What Is Ortho-k?
For many people, wearing contacts or glasses every day is frustrating. If you want to improve your vision but aren't interested in a surgical procedure, like LASIK, Ortho-k may be the right solution. Orthokeratology, or Ortho-k, is an innovative treatment specially designed to correct refractive errors and enhance a patient's vision by temporarily reshaping the cornea. The lenses used in Ortho-k treatments are called rigid gas permeable contact lenses, or molds. These molds are generally worn at night to reshape the cornea while the patient sleeps, allowing the patient to experience clearer vision during the day as a result of the nightly reshaping. The benefits from this treatment are temporary so the use of the lenses must be continued as directed to experience optimal results.
What Should I Expect with Ortho-k?
When you come for your appointment, we will perform a few tests to evaluate your eye health. We will also perform tests to map and measure the surface of your cornea using a corneal topographer so we can obtain a detailed view of your cornea's shape. This data, combined with measurements of corneal size and your specific prescription needs, informs the custom design of your Ortho-k lenses. After your lenses are complete, you will return to our office to collect your Ortho-k retainer lenses. This visit includes instructions on lens insertion, removal, and maintenance, alongside a fitting and evaluation of the retainers. A follow-up visit will be scheduled after the initial night of wear to assess the retainers' fit and the correction achieved. This session also includes another corneal mapping to monitor changes.
We will monitor your corneal health and the treatment's success throughout the fitting process, adjusting the retainer lenses as necessary. The duration for visible treatment results varies among individuals with factors influencing the pace of improvement. Depending on these variables, some may need to wear their retainers nightly to maintain vision correction while others might only need to do so intermittently.
What Are the Benefits of Ortho-k?
Ortho-k lenses offer many benefits to help improve your vision while you sleep. These lenses can safely and gradually reshape your cornea and correct myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Patients who seek Ortho-k at IC Laser Eye Care and Suburban Eye Associates can also expect to experience the following benefits:
- A treatment tailored to their needs
- Noninvasive treatment
- Lenses that are generally only worn at night
- A treatment that is suitable for almost anyone
- Rapid results
- Comfortable treatment that leaves no scars
IC Laser Eye Care & Suburban Eye Associates Reviews
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I have been going here for a couple of years.There is not another Doctor I would trust besides Dr Chaundry with my eyes and my treatment.She also did LASIK on my brother and the results were amazing She is kind.Compassionate and really cares about all her patients.Your care is her main concern.She truly makes you feel like family .I highly recommend her to all looking for great care.I wish All doctors were like her and cared so much about her patients.
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I have been a patient of IC Laser on Knights Rd for the last 5 years and have always left satisfied and happy. I have gotten contacts, prescription glasses and eye check-ups and all of those services have been exceptional. Picking out glasses is not an easy thing because you want your glasses to look right with the shape of your face. Dianna the Optician is super nice, very knowledgeable and patient with me every time I visit. She has even made my 6 year old nephew feel confident and cool in his first pair of glasses! I definitely recommend checking this place out for all your vision needs.
Hi, I am coming here for 8 years. The Dr. A Chadhaury, she is kind, honesty and very knowledgeable. She did a couple of procedures , and I'm after my treatments, I feel great and healed, quick. Ah! I forgot, I'm a Spanish woman, and I never feel like a stranger or different. They're kindly, everyone! She's my angel, God sent to me, she care my health..Thanks Angel A.Chadhaury.
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Improve Your Vision While You Sleep
If you are tired of wearing glasses and dealing with the frustrations of contact lenses, Ortho-k can improve your vision without an invasive surgical procedure. Our team is proud to offer this revolutionary treatment at all of our IC Laser Eye Care locations in Bensalem, PA, Philadelphia, PA, and Hamilton, NJ, and at Suburban Eye Associates in Huntingdon Valley, PA to help our patients experience the joy of clearer vision. Contact us today to schedule an appointment to get started.