Reusable lens molds and methods of use thereof

A method for producing a contact lens, comprising the steps of:

• (1) providing a non-plastic contact lens mold, wherein the mold comprising a first mold half having a first mold and a second mold half having a second mold surface, wherein the first mold half and the second mold half are configured to receive each other such that a cavity is formed between the first mold surface and the second mold surface, wherein the cavity defines the shape of a contact lens to be molded, wherein the first mold half facing the source of UV includes a peripheral region which defines the edge of the contact lens, wherein the peripheral region has a mask to block UV, wherein the back side, non-optical surface of the second mold half has an absorbing antireflective coating
• (2) introducing a lens-forming composition into the cavity formed by the first and second molding surfaces, material, wherein the lens-forming material is crosslinkable and/or polymerizable by actinic radiation;
• (3) crosslinking/polymerizing the lens-forming material in the mold to form a lens having a polymer matrix;
• (4) opening the mold and removing the formed contact lens from the mold, wherein the formed contact lens has a clean lens edge without flash.