Wednesday 4 July 2018

What are scleral contact lenses and how do they work?

If every lens has become failed to offer you that comfortable vision, Scleral contact lenses are the best option for you. With this, you do not need to compromise with the cornea.

How do scleral contact lenses work?

Basically, these are large-diameter gas permeable contact lenses that are designed in a special manner for covering the entire corneal surface and rest on the white portion of the eye. By doing so, your irregular cornea will be replaced with a smooth optical surface in a perfect manner and it is all due to scleral contact lenses. In this way, your problems will be solved that are caused by keratoconus and other irregularities of the cornea.

How to use scleral lenses?

Scleral lenses are basically used for improving vision and reducing pain and light sensitivity of those people who are facing the problem of disorders or injuries in their eyes. It means that these are best for the problems like


  • Keratoconus
  • Aniridia
  • Microphthalmia
  • Complications post – LASIK
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Pellucid degeneration
  • Corneal ectasia
  • Traumatic injury
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
  • Neurotrophic Keratitis
  • High myopia or astigmatism


After wearing, the appearance of your eyes will alter completely as these will fully cover your eyes cornea. Now, let’s know about the fitting process:

These lenses are custom-made and that’s why fitting the scleral lenses in eyes need a great expertise and more time in comparison to fitting a GP or standard soft contact lenses. Computerized maps of the entire cornea’s contour have been generated for facilitating the lens fitting and various trial lenses of different curvatures and sizes can be applied to the eye at the time of the fitting process. Based on the fact that how much problem is complex and how an individual can tolerate the scleral lens, there is a need for adjustment of lens parameter. To know about the whole fitting process of scleral lens, there is a need for several visits for determining the optimal lens that is suitable for each eye.

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