UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

my advice would be to go and see about getting c3r in your good eye asap to stop it progressing. i have 6/5 vision in right eye unaided and had c3r on it last year and am so glad i did. KC had begun to progress albeit only slightly and and since c3r no progression. on my left eye my vision is a lot ...

it is also worth noting that boxer wachler does not do the c3r in the same way as most surgeons in the uk. he leaves the epithelium in place and results when doing this are apparently not as positive as when it is removed.

3 days for me and was back at work. 2 days was prob even enough.

james david o brart in london did the intacs. he has done around 20 eyes and it was a horrible procedure to have done (under local anaesthetic), however as soon as he had finished it was relatively pain free. i only have this in one eye (my 'bad' eye), but have had c3r performed on my 'good' eye to ...

james i had the intac procedure 2 weeks ago and was also told that some form of vision correction will be needed afterwards (and it usually is), however at the moment my vision is really good unaided (6/5 last week) and although it may still fluctuate is a massive improvement to 6/60 before! i was t...

what is 20/20 vision?? had my eye checked today after intac and it is 6/5 from 6/60 previously and vision is really good. how does this equate to 20/20???

are you getting it done on the nhs carl or privately?? if privately do you mind me asking how much it is costing?

had it done in london with david o brart. i've also had c3r in my 'good' eye done by him and will be having c3r done on intac eye when stitches are out.

had intac fitted on thurs evening in left eye. procedure was done under local anaesthetic and was not very pleasant to have done. however there was little or no pain afterwards other than a small amount of light sensitivity from time to time. was told pre-op that there would be little improvement im...

thanks vicky. what sort of results did you get from your intac procedure??