Amazing New Technologies that May Stop You Needing to Wear Specs Forever
We all know that specs have been used to better people’s eyesights since the 1400s, but nothing amazing really happened to the world of vision enhancement, until the mid 1950’s when Contacts were discovered.
Now, new scientific developments are allowing the 12 million short- and long-sighted Brits with hope that they might be able to dispense with their glasses or lenses for ever.
If you are a short-sighted sportsman or woman, work in a dusty workplace or suffer from dry eyes, wearing spectacles or Contacts during the day may not be an option. The Ortho K system – a system of adjusting your myopia whilst you sleep with special Contacts – could offer a solution. Wearing the tailor-made, gas-permeable lenses overnight reshapes the cornea (the dome-shaped window covering the front of the eye) to its proper position, giving the wearer 20/20 vision upon waking. The visual benefit can be found for at least 24 hours and sometimes a little longer – so you have to go on to use the merchandise every night. They are waterproof – so if you swim – they could still be an option for you. Clearly, this isn’t a cure, but it is safe, quick and easily reversible. It may also slow down the progression of your nearsightedness. This treatment is now within the reach of most people’s pockets, although it has been around for about 5 decades now.
