norskog (01/27/83)
#N:fortune:21300003:000:358 fortune!norskog Jan 26 18:15:00 1983 What does anyone out there know concretely about Ortho-Keratopsis? This is the theory that wearing hard contact lenses once in a while will, for some individuals, reshape the eyeball into the correct shape and thus cure bad eyesight for some period of time, from a day to a few weeks. Lance Norskog Fortune Systems God, I hate wearing glasses!
gaw (02/01/83)
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fortune!gaw Jan 31 15:57:00 1983
I have heard that this involves wearing a series of contact
lenses that 'trains' your eye to the correct position. It seems to
work well for most people. The only drawbacks are that after your
eyes are 'corrected', you may have to wear some contacts periodically
to keep the eyes in the proper shape. The other drawback (if you
consider it a drawback) is that the process is rather expensive,
in that the series of lenses have to all be custom made for you.
How expensive? It was >= $2,000 a few years ago.
Glenn Wall