Many people has mistaken
ortho-K is a kind of machine. I frequently received phone call to enquire whether the treatment is using a kind of " machine" to treat the eye. Here, my answer to you is definitely "NO" . The machine in the market costs approximately about RM 1500, it is NOT able to reduce the short-sighted even 0.25 DS or layman term 25 degree. It is not scientifically proven. Hence, this machine is never recommended by the eye care professioner.
Here, we are talking about the ortho-K can reduce your spectacle power range from as low as 0.50DS to 10.00 DS or even higher to zero power. (layman term: 50 to 1000 degree). It is a small piece of special design contact lens less than the size of 5 sen coin , about 11mm diameters place on the corneal surface of the eye while you are sleeping. It is effective , its outcome is preditable and its technology is approved by FDA, and it is scientifically proven world wide.
There are many on going researches carrying out in many universities world wide to find out the effectiveness of controlling short-sighted in young children and solve the problem of presbyopia in adult. Ortho-k is a promising treatment for the sight of human being.
