Does anyone use Ortho K?

GlasweJen

The starbursts at night after laser can be corrected with a procedure known as "wavefront" which any decent laser advisor will talk you through should you opt for laser eye surgery.

Ortho-K, I have tried this but it's a rigid lens and I managed to get a scratched cornea which got infected and !!!!!!ed my left eye because of it for a while so I'm back to J&J acuvue lenses while I wait on my prescription stabilising enough to get laser treatment.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

My optician offers it. If I could afford it, I would do it in a heartbeat, but mainly because he is the one professional I feel I can trust completely. (Having worked in health service, that probably says a lot of my opinion on the people I have worked with, but I don't care)

nedmundo

As an Optician, I'm still not convinced as to why there is any great benefit to wearing lenses overnight as opposed to during the day. Obviously, there are some advantages for certain sports or occupations, but for general day to day vision?

kelou

I dont notice any deterioration in my vision over the course of a day and in fact, sometimes if I miss a night my vision is still pretty good over the next day.
Having said that my eyes were not teriible to start with, think my prescription -2 ish. Personally it works for me, I so hate wearing glasses, they just make me feel old and frumpy, and I find for me, wearing lenses whilst I am asleep seems a convenient option.
I am super careful with cleaning though, after a very stern lecture from my optician when I first got them.

geri1965_2

nedmundo wrote: »

As an Optician, I'm still not convinced as to why there is any great benefit to wearing lenses overnight as opposed to during the day. Obviously, there are some advantages for certain sports or occupations, but for general day to day vision?

The main problem I find with wearing lenses is a) potential to fall out/be lost b) getting blurry from tears c) getting grit/debris under them.

Wearing them at night would cut all this out.