“ When you have been told that you can no longer wear a conventional contact lens due to your dry eye this can be a great choice.”
A special type of gas permeable contact lenses that can be used for moderate to severe dry eye patients.
When you have been told that you can no longer wear a conventional contact lens due to your dry eye this can be a great choice. This is a large diameter lens that is fit onto the sclera (the white part of the eye) and vaults over the cornea (clear part of your eye). In moderate to severe dry eye patients their cornea can become damaged leading to reduced vision and significant pain.
The scleral lens helps protect and lubricate the cornea since it is filled with preservative-free saline. When you are wearing scleral lenses you are bathing your eyes with the solution and this lubricates, eliminates eye pain and helps protect the eyes. The lenses are very comfortable and they are wonderful at correcting and enhancing your vision.
Scleral lenses are also a great treatment for other eye conditions that affect the cornea including: keratoconus, other corneal dystrophies, corneal scarring, irregular corneas and in special cases after patients have had corneal transplants, and refractive surgeries.
To learn more about scleral lenses and see if they are a good treatment choice for you schedule an appointment today.