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Background: Orthokeratology contact lenses (ortho-k lenses) are the contact lenses that people wear to sleep, adjusting people’s vision to be close to 20/20 vision when they wake up in the morning and take them out. The result of almost “perfect” vision comes from the lenses shaping the eyes overnight, adjusting for myopia, or nearsightedness, andContinue reading “Orthokeratology (ortho-k) contact lenses”

Background: Daily wear soft contact lenses are the type of eye contact lenses that people typically wear during the day time. These lenses are soft and flexible to the touch and are made of materials such as silicone and hydrogel (Eyeglass World), contributing to the characteristic of the lens molding to the shape of theContinue reading “Daily wear soft contact lenses”

In this blog, I will be exploring the two variations of eye contact lenses: soft disposable daily wear contact lenses and orthokeratology contact lenses, also known as ortho-k lenses. There is a large debate on which type of contact lenses is better, with the daily contact lens wearers claiming that it does not affect theContinue reading “Introduction”