What to expect on your child’s first visit:
- Refraction will be done to determine your child’s prescription. To ensure the accuracy of the prescription, refraction is performed once before and once after instillation of an eye drop that temporarily paralyzes the ciliary muscles in the eye to determine the true refractive error of the eye.
- Dr Lee will check that there are no structural eye abnormalities such as cataracts, glaucoma and retinal conditions.
- A non contact, quick and painless topography to map the cornea is then done to customize your child’s Ortho-k lens.
Sufficient time will be allocated for your consultation to ensure that your concerns are answered and that you are comfortable with your child going through this program.
The fitting of the contact lenses are checked before being dispensed. Both the child and the parents will be taught how to properly remove and insert the lens, the cleaning regimen, and the safety measures of wearing contact lenses. The lenses are then dispensed.
There will be multiple follow ups to monitor the corneal changes, and the health of the eye.