Laser treatment is a no-no with KC. Because of the thinning of the cornea, doing anything to the cornea will seriously jeopardise your sight.
The contact lenses for KC are rigid gas permeable (RGP), or 'hard' contact lenses, not like the disposable ones you can use on a daily basis, 'soft' contact lenses. That means they have to be made as you would with glasses and individually shaped and fitted for each eye. So a bit more complicated than glasses. And what looks like it might fit when your opt measures your eyes and the steepness of the cornea might not fit as well as anticipated, or rub too much and leave a dry spot on the cornea. It all gets very complicated (which is why one Medicare-subsidised visit to an opt every two years is a joke if you have KC, but that's another thing...!).




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