Eye Braces Can Correct Your Vision While You Sleep
What if you could change the way you see while you slept and straighten out bad vision with eye braces. So, Should you get laser surgery, contacts or wear glasses?
NBC4's Dr. Bruce Hensel reported that an operation was done with a little florescent dye in the eye so the tear pattern could be seen.
It's just one way doctors can see if NBC producer Tim Williams' special contact lenses or eye braces are in place.
Williams volunteered for a research study on the night-wear corrective lenses, officially known as orthocaratolgogy or CRT lenses.
The hard and thick glass contact lenses are worn to bed each night.
Hensel said like retainers or braces that move your teeth overnight, eye braces reshape your cornea while you sleep, but the changes in your eye aren't permanent.
"Kind of like how LASIK would change the shape of your cornea, just without surgery," said Dr. Robert Joyce, Optometrist.
Dr. Robert Joyce said one night's correction can last up to week. Hensel warned they are not for everyone and can be uncomfortable.
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April 6th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
ohh..if so I want sleep always..haha
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
Boa tarde,
eu tenho miopia e astigmatismo e a coisa que mais detesto é usar óculos. Já tentei usar lentes de contato, mas o k é certo é k não me sinto muito confortavel com elas. Pois parece que as lentes me secam os olhos, e depois começo a ver um bocadito mal, porque elas estão secas.
Eu gostava mesmo era de fazer a opração a lazer, mas como a minha graduação não está totalmente estagnada é mais dificil.
No outro dia na televisão ouvi uma noticia sobre umas lentes de contato que só se colocavam quando nos vamos deitar, e retiramo-las quando nos levantamos. Estas lentes tem como objectivo corrigir a curva do olho. Será que me pode ajudar a saber mais informações sobre este novo metodo de lentes?
Obrigado
Atentamente,
Ivone