Keratoconus and cosmetic contact lenses?
I have keratoconus in both eyes and already use RGP contact lenses, for Halloween me and some friends have decided to get funky colored cosmetic contact lenses. Is this advisable in my condition.
Simple answer is no. Your RGP lenses control the surface shape of your cornea. If you took your RGP’s out and replaced them with soft lenses (cosmetic ones), your vision would get distorted.
You also have a progressive disease of the cornea. You are already going to be suffering from some degree of ectasia (corneal thinning), you don’t want to get an infection which could potentially damage even more of the cornea.
I’d strongly suggest that you don’t fiddle with your eyes health at this stage and perhaps see what you can do about arresting the progression of the keratoconus with Corneal C3R Crosslinking.
Mail me if you want further detail on C3R crosslinking
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FMJ said :
December 29, 2009 at 2:36 am
Simple answer is no. Your RGP lenses control the surface shape of your cornea. If you took your RGP’s out and replaced them with soft lenses (cosmetic ones), your vision would get distorted.
You also have a progressive disease of the cornea. You are already going to be suffering from some degree of ectasia (corneal thinning), you don’t want to get an infection which could potentially damage even more of the cornea.
I’d strongly suggest that you don’t fiddle with your eyes health at this stage and perhaps see what you can do about arresting the progression of the keratoconus with Corneal C3R Crosslinking.
Mail me if you want further detail on C3R crosslinking
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