C3R

[waseem]

hi
ive read about the c3r treatment does any1 know if this treatment can actually improve your vision and can i get it done privately and how much it would roughly cost

[Anne Klepacz]

Hi Waseem,

You'll find information about prices of collagen cross linking on a thread called 'C3R and Intac prices' on this forum. There are also a few hospitals now running NHS trials of this procedure - Moorfields Eye Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital in London, and King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor is also about to start trials. (If any forum members know of other hospitals in the UK doing NHS trials, please let us know). If you're already a patient at one of those hospitals, you can ask about the trials. Otherwise I believe you would need to be referred by your own specialist. The aim of crosslinking is to stop progression of KC rather than to improve the vision, though some people have also reported an improvement in vision after the procedure. Not everyone is suitable for crosslinking (for example, the cornea has to be a minimum thickness). And of course, it is a new procedure, so no one knows how well it works long term or whether there might be any long term side effects. You'll find a brief description of it on the home page of this website under 'treatment options' and if you search this forum, you'll find a number of members reporting their experience of it.
I hope that helps.
Anne

[waseem]

thanks a lot uve been great help