Effects of Wearing the Bausch & Lomb Soflens™ while Skydiving

The use of Soflenses as a method of ametropic correction and ocular protection while skydiving is explored. The use of the Soflens with and without the addition of protective goggles is compared. Vision is seen to be relatively stable and clear while jumping with the Soflens, yet stability and clarity improve significantly when protective goggles are worn over the Soflenses. Stability and clarity improve significantly when protective turbulence in the facial area increases due to more involved skydiving maneuvers. A definite short‐term corneal epithelial disturbance is observed when lenses are blown off the eyes due to wind turbulence.