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Your Sight - Our Vision eyetech optometrists 81 Grattan Street Tel: 03 9349 3919 |
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New Corneal Reshaping Treatment Improves Eyesight For the past three years, Mr. Russell Lowe of eyetech optometrists has been working with one of the newest advances in refractive correction, Overnight Corneal Reshaping (OCR) with Paragon CRT lenses. Freedom From The Hassle The treatment offers freedom from the hassles of glasses and daytime contact lenses. OCR improves blurry eyesight due to myopia (short-sight) and astigmatism (variable focus) providing clear unaided vision all day long. OCR involves wearing specially designed retainer lenses that gently and temporarily reshape the cornea (the external window of the eye) while the wearer sleeps. The therapy provides the patient with great vision for daily activities without contacts, glasses or surgery. “This is a treatment patients get excited about” Mr. Lowe stated. “They remove their lenses in the morning and it’s wow, I can see without them.” Safe & Effective Corneal reshaping (previously known as ortho-K) has proven both safe and effective for patients of all ages when worn during sleeping hours, earning this therapy United States FDA approval for overnight use. |
The reshaping is similar to refractive surgery, except the effect wears off slowly over time and needs reinforcement with retainer wear at night. It has been likened to dental braces for the eyes. The concept isn’t new, said Mr Lowe. For several decades, eye specialists have known that contact lenses could be used to reshape the cornea. Advances in technology, including computerized mapping of the cornea and computerized lathing of the lens, have now refined the procedure, making it more precise and popular. “Today, overnight corneal reshaping is safe and effective, it’s FDA approved, and the success rates have been 90-percent plus,” he said. Myopia Control Consistently wearing the gas-permeable retainers each night also appears to arrest progressive vision loss in children by stabilizing the degree of myopia (short-sight). According to Mr Lowe, the unproven observation of ‘myopia control’ has attracted research interest around the world. In Melbourne, eyetech optometrists are planning a prospective, controlled clinical study to fully investigate this intriguing claim. |
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For more information, call eyetech optometrists on (03) 9349 3919 and ask for a free OCR information pack. When online you may like to visit: www.paragoncrt.com and www.allaboutvision.com. |
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