New Treatments For Keratoconus

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Keratoconus can be a debilitating disease that, in addition to poor vision, can sometimes leads to corneal transpants. In the past, patients with keratoconus would wear contact lenses or glasses until the vision worsened to the point that vision could not be restored even when corrected with glasses or contact lenses. Recent studies show that keratoconus can…

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Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking: Non-Surgical Treatment For Progressive Keratoconus

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Up until recently, there have been limited treatment options for keratoconus. But now, there is a new treatment currently in an FDA study that look promising, collagen cross-linking. Now, with corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL), up to 90% of patients (according to many recent studies) have found that their keratoconus was slowed or stopped altogether in…

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