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Scleral Lenses: Why do some patients LOVE them and some HATE them? The role of the Glycocalyx –the next frontier in Dry Eye/Eye pain treatments

May 26, 2020

Scleral Lenses have been used for years to treat patients with chronic eye pain and/or chronic dry eye. Doctors and surgeons often see that some patients do really well with Scleral Lenses while others really cannot tolerate them. Why is there this difference? Scleral Lens is on right above. It likely relates to many factors: 1. […]

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Is Ortho K Safe? What are the alternatives to decrease myopia?

Ortho Keratology (ortho is “straight” in Greek, Kera is “Cornea” in Greek, and “ology” is the “science of” or the study of) is a method whereby a gas permeable contact lens is used by the patient, usually while sleeping, to reshape the cornea to decrease myopia (most often) and astigmatism. It does decrease the progression