Specialist contact lenses

We help our patients choose specialist contact lenses, including lenses for patients with high magnitude refractive error, astigmatism or keratoconus. Such lenses are then manufactured individually for each patient – on the basis of detailed parameters measured during examination.
We also offer Myopia Control, a process aimed at slowing the progression of myopia in children and young people by using special soft lenses or ortho-corrective lenses.

SwissLens is a Swiss manufacturer of contact lenses which offers high quality contact lenses in an unlimited range of parameters and materials. We also offer a so-called myopia control, which is a process that may help to slow down myopia progression in children and adolescents through the use of special soft lenses or ortho-K lenses. Stiff contact lenses can correct virtually any type of vision defect. They guarantee ideal vision acuity, because they do not change their shape while being worn. Moreover, they may prevent the defect in short-sighted children from progressing (so called ortho-correction). Stiff contact lenses are produced from modern materials which of high oxygen permeability, therefore they are the healthiest and the safest solution for our eyes. With the use of stiff contact lenses we can correct:

severe myopia up to -40 dioptres
severe astigmatism with cylinder up to –8.00 dioptres
Severe long-sightedness up to +40 dioptres
keratoconus
pellucid margin degeneration
all types of corneal irregularities
aphakia, e.g. in young children who have undergone surgical treatment of inborn glaucoma
progressing myopia in children and adolescents

Małgorzata Żukowska

Optometrist

Graduate of Clinical Optometry at Pennsylvania State College of Optometry, Salus University, and postgraduate studies in optometry at Karol Marcinkiewicz Medical University in Poznań. She has been working in this field since 2007. For over five years, she has been working in optometric offices which specialise in the evaluation of vision acuity and the selection of the most suitable glasses and contact lenses. She constantly improves her professional qualifications through participating in numerous courses and contact lenses workshops. In her private life she is a dog lover, she spends her leisure time travelling, doing yoga and cycling.

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ORTHO-CORRECTION

What is ortho-correction?

Ortho-correction, also called orthokeratology, is a reversible, nonsurgical method of correction of myopia which is an alternative to laser vision correction. It is based on wearing specialist contact lenses while sleeping and taking them off in the morning. During the night the lenses gently model the shape of the cornea in order to ensure acute vision during the day without wearing glasses or traditional contact lenses. What is more, as numerous studies have proven, it is a safe and effective way to inhibit the progression of myopia in children and young people.

Who can take advantage of this method?

Most people with small or moderate myopia (without or without slight astigmatism), who are looking for a safe and totally reversible method to ensure acute vision without glasses or traditional contact lenses.
People who cannot undergo a Laser Vision Correction surgery.
Children and young people with progressing myopia.
People who experience discomfort while wearing traditional contact lenses.
Members of uniformed services, which are required to have acute vision
(policemen, fire-fighters, Special Forces, prison officers, pilots, etc.).

Orthokeratology – pros

Nonsurgical and reversible
Available for most patients
Corrects your vision without the need to wear glasses/contact lenses
Inhibits the progression of myopia in children and young people

Orthokeratology – cons

Patient is required to show up for couple of follow-up examinations
The need to use lenses to maintain the effect of the correction
Higher initial cost comparing to traditional contact lenses or glasses
Corrects only myopia and slight astigmatism

How does the process of choosing the right lenses for ortho-correction look like?

Because ortho-correction is a process, it requires a few follow-up visits.

1^st visit – qualifying examination (ca. 40 minutes)

taking your medical history
performing necessary examinations: visual acuity, examination of the anterior segment of the, intraocular pressure, thickness of the cornea

After a positive qualification, individually manufactured lenses will be ordered. The manufacturing and shipping takes about 2 weeks.

2^nd visit – (ca. 90 minutes)

assessment of fitting of the lenses
educating the patient on how to use the lenses
information on how to take care of the lenses

3^rd visit – in the morning after the 2^nd visit (ca. 40 minutes)

assessment of the correcting effect of the lens (analysis of the shape of the cornea and the regression of the error)
assessment of the influence of the lens on the physiology of the eye

4^th visit – after one week, in the morning (ca. 40 minutes)

assessment of the effects of wearing the lens
assessment of the general state of the eyes

5^th visit – after one month (ca. 40 minutes)

assessment of the effects of wearing the lens
assessment of the general state of the eyes

Follow-up visits – every 6 month (3 months for children)
Renewal of the lens – after one year