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Old 10-02-2011, 05:55 PM
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Default Re: Orthokeratology - Eye correction

Hi Keith, I tried wearing hard contacts in the 80s too but not the cornea shaping like you did. My eye doc talked about the shaping was done early on when hard contacts first came out but with not good success or at least hit and miss. Evidently they now have better machines to measure and map the cornea to make the contact. I read there are two companies that received FDA approval for the new process for it in 2002 and 2004.

I'm only a week into this but so far so good and I'm happy.

Hey, found this:
http://www.heightseyecenter.net/nons...orrection-gvss
Attempts to re-shape the cornea have been tried since contact lenses were first fit. The process used to be called orthokeratology. This process would often take over a year to complete and the results were not nearly as favorable as GVSS. For this reason, many doctors and patients elected not to participate in orthokeratology. With the newer diagnostic technology used to measure the corneal shape and the newer materials being used for vision retainers, GVSS is now a viable alternative for many nearsighted or astigmatism patients.
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