Specialty Contact Lenses play an important role in eyecare practices and the lives of patients who require customized lenses to see and function. In this report, the state of GP and specialty lens usage in 2026 has been derived from 2 sources on types of specialty lenses sold in the United States, based on aggregated data that has been collected since 2020.
This article will discuss the HOAs associated with keratoconus, how contact lenses can be used to correct aberrations, the efficacy of this correction, and the concept of neuroadaptation; it will conclude with cases of successful HOA reduction with scleral lenses.