Scleral lenses are designed to fit with little or no lens movement during blinks, making them more stable on the eye, compared with traditional corneal gas permeable lenses. This liquid acts as a buffer and protects the compromised corneal tissue. In doing so, scleral lenses functionally replace the irregular cornea with a perfectly smooth optical surface to correct vision problems caused by, keratoconus, Lasik failures, post-surgical complications, and other corneal irregularities.īecause scleral lenses are designed to vault the corneal surface and rest on the less sensitive surface of the sclera, these lenses often are more comfortable for a person with corneal irregularities caused by keratoconus and other corneal irregularities A special liquid fills the space between the back surface of the lens and the front surface of the cornea. Scleral contacts are large-diameter gas permeable contact lenses specially designed to vault the entire corneal surface and rest on the “white” of the eye (sclera). The problem we face as eye care practitioners is fitting the steep areas if the cornea without adversely affecting the flatter areas. Because so much of the cornea can be affected, fitting this type of cornea can be challenging. It is not unusual for 50% or more of the corneal surface to be involved. Pellucid corneas involve a larger distorted geographic area usually extending from the inferior corneal margins up to the center of the cornea. Pellucid Marginal Degeneration is a sub-category of Keratoconus.
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