Anyone tried Ortho-K contact lenses yet to correct their vision?

NIMAN

I searched this forum and the only thread about them was from 2007:eek:
Didn't even though they existed then.
http://www.contactlenses.org/orthok.htm

Anyway, a local optician in NI is offering them, and as someone who has mild shortsightedness (-1.5) I am thinking about trying them (I had considered laser surgery years ago but never went ahead with it).

The cost for Ortho-K is:
£50 initial appt to measure eye etc
£200 for initial fitting and handful of follow-ups to see if all ok
£240 for 1st year (£20 monthly for any lens care and follow-ups).

I'm thinking of trying them for the 1st year initially to see if it would be worth ditching my specs.

Anyone done it yet?

NIMAN

No-one?

Looks like I'm going to have to be the guinea pig for the forum then!

Daisies

NIMAN wrote: »

No-one?

Looks like I'm going to have to be the guinea pig for the forum then!

If it helps, I worked in an optometrist practise where ortho K was fitted and everyone I saw was delighted with it. For you, it would be of benefit for you in the future when you start to need reading glasses as you would be able to use the lens in one eye only and have the other eye for reading so you wouldn't need glasses until much later than everyone else.

NIMAN

I wouldn't see the point of correct one eye and not the other, just so I could read.

And surely if one eye if fixed and the other isn't then you would need to correct the bad one for my shortsightedness?

Daisies

NIMAN wrote: »

I wouldn't see the point of correct one eye and not the other, just so I could read.

And surely if one eye if fixed and the other isn't then you would need to correct the bad one for my shortsightedness?

I'm talking about when you are in your 40s. Because you are short sighted, your near vision is very good. So when other people start to need glasses, you wouldn't you could read without glasses. With ortho K because it is reversible, you could have one eye set for your distance vision and the other eye set for reading and as such not need glasses until you are in your mid 60s

Prodigious

There doesn't seem to be much info about them. I'd be extremely interested in trying them. Anyone know any clinics in Meath/Dublin that do them?

Daisies

Prodigious wrote: »

There doesn't seem to be much info about them. I'd be extremely interested in trying them. Anyone know any clinics in Meath/Dublin that do them?

In Dublin Dixon Hempenstall on Suffolk St do as does Mary Eustace.

NIMAN

Daisies wrote: »

I'm talking about when you are in your 40s. Because you are short sighted, your near vision is very good. So when other people start to need glasses, you wouldn't you could read without glasses. With ortho K because it is reversible, you could have one eye set for your distance vision and the other eye set for reading and as such not need glasses until you are in your mid 60s

I'm in my 40s! (unfortunately).

And although my up-close vision was always great, I have noticed that over the last couple of years that I have had to start moving books further away to focus, so I think if I get this done then I will have to look into reading glasses sooner rather than later.

I could live with this, as I would rather be able to see when driving, walking around, watching TV, playing sports, cycling etc than when using a PC or reading.

artdbv829

OP, assuming you followed through with ortho-k - how did it go?

I'm extremely interested in it myself, and have been ringing around to find out more. I first heard about it maybe 10 years ago, a friend in Australia was using ortho-k lenses.

Mary Eustace Opticians on Adelaide Road no longer offer it. Dixon Hempenstall on Suffolk St. do: the consultation fee is €120, a pair of lenses cost approx. €900 and last for a year. Seems a bit steep to me (though the effect sounds amazing), comparable to laser (if you have health insurance). I've sent emails off to opticians in Waterford and Belfast, will report back when they reply!

JOSman

Any feedback on this?

Anybody try it?

Satriale

NIMAN wrote: »

No-one?

Looks like I'm going to have to be the guinea pig for the forum then!

Bump, how did you get on with these Niman. I'm thinking about it.

NIMAN

Never went for them in the end.

I don't use my daily disposables often enough to justify the cost.

_Whimsical_

I decided to give this a bump rather than start a new thread.

Has anyone tried these lately?

I haven't tried contacts before but was quoted 48 for normal contacts per month and then saw these lenses are 50 a month. The initial assessment is expensive but it would be great if they worked.