Eye Care in Walnut Creek

If you are nearsighted, there are several ways that the problem can be addressed. A prescription for eyeglasses or contact lenses is the most common and this does a wonderful job of helping you to see clearly at a distance. Laser surgery is very popular these days too and many people achieve impressive results through it. But what if you would like to address your nearsightedness without surgery and with a greatly reduced dependence upon your corrective lenses? Well, Shigio Optometric Group has just the thing for you. Corneal refractive therapy is a solution that allows you to correct your nearsightedness through the use of special lenses that you wear while you sleep. Our Walnut Creek optometrist would like to assure you that it is very real and it is also a safe, easy, and highly effective method for treating nearsightedness, either with our without astigmatism.

Regardless if you have been nearsighted for a long time or if you have only been recently diagnosed, corneal refractive therapy can offer you outstanding benefits. How does it work? Through clinical research and by employing the most up do date technology for mapping the corneal surface, corneal refractive therapy was developed as a way to reshape your cornea. As you may be aware, nearsightedness is the result of a misshaped cornea directing light to hit your retina in the front instead of directly as should be when your vision is normal. With corneal refractive therapy, our Walnut Creek optometrist will provide you with what looks like regular contact lenses, but are actually specially designed therapeutic lenses. You put them in your eye each night as you go to sleep and they work to delicately reshape the surface of your cornea passively. All you need do is get your sleep and the lenses will do the rest on their own.

The effect is temporary, so you need to wear your lenses each night as you sleep. But the best part is that during the day, while you go about your work and other activities, you will have no need for eyeglasses or contact lenses. And you can avoid resorting to laser surgery too. Our Walnut Creek optometrist is pleased to offer this exciting option to you. Call us today and schedule an appointment for a consultation.

Corneal Refractive Therapy Walnut Creek
325 N. Wiget Lane, STE 120
Walnut Creek, California 94598
925-478-3939

By Shigio Optometric Group

December 28, 2014