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.

Ways to Improve Vision by Contacts – Optometrist

Ways to improve vision by contacts.

For most people, being able to see well is important to do the activities of daily life. It is contributes to a good vision for an overall well-being and freedom for citizens at all ages. For those who have imperfect but corrected vision, there are many choices that can help to improve their vision. These most common options including glasses, contact lenses, or laser surgery. Deciding on the best option for you are depending on your eyesight, lifestyle and budget which should be discussed with your optometrists.

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But have you ever wondered the ways to improve vision by contacts? Continue reading to get closer look on contact lenses;

Ways to improve vision by contact lens

Before understand on how a contact lens work, you should know a bit on how your eyes work. When light reflects off an object, it will pass through the cornea and the pupil. By wearing contact lenses, the light will go through your lens, which focuses the rays on the retina at the back of the eye. The retina is filled with stems and cones that convert light to electrical impulses send to the brain. The blurred vision is due to “refractive errors”.

The contact lens work to correct vision is the same way glasses do; they alter the direction of light rays to focus light properly into the retina.

If you have short-sighted, light rays are too early to focus on your eyes, so they form a focal point in front of the retina and not directly above it. The glasses or contacts are to correct it by diverting light rays, which reduces eye focus. Then, it will moves the focal point of the eye backwards to the located retina. If you’re far-sighted, your eyes do not have enough focus, light rays are failed to form the focal point by the time it reach the retina. By wearing a glasses or contact lenses, it will correct the distance by combining light rays, which increase eye focus. It will moves the focal point of the eye forward to the retina.

To make the most of your contact lenses experience, be sure to always practice healthy habits to ensure of clean contacts. To learn more on how to handling your contact lens, book an appointment with Malaya Optical Optometrists and we’ll guide you from the earliest.