What Results Can I Expect?

Near Vision Improvement.

Two thirds of our patients have good distance vision and want to improve their near vision. As a result, they only require CK in one eye. Whilst this sounds odd, it is a technique used widely in contact lenses and Lasik for patients over the age of 40. The advantage with CK is that the improvement in near vision comes with very little change in distance vision in the treated eye. It is similar to the sound you hear from stereo speakers. A different sound comes from each one, but they work together to provide the entire range of sound. That is what you want to happen with your vision - to see a more complete range of distance and near again. This is often called blended vision.

Our goal in offering CK is to restore functional near vision for those who are over 40. For our patients, the average improvement in near vision is demonstrated below. For these same patients, on average, they lose no distance vision binocularly.

Distance Vision Improvement

One third of our patients require CK in both eyes. They have become more longsighted with age, and benefit from having treatment in one eye to sharpen their distance vision, and treatment in the other eye to sharpen their near vision. These patients experience the same improvements as demonstrated above in near vision, and improve on average from 6/12 to 6/6 at distance.