Despite advancements in the soft contact lens field, rigid contact lenses still play a major role in myopia control and in refractive correction for patients requiring a custom fit. A recent study published in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye extended previous reports on contact lens prescribing trends worldwide. Data relating to 342,500 fits undertaken in 20 countries returning reliable longitudinal data were analyzed with respect to rigid lens fitting. The authors found a renewed interest in rigid lens fitting due to a repurposing of rigid lenses, with the growth of scleral/corneoscleral and myopia control/orthokeratology (ortho-K) lens fits essentially replacing conventional spherical corneal lens fits. Read More