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BlackA
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Custom made RGP

Postby BlackA » Thu 28 Dec 2006 11:47 am

Hello , I'd like share my experience regarding the custom-made RGP
I have been wearing for two weeks.

My optometrician didn't lose any time fitting lens, she just
took a corneal topography and sent it to the laboratory which returned
two different lenses for tests. She chose the one that fitted me best and
then another topography with it. Then she told me that the laboratory will
custom-made the inner side of the lens for me and I could expect
good comfort and visual acuity.

They call it a variable geometry lens and cost €225 a single one.
The comfort was pain the first day but luckily after two weeks the lens
is only a little nuisance. Thanks to the forum I knew this is usual with RGPs.

About the quality of vision I reach the eight line (0.8 ) which seems nice
however I experience a single ghost image (it seems regular astigmatism) and
also a moderate halo effect on lights.


Happy new year.
:wink:

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Thu 28 Dec 2006 12:36 pm

Thanks for your post, and the information you give. How long have you had keratoconus?

What part of Spain are you in? My sister lives in Nerja.

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Postby BlackA » Thu 28 Dec 2006 1:51 pm

Hello Andrew,

I was diagnosed a year ago.

I live in the north, in Pamplona.

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Thu 28 Dec 2006 2:09 pm

Welcome to the forum. all the best with your new lenses.

I guess you are about as far from my sister as it is possible to get while remaining in Spain! She loves the South, and will prpobably never leave there.

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