UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Alrighty. I was just wondering if there have been any studies or anything which have looked into people with KC and their tears. I was just thinking we might have something in our tears which have caused our KC over a number of years. Whether we are born with it and whether higher concentrations of ...

Hi gurdevb. I am not sure how beneficial C3-R would be in your case. C3-R is thought to stop/slow the progression of KC by strengthening the 'links' in the cornea. It doesn't necessarily improve vision. In order to have the procedure done, your cornea needs to be a certain thickness (but there are e...

Thought these were quite interesting - [link1] [link2]

I IM'd the OP yesterday and s/he said the treatment is going great and it has dramatically improved his/her sight. hi i have been on corneal therapy for almost three months now and my vision has improved dramatically... and more importantly i can drive now!!! ( am one line short of gaining twenty tw...

Hi andread, I think it'll depend on how much your KC progresses. I've been quite lucky so far - it has progressed fairly slowly and I have just been wearing glasses for the past 3/4 years and my eyesight has been pretty good. Did the eye doctor think you may have had the condition for a while prior ...

Hi Lynn, Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. With my glasses on, I have pretty good eyesight so maybe going for the procedure is unwise at the moment. Like you say, the risk of something going wrong is higher than leaving it be for the time being. I am learning to drive at the moment and I still...

When I was first diagnosed, I was referred to an ophthalmologist. He just babbled something about KC being "academic" and took little interest from what I could gather. Thanks for the advice. Perhaps when I finish University and get a job, I can pay for it privately. Although I'm not not s...

Hi there. I didn't want to start a new topic, and thought my questions would fit nicely in here. I was diagnosed about 3-4 years ago when i was 17/18 by a high-street optician, just like the original poster. Having read about the procedure and various accounts of how it went for people, it seems lik...