Patients often ask the question as to whether they are a 'candidate' for Ortho-k. I believe it comes from glossy advertisements which seek to suggest that it is a 'privledge' to have good corrected eyesight. People are excited to be 'picked' and are relieved to be 'candidates'. Now that is good salesmanship!
But that is just hype. Not my cup of tea really.
Ortho-k has reached the level where I can correct nearly any eye and nearly any prescription. Some patience is needed when you are no longer a teenager. It might take some practice before you become a pro at placing the lenses on and off the eye. You may have dry eye problems or other contact lens induced issues that have to be addressed along with the goal of ortho-k. We may be designing bifocal ortho-k for you which will require some adaptation for you to be comfortable in your 'new' eyes. Be patient and Ortho-k retainers can be a life changing experience.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Long Distance
We regularly have patients that come a significant distance to be fit. It is important if you do so, to understand the process and what to expect. First, it is critical that we get very clean measurements on the day of your initial visit. You should be out of any lenses made of gas permeable materials for a month prior to your visit. It is too your advantage to be out of soft contacts for one week. Are these rules set in stone? No, but you invite disappointment if you don't follow them.
At the initial visit, we will make all the measurements necessary to design and manufacture the ortho-k retainer lenses. You can expect to return for a dispense visit in approximately three days when we receive the lenses. A one week follow-up is usually planned. At that visit, if your case is straightforward, you will be released. More and more however, I am seeing patients who travel a long ways to see us precisely because they are NOT straightforward cases. In those cases where the initial lenses may not have performed to expectations, we will usually have the new lenses shipped to you where you live, with another followup scheduled to monitor the design changes.
At the initial visit, we will make all the measurements necessary to design and manufacture the ortho-k retainer lenses. You can expect to return for a dispense visit in approximately three days when we receive the lenses. A one week follow-up is usually planned. At that visit, if your case is straightforward, you will be released. More and more however, I am seeing patients who travel a long ways to see us precisely because they are NOT straightforward cases. In those cases where the initial lenses may not have performed to expectations, we will usually have the new lenses shipped to you where you live, with another followup scheduled to monitor the design changes.
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