UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi all, I had a topoPRK+CXL experience, performed by dR K., 7 months ago and everything was and still is OK. The eyesight from 4/10 is now 9/10 without glasses, there is a significant improvement of ghosting, I put off my glasses and I am very optimist and confident. As a KC patient and not as a spe...

Hi Andrew,

emotion, optimism and BRAVO.

Bravo for Your 6056 posts, bravo for Your positive attitude in life.

All the best,

epik

Hi drink, hi metallic, hi all, I think that for the time being, topoPRK +CXL seems to be the most efficient option, provided that It can be done (minimum corneal thickness, position of the thicker area relative to the center or the vision area, etc.). Personally, I had a very normal period after sur...

hi Krolen, great to hear that everything is going better and better for you... It takes more than 2 weeks for the cxl to give the final result. The collagen structure is changing, holding the layers more efficiently and this stabilization procedure lasts for several weeks. If you don't take specific...

Hi krolen, You are in the same situation as i was one month ago... So, as everyone in this forum, i can share with you the same feelings... It is difficult, but try not to think of or to test the crosslinked eye, you will recover soon... Just keep the eye clean, do not touch or wash it and for 10 da...

Hi Andi, hi all, My right eye was treated with topo-PRK + CXL (the Athens Protocol) about one month ago. The pentacam images (before and 30 days after the treatment) show signicative normalization in terms of sagittal curvature: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18024054/2012-05-14%20topography_01b_resize.jpg...

Hi all, The KC treatment has two distinct goals: the cornea normalization and the cornea stabilization. The CXL seems to be the only protocol available for cornea stabilization. Topo-PRK, Keraflex and Conductive Keratoplasty can be used for cornea normalization. Follow the links to learn more about ...

Hi all,

The penetration of the avedro vedera device in the market is rather (very) slow. In my opinion, this is an indicator of the (limited) efficiency of the keraflex method…

epik

Hi Grim, I am really so sorry... Everyone in this forum feels like a potential “candidate” for having serious KC problems, one day in the future… The CXL treatments are progressing since 1999, but who really knows what kind of problems could appear 20 or 30 years after? I am a Medical student, I liv...

Hello all, I just “discovered” a medical event that could be very important for future KC treatments and/or corneal epithelial defects. In the IVO Clinic of the University of Crete (Greece), Pr. Pallikaris and his team applied a pioneering treatment of stem cells for corneal epithelial healing, to a...