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slim,

any thoughts on ortho k?

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Yes.....horrible. You will very likely become progressively farsighted.

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can you tell me more about this? my wife is slightly nearsighted (she wears glasses at dusk and in the evening when she's driving, but otherwise, no problems) and is seriously considering ortho k.

thanks,

-poin

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OOPS....I'm really sorry....I made a mistake. I thought you were talking about RK which is completely a different procedure.

Ortho -Keratology is quite safe although there are reported cases of Acanthomeoba which is a serious eye infecting that can lead to corneal transplant. Even though it is safe, I don't practice it because it makes no sense to me why anyone would benefit from it. Your wife only wears glasses at dusk for driving, so why would she go through the hassle, discomfort and expense of wearing hard contact lenses at night to sleep just so she doesnt have to wear glasses to drive at dusk? The cost of the procedure and contacts usually is close to the cost of having lasik. But in your wife's case, I would probably not even recommend lasik bc her vision seems quite good. It's all risk vs reward. I was blind as a bat so my reward was high and my risk was low when I had lasik. Your wife on the other hand would be low reward low risk....not worth it in my opinion for both lasik and ortho K.