CONTACT LENS THERAPY

Can you imagine the joy of waking up in the morning and not needing to wear glasses or contact lenses during the day? You would be able to participate in a host of activities that you would otherwise avoid because of a need to wear glasses or contact lenses.

There is a revolutionary, non-surgical contact lens treatment that improves natural vision in a matter of hours, days, or weeks. Many of my patients have a dramatic improvement with nearsightedness and astigmatism the next morning after they have been fitted with the new corrective lenses.

The corrective procedure is achieved in a unique manner. With nighttime wear of specially designed contact lenses, custom designed to gently change the shape of the cornea (the front curvature of the eye), the lenses will safely and gently improve your vision.

This new method of vision improvement is accomplished by applying a series of accelerated contact lenses that may be worn at night over a period of weeks or several months to attain better vision. This method is safe, effective and a non-surgical alternative to LASIK.  The reshaping of the cornea by means of corneal molding does not compromise the corneal integrity.  On the other hand, LASIK always creates permanent irreversible changes to the corneal tissue.

NEARSIGHTEDNESS

Myopia (nearsightedness) occurs when the curvature of the cornea is too steep and/or the length of the eye is too long. As the light rays pass through the steeper central cornea, the refraction is too great causing the rays to come to a point of focus in front of the retina. This creates blurred vision at a distance, but many patients see well close up. However, glasses or contacts are needed to correct the blurred distant vision.  With reshaping, contact lenses are worn at night to reduce the corneal curvature, which improves distance visual acuity so no daytime eyewear is necessary.

ASTIGMATISM

Many people with myopia have some degree of astigmatism. This means that their cornea, rather than being completely round in shape, may be slightly oval. People with astigmatism experience blurred vision and sometimes distortion or tilting of images. This is due to unequal bending of light rays entering their eyes.  Corneal reshaping therapy also aids in vision correction with patients with this condition.

MAPPING YOUR CORNEA

Before these special lenses are applied to your eyes, the curvature of the cornea is measured to get the best results. This part of the procedure is painless and done with a sophisticated, computerized instrument called a Corneal Topographer. This process is often referred to as Corneal Mapping.

HOW DOES RESHAPING THERAPY WORK?

The skillful design of the lenses will cause gentle molding of the central curvature of the front of the eye. In this way, better vision is achieved without removal of corneal tissue. The reshaping reduces the light refraction power of the cornea. This causes a reduction or elimination of nearsightedness and astigmatism.

These high-tech, therapeutic lenses are manufactured by using carefully constructed lathes. The lathes create the rigid, gas-permeable lens which allows oxygen into the cornea. This ensures healthy eyes while sleeping with the lenses.

Reshaping therapy has been an authorized vision improvement procedure for more than 30 years. Only recently, the procedure has been accelerated to deliver vision improvement in a shorter period of time.

WHILE YOU SLEEP

As the lenses encourage corneal curvature changes at night, people retain comfort while sleeping. For most patients it requires only nightly wear. Most of the visual changes occur rapidly during the first weeks. Because of the rapid improvement in vision, there is a need for frequent examinations and progressive lens changes. Following the accelerated change to better vision, stabilization procedures follow at a slower pace over the next few months.

RETAINER LENSES

After treatment and maximum desired results have been achieved, retainer contact lenses are worn as necessary to stabilize the results. Following the more intense lens wear, all systematic reduction of wearing over time occurs. Final retainers may be worn either nightly, several times a week, or as little as once a week for some patients.

BENEFITS

Contact Dr. Spinozzi today to find out how you can benefit from corneal reshaping.