Dream Lens

Wouldn't it be great if your vision was corrected while you sleep? It sounds like a far-fetched idea, but it's a reality for some people and is available throughout the country.

Dr / Amr Hegazy has had a head start in introducing this technique of treatment in Egypt and the Middle East since 2002, the Dream lens is a special type of RGP contact lenses with high Oxygen permeability (FDA Approved).

Orthokeratology (Dream Lens) is the technique that employs specially designed gas permeable contact lenses to reshape the corneal surface, Reducing nearsighted, where the lenses are worn only during sleep, Then patients can go through the day without correction and usually enjoy a good vision.

Basically, you wear a special lens that gently reshapes your eye so that you can see clearly even after you remove the lens. You can sleep in these lenses, take them out in the morning and see without glasses or contacts. The effect is temporary — generally enough to get you through the day, but you must wear the special lenses each night.

For myopia and astigmatis;

In cases of myopia light do not focus properly on the retina and this special lenses (OK Lenses) reshape the surface of the cornea to become less convex and thus focus the image on the retina so vision can be corrected. That is the reality now, A large number of those who suffer from myopia and astigmatism are enjoying this kind of treatment.

These lenses serve to correct myopia for any age from the age of 8 years, especially for athletes who want to exercise and swim without restrictions of glasses or contact lenses, and is also used to stabilze nearsightedness in children and prevent it from growing In a study of 350 cases less than 18 years published in the journal Contact Lens Spectrum explained that those who used the dream lens during sleep for three years there have minor changes in the amount of myopia compared to those who did not use that method.

Treatment period in this lens;

These lenses can reduce myopia by two degrees after the first night, and can be in a week or two weeks to reach the proper vision and once it reaches your eyes to the situation properly you will need to use these lens every or less frequently (3-5 nights per week). if a person stops using these lenses the Cornea will come back to its postion and then doing LASIK or any other way if he wishes to do so.

Who Is a Candidate?

• For young athletes and children over the age of 8 years, where they can practice all kinds of sports, especially swimming without glasses or contact lenses.
• Those who do not fit them LASIK (if the cornea with a thickness of less than allowed).
• For the early cases of keratoconus.
• Some cases after LASIK complications.