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.

Hoya Dynamic Progressive Lens – Optometrist

Unlike ordinary progressive Lens, Hoya Dynamic lens is designed with the back surface freeform technology. The Premium Back Surface Progressive lens permits wearers to see more up close with lesser eye movement because of Hoya Vision’s back surface freeform technology as contrasted with other back surface designs.

Benefits of Hoya Dynamic

A comprehensive solution for a fast-paced environment
Natural head posture for near work
Wide field of view
Provides two types of lens design to choose to cater for the different visual requirement

Premium Back Surface Progressive

Uses the EasyScan and QuicFocus technologies. Provides different designs based on power which gives you a wider clear visual field at distance.

Quality Back Surface Progressive

Uses the EasyScan and QuicFocus technologies to widen your field of vision, reduce the unpleasant swim and sway effect and allow for natural head posture.

In this design it is categorised into two which are Dynamic Summit and Dynamic Premium.

Hoya Dynamic Premium

Reduced swim and sway effect even when moving around and provides a wider field of field compared to standard lenses and lesser head movement.

Hoya Dynamic Summit

Permits fast focusing from far to near and provides wearers with a natural head posture.

As recommended by Hoya, for better lens experience the lens has to add on with Hoya lens treatments and coatings such as High Vision Long Life ( HVLL ) coating. HVLL coating can protect the lifespan of the lens as it is more durable for scratches and stains on the lens. Not only that, this HVLL coating enhanced the wearer’s vision because it provides an anti-reflective feature at which glare will be reduced.

To find out more about Hoya progressive lenses, drop by Malaya Optical. Our professional optometrists are ready to help you choose the most suitable progressive lens design that serves your daily needs.