UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Wearing Your Contact Lenses in Water The eye health risks associated with swimming in your contact lenses depend on the body of water. In all cases, the contact lens provides an environment for microbial colonization, but the risk of infection is much higher in stagnant water than in a chlorinated p...

how do you obtain disposables? did your hospital provide you with your measurements etc?

me personally i would still avoid wearing any sort of contact lens in a swimming pools but i may be wrong

Sorry in advance if i have asked similar questions but i really cant decide whether to have cross linking done... I am 27 and have had KC since i was 21, i currently wear only one RGP len in my good eye, my left eye is far more advanced than my good right eye, i seem to get really good vision wearin...

Comfort with RGP's are about 7/10, i only wear one lens, in my good eye, seems to provide me with good vision, just wanted to try and increase the comfort levels thanks for the replies

Hi Lia

Thanks, just want to try and improve the comfort, sometimes get a ache on the eye from constantly wearing the lens

Hi All Just wanted some general advice on piggybacking - does anyone use this method? i currently wear one RGP on my good eye, seem to get very good vision that way, its relatively comfortable just the odd ache at times, wanted to increase the comfort levels by wearing a soft lens underneath the RGP...

Hi Clifton Glasses are only effective in the early stages of KC, i would recommend getting a referral to a eye hospital who will provide you with RGP contact lens, they will massively massively change your life, they can be uncomfortable at the begaining though. I too had vision issues at University...

Hi Silly question but is the prescription correct? i went 9 months using my old contact lens prescription for work, i had really red eyes, pain and watering, when i had my checkup the lens were not the correct vision. My new lens came in April and seem to be alot more comfortable. Vision is around 8...

Does anyone look in the mirror at a different angle and are able to see their mishaped cornea?

a bit wierd...

Depends how mild, I have one really bad eye and one eye that is ok but I can read the second bottom line on the chart with lens, if it's reall mild you may only need glasses, symptoms are blurry vision, headaches, and some sensitivity to lights