REDUCING GLASSES NUMBER
The eye is a sensitive organ. Microns, not millimeters, make significant changes in vision in the eye. A nearsighted person sees more clearly if he squints slightly, while a person with a small eyeglasses number sees without glasses.
What is Orthokeratology (Ortho-K)?
It is the process of fixing or reducing the number of myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and near vision glasses by using specially designed lenses. Due to its geometric feature, the contact lens shapes the cornea. In myopia, this occurs in the form of flattening in the center of the cornea, and in hyperopia, it is curved.
What is Corneal Reshaping?
The front lens of the eye is to reshape the cornea. Progression in myopia is the lengthening of the anterior posterior diameter of the eye. Elongation is both forward and backward. The night lens is greater in forward elongation. That’s why it’s called shaping the cornea. Its effect on posterior elongation is only in the form of preventing anterior posterior diameter elongation with eyelid pressure at night. Orthokeratology: *Eye studies that fix and reduce the number of glasses. * By making a special geometric design to the lens, the cornea is flattened and shaped. *The lens is put on at night, when it is removed in the morning, a person can see without glasses for a few days. *In 2002 (FDA) gave the report that it can be used for both children and adults. *Can be applied at any age from the age of 6, especially in childhood. An alternative to laser therapy? Vision is corrected without damaging the eye tissues. If desired, the eye can be restored. It is a powerful alternative to laser surgery. Laser is the same target, but laser means damage to the eye. In the laser made to throw glasses on the eye, vision is provided with very little flattening. After a piece of cornea called flap is removed like a window, a thin layer is melted with laser and the flap is closed again. The cornea, which is protruding due to the melted part, is flattened and vision is provided. By utilizing the sensitivity of microns in the eye, it is possible to reduce the number of glasses or to see without glasses in the daytime by flattening the cornea with contact lenses. Reshape the cornea: The front lens of the eye is the process of shaping the cornea. What can I think? You can think of it like angular watermelon production. The watermelon is produced in a mold, it grows like a box, not a globe. Different contact lens: Not the contact lens that everyone in the know uses. Special contact lenses and special applications designed for this work both stop myopia and gradually reduce it. Myopia: Myopia progresses until age 24. In this period, it is started to stop with night lenses and then reduce. 1 mm = 3 degrees of myopia: 1 mm in the anterior posterior diameter of the eye. A 3-degree elongation causes myopia and impairs your farsightedness. Why is this important? 3.00 degree myopia is compensated with 1 mm correction. *To stop myopia: Night lens is put on and vision is provided without glasses and lenses the next day. Normal vision is provided for 1 or 2 days. *Reducing myopia: Night lens is the process of reshaping the eye front lens. The number is gradually reduced by giving a new flat lens every 6 months. Hyperopia: It is also used for the plus number up to +3.00. Astigmatism: It is effective in astigmatism up to 2.75 number. Prespyopia: It is also used for nearsightedness after the age of 40. Two separate groups: Two separate processes are applied here. The first is the group of patients who want to wear lenses at night and see without glasses or lenses during the day, and the other is the group of patients who will reduce or correct their eye number. Your Questions The supply of Overnight lenses has become easier, and the number of practicing ophthalmologists has increased. The commercial aspect of the business: The laser pays off for the eye to throw away the glasses, not only as a laser fee, but also as a large number of examination fees in the future. Reliability: Much safer than laser eyeglass removal operations, easy to recycle, FDA approved. How long has it been used? It has been used since 1960. What ages? It can be applied at any age from 6 years old. Especially up to the age of 24. Which numbers? Myopia up to 5-6 numbers and astigmatism up to 2.75, plus (hyperopia) up to +3.00 and near vision disorders after 40 years of age. What to do? First, it should answer the following questions: *Do you need it? *Is your eye an eye that tends to move forward? *Is your eye suitable for wearing contact lenses? *Are the characteristics of your eyeglasses suitable for treatment? *Is your corneal thickness appropriate? *Is your tear level enough? *Do you have allergies? These lenses are; They are lenses for shaping the cornea. It has a different design from other lenses due to its different purpose. That’s why it’s only worn overnight. It puts pressure on the sides and corrects the middle region of the cornea, that is, there is no operation in the middle area where vision is provided. It shapes the cornea by creating negative and positive pressure, not by touching. In the plus number, the technique is different. Is the change in the eye too much? Think of the strand of your hair, much less than its thickness, the changes are made in your eyes.
You wake up in the morning: When you get up in the morning and remove the lens, you will have a perfect vision of 10/10 without glasses or lenses, and you will maintain this vision all day long. If you forget to wear contact lenses one day, you will still see them without glasses until the next day. At the ophthalmologist: The ophthalmologist begins the application by measuring the corneal topography and the anterior posterior diameter of the eye. Some companies upload this measurement to their computers, determine the lens properties and send them. Other companies operate according to the order of the ophthalmologist. Small tricks: The recovery process is faster and shorter in small numbers. Improvement in vision takes several weeks for high numbers. Is it comfortable? Soft contact lenses are comfortable. It takes a little longer to achieve comfort in a hard lens. But since you are asleep, these are not a problem.
Can I stop the treatment at any time?
Yes, you can cut it, go back to glasses, take a break and start again. Or if you use the lens from other lenses, you can turn to it. Or you can be a laser.
Should I be a laser?
Let us remind you that in a hospital where only 32 ophthalmologists work, none of the 8 doctors with glasses is a laser.
Is it a hard lens?
It is a “rigid gas permeable (RGP) lens”. Thanks to this feature, the front lens of the eye shapes the cornea.
