Any age restriction for Ortho-k?

No, both adults and children can wear Ortho-K lenses. The youngest patient we have was 6 years old, her mother worked with her every night and after 2 months, this cute girl was able to insert and remove the lenses by herself under her mom’s supervision. Also, we have few people in their 40’s and 50’s who love the freedom that Ortho-K brings to them. One eye was corrected for distance vision and the other for reading, this is known as “monovision”.

How quickly is my vision to improve with Ortho-K?

Your vision will improve after the first night and it will improve further and stabilise over the next two weeks of Ortho-K wear because your eye shape remodel with the treatment. For higher degrees of short-sightedness and astigmatism will take longer time to achieve optimum vision.

What prescriptions are suitable for Ortho-K?

Ortho-K typically works best for myopia (short-sightedness) between -1.00 to -6.00. The amount of astigmatism reduction depends on the type of astigmatism and amount. The upper limits for astigmatism reduction are 1.50 diopters of “with-the-rule” corneal astigmatism and 0.75 diopters of “against-the-rule” corneal astigmatism. Ortho-K will not have an effect on the internal astigmatism.

Anti Glare Solutions - Optometrist

Problems with light and glare can endanger any driver. Uncontrolled glare may mask oncoming traffic and limit the ability to see signs and brake lights. Glare control is one of the most critical issues that must be dealt with for safe driving.

Not controlling glare can lead to failure of an otherwise good driving candidate or make the driver less safe on the road. Patients with high myopia may vary on their light sensitivity. Some conditions require much more stringent control of light and glare. Safe driving requires a combination of careful control of glare and anticipation of potential glare problems.

The high defination polarized Sunglasses Fitover by Rubig with UV protection

Glare Problems in Driving

Photostress or Poor Glare Recover: When the energy of light bleaches out the chemicals in the retina, a temporary decrease in vision may occur. We all experience a brief form of this when we have a flash picture taken and notice a temporary spot in our vision. Patients with central retinal disorders like macular degeneration and Histoplasmosis may bleach-out severely and not quickly recover to their base vision

Discomfort Glare or Photophobia: Discomfort glare is the visual discomfort or pain caused by very bright light such as direct sunlight or bright lamps. It can vary from mild annoyance to overwhelming pain.

Disability glare: Disability glare is the situation where vision is impaired by excessive dazzle from a bright light source or reflection such as light reflecting from a glossy surface or from water. The degree of this impairment can vary from minor low contrast veiling glare across the vision to severe temporarily blinding glare.

Proper Sunglasses for driving

The best sunglasses for driving with glare

Proper sunglasses are helpful for most drivers, but critical for low vision (high myopia with high Visual Acuity 6/18 or more) patients who are often more easily impaired by glare. Your Optometrist at Malaya Optical in Damansara Uptown can determine the proper type of filter. The color and properties of the filter are important.

In fitting the Rubig Fit Over Sunglasses we prescribe these filters for the patient to put over their current prescription eyeglasses. The Rubig Fitover is a High Defination Polarized Sunglasses with UV protection, which helps some patients on overcast, foggy or rainy days and light reduction for the patient on their needs in different situations.

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