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Specialty Care
Keratoconus, scleral lenses and the conditions where the practitioner's experience determines the outcome more than the equipment does.
Specialty care covers the conditions a standard exam identifies but cannot treat, and where outcomes depend heavily on how often a practice performs the procedure.
Scleral lens fitting is the clearest example. It is an iterative craft, and a practice fitting two a year will not match one fitting them constantly. The same is true of orthokeratology and of managing a progressing keratoconus.
These articles cover what those conditions actually involve, why keratoconus in particular gets missed for years, and what to expect from a fitting process that legitimately takes several visits.
Keratoconus: The Diagnosis That Gets Missed for Years
Prescription changing every few months? Glasses that never quite work? Keratoconus is routinely missed for years, and early detection changes everything.
By Dr. Callie Sincennes
Scleral Lenses: What Happens When Your Cornea Is Irregular
Told your cornea cannot be corrected with glasses? A scleral lens vaults over it entirely and creates a new optical surface. How it works and who it helps.
By Dr. Callie Sincennes
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