The history of eyesight correction has been a relatively thin book up until now. Essentially, mid 13th century saw the development of eyeglasses and then it was only in the 1950’s that people understood how to make Contacts work. That’s even though Leornado Da Vinci had already left his sketches on the idea a few century’s ago!
Now, new technological evolutions are offering the 12 million short- and long-sighted Brits with hope that they might be able to dispense with their specs or lenses for ever.
If you are a short-sighted sportsman or woman, work in a dusty workplace or suffer from dry eyes, wearing eyeglasses or Contact lenses during the day may not be an option. The Ortho K system - Contacts that correct near sightedness while you sleep - could offer a solution. What happens is that you wear the special gas permeable Contacts at night and it somehow reshapes the clear covering of your eye (cornea) to correct your visual imperfectness and give you perfect vision when you arise from your sleep. The visual benefit can be found for at least 24 hours and sometimes a little longer - so you have to go on to use the product every night. Swimmers, rejoice: you can wear them in the pool, too. So, this won’t permanently fix your visual problem, but it may stop it getting worse and it is fast and safe. This treatment is now within the reach of most people’s pockets, although it has been around for about 5 decades now.
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