Scleral Contact Lenses Specialist in Dubai
Dr. Rahul Raghav, a leading specialist, we offer custom-fit scleral lenses for patients with keratoconus, severe dry eyes, or irregular corneas. We use the latest technology to guarantee excellent comfort and vision correction. Experience personalized care and advanced lens solutions for even the most challenging eye conditions in Dubai.
Scleral Contact Lenses
Scleral lenses are much larger in diameter than corneal contact lenses but work much like them. They also maintain their shape and rigidity. Besides refractive problems—essentially eyesight corrections that are more severe—these lenses can also be used to treat dry eye, corneal, and other disorders of the eye surface. They form part of essential management for other ocular disorders and in some instances may make the difference between recovery without surgery or with it.
What to Know About Scleral Contact Lenses?
Scleral contact lenses are primarily prescribed to patients having defects like keratoconus, severe dry eye, or having abnormal corneas. They enable accommodating a regular optical surface having the ability to do much better vision correction than conventional lenses. Such lenses are of huge help to those who cannot wear traditional contact lenses because of pain or various eye conditions
What to Know About Scleral Contact Lenses?
Scleral contact lenses are primarily prescribed to patients having defects like keratoconus, severe dry eye, or having abnormal corneas. They enable accommodating a regular optical surface having the ability to do much better vision correction than conventional lenses. Such lenses are of huge help to those who cannot wear traditional contact lenses because of pain or various eye conditions
What Are Scleral Contact Lenses?
Another type of contact lens is the scleral lenses. Compared to the more popular soft lenses, which have large resting areas on the cornea of your eye, scleral lenses are larger and cover more of your eye’s surface. They overlap a portion of the surrounding sclera, or the white of your eye, and project past the cornea.
Disadvantages of Scleral Contact Lenses?
Although scleral lenses do have potential disadvantages, these are normally minor and easily rectified. Some of the common issues and disadvantages are as follows:
- They require short time to be accustomed to them. Some wearers might find that they require a longer period to get themselves accustomed to wearing scleral lenses. It implies that he/she has to be patient in wearing them comfortably, maintaining them, and putting them on and taking them off.
- They always come at a higher price. You may be advised to wear them for a constrained period at the onset, with increment of wearing time thereafter, once you get accustomed to them. Scleral lenses are a little more expensive, since their fitting and manufacturing require more specialization. But with recent advancements in fitting methods and production, the cost has reduced to an extent.
- On the other hand, when they are worn, they need a little care. The tear fluid that fills in the space between your cornea's front and your lens' back may accumulate particles and other debris. Most wearers are advised to remove their lenses at least once every time they wear them, clean the lenses and then replace them again.
- The manufacturing and fitting process can take quite some time. It is not common for an individual to purchase good quality scleral lenses only once. Due to the difficulty in getting the perfect fit, one may need to try two or three times before identifying the perfect lens. In an event that this is the case, most lenses usually have warranties to cover the cost of ordering another lens within a certain time period.
Scleral Lens Contact Solution?
The type of contact solution that you have for your scleral lens is important for overall health for the scleral lens and your eyes. Most scleral lenses will require a cleaning solution designed for gas permeable lenses.
Solutions to clean
A solution meant for scleral or gas permeable lenses for the removal of debris and build-up.
Rinsing Solutions
The lens that one is going to insert into the eye must always be rinsed with a sterile saline solution, approved rinsing solution. This rinsing step assures that every time a lens is put in, it will be clean, free from stubborn debris and other residues.
Disinfecting Solutions
To avoid infection, the contact lenses should be stored in a recommended prescribed disinfecting solution when not being worn.
Scleral Lenses vs. Contact Lenses
There are some important differences between scleral lenses and other contact lenses.
- Most of the people wearing soft contact lenses find them comfortable. Other users may specifically, however, found to have difficulty in bearing with them due to movement or due to dry eyes especially when more worn. On the other hand, scleral lenses offer great comfort to people with an irregular cornea or very sensitive eyes.
- Because they vault over the cornea onto the sclera, scleral lenses create a tear reservoir between the lens and the cornea. This reservoir keeps your eyes hydrated and moistened, thereby reducing that pain, redness, photophobia, and discomfort that most people could experience using contact lenses due to dry eyes.
- Both scleral and soft contact lenses offer excellent vision. Scleral lenses have a smooth optical surface that can help to correct abnormalities of the cornea; thus, they may offer potentially keener vision to those patients who have an irregular corneal surface or have some kind of corneal pathology, like keratoconus.
- Most private practitioners are more experienced with prescribing and fitting soft contact lenses, and the fitting process is simple.
- Scleral lenses, on the other hand, provide a more accurate fit because the measurements taken and lens manufactured are done to a "t."
- Because of this, not all eye care professionals can fit scleral lenses; you might have to come to a specialist like our doctor, who has years of experience helping people to see well.
How to Insert Scleral Contact Lenses
- Clean your hands: Always wash your hands well before handling your lenses.
- Prepare the lens: Place the lens on a clean surface, fill the sterile saline solution, and place the lens in the solution to assist in inserting and being comfortable with it.
- Position the lens: It may help to look up or to the side during insertion.
- Inspect the Fit: After the lens is in place, blink a few times to help make sure the lens is well-centered on the eye in the proper position.
- Proper lens insertion is extremely important to ensure comfort and maintain clear, comfortable vision with Scleral Lenses.
Cost of Scleral Contact Lenses
The prices may vary with the complexity of the prescription and some special needs of the user. The initial investment, although sometimes quite high, is justified by the vast majority of users by the improvement of vision and comfort.
The prices may vary with the complexity of the prescription and some special needs of the user. The initial investment, although sometimes quite high, is justified by the vast majority of users by the improvement of vision and comfort.
How to Take Care of Scleral Lenses
Properly caring for your scleral lenses is paramount in ensuring their lifespan and for your eye health.
- Frequent Cleaning Clean your lenses frequently using the appropriate cleaning solution and following the proper cleaning process.
- Store them appropriately. Always store lenses in a sterile, recommended solution when not wearing them.
- Inspect lenses for damage or deposits on a regular basis and change lenses as required.
- Regular check-ups with your eye-care provider are a must to make sure your lenses fit well and your eyes remain healthy.
There are numerous benefits of scleral contact lenses in comparison to regular ones, particularly for those with complicated sight needs, or their eyes just do not get along with traditional ones. If you understand their uniqueness in features and the benefits that they have, you shall also have an understanding of what kind of care they need, and that will place you in a better position to make a choice on whether or not they are right for you.
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