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Has Anyone Tried Corneal Reshaping?

Posted by Cliff on from the alternatives-to-phasered-retinas dept.

bgraziano asks: "I'm looking into alternatives to LASIK and I'm investigating corneal reshaping. This involves wearing contact lenses at night to reshape my eyes to address nearsightedness and astigmatism. I've found lots of vendor sites but I can't find any first hand accounts from people going through the process. Has anyone tried this? Are you aware of any links to first hand accounts of people that have tried it?"

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  1. Popular Science ... by sparkie · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did a review of these. You can find their glowing review here http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/article/0,12 543,658680,00.html

  2. mom did it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    My mom got to the point where she was having to wear contacts *and* glasses at the same time and started looking into ways to improve her vision. She went through two or three years of Precise Corneal Molding. She already wore hard contacts, so she didn't have any trouble adjusting to the molds. She had to go back to the optometrist pretty often to get progress checked and to get new molds. After about three years, her vision has improved dramatically, though not to 20-20.

    Given her experience, I think it would certainly be worth a try. She had no trouble with the molds, she stuck to the prescribed treatment, and she got vastly improved vision with no lasers or other invasive procedures. Don't know what more you could ask.