two Weekly or Monthly lenses. The two manufacturers were Bausch & Lomb (hilafilcon B) used in Daily Soflens and their Soflens 59 Monthly lens and the other manufacturer was Johnson & Johnson, whom the article quotes 'The company (J&J) admitted to the Daily Mail that there is no medical reason why the daily lenses could not be reused and worn as long as the other brands (1-2 weekly and Monthly Disposables), provided they were disinfected in the same way'. (Information inside the brackets added by me to clarify the statement).

As I said in the article, if there was not an element of truth in this article, the Daily Mail On-Line would have been dragged kicking & screaming through the courts. Although I don't live in the UK, I do follow the UK News closely and I think I would have heard about that, especially with the amount of contact lens searches I have done recently on the Internet.

Given the controversy about O2 and Air Optix, the frequent re-branding of contact lenses in parts of Europe and even a recent post a few days ago, on this forum about lower manufacturers recommended wear times for disposable lenses in developed countries, than for example in China, I think this article is substantially truthful (provided you read it carefully and take only what the article actually says).

knotlob