Alcon Science Resource Library

Our current lifestyle exposes us to an abundance of blue light in our daily lives in the form of laptops, cell phones and tablets

Two fundamentally different principles of flap creation: the microkeratome mechanically separates the corneal tissue with the blade to create a flap, while in femtosecond LASIK a spatula is required to separate the stromal…

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) can cause devastating damage to the eye and permanent vision loss.

DAILIES Total1® daily disposable contact lenses feature Water Gradient Technology and SmarTears® Technology, which provide a lens surface that is highly wettable, soft, and lubricious.

CLD affects up to 50% of contact lens wearers and a key contributing factor to this is tear film instability.

A wettable contact lens surface is critical for maintaining a smooth and stable tear film.