Staggering New Technologies that Can Stop You Needing to Wear Specs Forever
We all know that specs have been used to meliorate people’s eyesights since the 1400s, but nothing amazing really happened to the world of sight enhancement, until the mid 1950’s when Contact lenses were discovered.
Now, new scientific developments are allowing the 12 million short- and long-sighted Brits with hope that they might be able to dispense with their eyeglasses or lenses for ever.
It is difficult to wear Contacts or even eyeglasses if you have really dry eyes or struggle to work in a dusty environment. The Ortho K system - a system of correcting your short-sightedness whilst you sleep with special Contacts - could offer a solution. The bespoke Contacts are inserted at night and realigns your cornea to compensate your vision whilst you sleep, so that you wake with flawless vision. The sight rectification generally lasts for the entire day, and sometimes longer: some wearers find they may only need to wear the lenses every other night. Even if you are a keen swimmer, you can still consider this option as they are fine in the water. Clearly, this isn’t a cure, but it is safe, quick and easily reversible. It may also slow down the progression of your shortsightedness. This treatment is now within the reach of most people’s pockets, although it has been around for about 5 decades now.