Orthokeratology, also referred to as ortho-k, is a noninvasive and nonsurgical process, during which specially designed contacts are fitted to a patient. This process temporarily reshapes the ...

Orthokeratology involves wearing a specially designed rigid contact lens overnight. There’s good evidence it can help slow the progression of myopia. But like all treatments, there are risks, too.

Orthokeratology is a practice in which special lenses similar to rigid gas permeable lenses are worn overnight, achieving flattening of the cornea centrally and steepening it peripherally.

Bausch+ Lomb Corporation, a leading global eye health company dedicated to helping people see better to live better, today announced the U.S. launch of Arise, a lens fitting system that uses ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Children who wore contact lenses overnight as part of their orthokeratology regime developed corneal ulcers, resulting in corneal scarring and vision loss. According to a case study ...

Ortho-k lenses reshape your eyes while you sleep, ... WZZM-TV Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek. Local woman says orthokeratology lenses are a 'game-changer' Story by Emily Scarlett ...

PUNE, India, July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Myopia is one of the major reasons of visual impairment and vision loss across the world, affecting peo ...

Eye - Microbial keratitis following orthokeratology. Sir, Orthokeratology is a means of temporarily correcting myopia by wearing rigid gas-permeable contact lenses overnight to modify the corneal ...

These lenses include the first orthokeratology lens design with toric peripheral curves* approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat myopia overnight.