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Bandage contact lenses
Hello. I have very severe dry eyes impacting both my meibomian and lacrimal glands. My doctor suggested I try bandage lenses as a first step prior to going to scleral lenses. I am scheduled to meet with an Optician for these bandage lenses in a couple days. I just wanted to find out if anyone had any... -
Best Scleral Lenses (PROSE vs LaserFit vs U of I vs....)
Hi Everyone!
So a little background on myself:
Like all of you I suffer from dry eyes. I'm 23 years old and my problems started when I was 21. After a year or so of trying to figure out what was wrong, a Sjogren's lip biopsy came back positive. All of my blood work is normal.... -
The cost of Boston PROSE for one eye?
Dear all,
I've been wearing scleral lenses for 2 years but after the corneal perforation I had in November, they do not fit me anymore. I tried some sclerals in Germany and also had the opportunity to try Ken Pullum's lens. Also, some sets from Holland and South America. But nothing seems... -
Jupiter Scleral Lenses
Hello everyone,
I'm inquiring people's experiences with Jupiter Scleral Lenses.
Good, bad or otherwise.
I'm going in for a consultation / fitting exam on the 19th of this month and I'm very nervous.
I would really appreciate any advice anyone... -
scleral lense
hi,everyone. I'm a serious dry eye patient in mainland China. I've heard that the scleral lenses will be helpful to relieve the dry eye symptom so I went to order one. But after my wearing of the lenses, there has been left a deep red track on the sclera when I took off the lenses. So here I want to... -
My "success" story with Dr. G's scleral lenses
My name is Neil, and here is my story. I have been a “lurker” on this website for almost 2 and a half years. I was diagnosed with dry eye at 30 years old, approximately three years ago. It started with abrasions/erosions in the middle of the night. It took six months before I got the diagnosis. We... -
New to the board, new to scleral lenses
Hi all! I am a 28 year old male who has been suffering from post-lasik dry eye for the past 6 years. Last week, after trying everything else under the sun (besides Lipiflow), I received my first set of scleral lenses and have a few questions...
Does anyone else have a problem with the... -
Scleral Lenses - definite success, but was hoping for better vision
Hi, everyone - I just wanted to write a post to let everyone know about my recent experiences with scleral lenses, since there still seems to be some amount of hesitation and controversy in the medical industry around their use as a treatment for dry eye. I also want to compare my experience to those... -
Deciding on Prose scleral lenses
I may have posted this message in the wrong thread, so I am re-posting it here, with apologies in case you have seen it in the archive thread.
I see ballpark figures on the forum for scleral lenses for about $1200 and $2500. I am deciding whether to get PROSE scleral lenses. Here is my... -
New to scleral lenses - information and a ?
Everyone,
First thanks to all of you who post - it is so helpful. I would never have known about scleral lenses but for this website. When I saw an eye doctor out of town for an executive physical the week before Thanksgiving he mentioned sclerals and because I had read about them on... -
Refresh Celluvisc gel drops used in place of saline solutiion for Jupiter scleral len
Before I try this, I want to make sure this is kosher to sit on cornea all day -
Contact Lenses and Dry Eye on You Tube
Hi,
On my journey for better vision and improved CL comfort, I found an enlightening lecture presented by Deborah Jacobs, MD of Boston Foundation for Sight back in November of 2011. It's about 30 min. and her audience is fellow physicians. The first few minutes of QA includes lively discussion... -
Future Scleral Lens fitter
Hi there everybody,
I am new to this thing and to online forums/blogs in general. I joined for many reasons, but ultimately I am trying to help those of you out there who can't seem to find a solution to their corneal problems.
A little bit about myself:
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Opinion Needed. Dr's would be preferred :)
I wrote this in several different sessions of computer time because my eyes are unbelievable today. I can barely keep my left eye open at any point in time right now. So far, I've had 3-4 days of unbearable pain in a row. Huzzah for bad luck and crappy eyes! If I sound bitter during any part of this...well,... -
SJS, from Spain to Boston, it's worth a try?
Hi all.
I'm had a Stevens Johnson Syndrome long time ago hence i have obviously severe dry eyes. i had never heard anything about scleral lenses until now thanks to this web, and for that reason i'm not sure if i'm a fit for them, maybe nobody has told me nothing because i'm not.
Do you...