My first six weeks in sclerals

[Rebecca Petris]

If you just had the dry eye you have and not the particular vision problem, would you have still considered sclerals?

That's a very interesting question, and one I've asked myself a few times but really can't answer. I don't know. I've never dealt with dry eye "in a vacuum" without vision problems.

The thing is, I was wearing Macrolenses most of my waking hours for the last 2.5 years. For much of the day, the Macros themselves masked a great deal of eye discomfort - acting as a sort of shield when I had them in. It has been so long since I had to live with "naked eyes" all day long for any extended period of time that I honestly don't remember exactly what it was like. Late last year I had to leave my Macros out for a few weeks in order to get an accurate topography after a refraction yielded some worrying results. It was a very uncomfortable time, but again the vision problem was a pretty good distraction from the pain issues.

Is your vision problem what made you a candidate for them?

Vision was the driver, certainly. And that's what sclerals were originally developed for.

[SusieD]

Thank you. That answers my question.

[atta]

Does it help to remove redness caused by dry eye problem?

Hi Rebecca,
Thank you very much for your information.
I suffer redness the most from dry eyes.
I tried puntum plugs, which helped only during the first week, possiblly because of the irritations tears. Seems my eyes are really dry, and occationally I got infection in my eyes or the eye areas, which made it worse. Recently it itches badly all round my eyes. I feel my eyes are getting more and more sensible.
The lenses you mentioned covered only the eye ball part, does it help to remove redness as well???

[Rebecca Petris]

Re redness... To tell the truth I have no idea.