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From: brian@leadsv.UUCP (Brian Atwood)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Contact lenses and astigmatism...
Message-ID: <549@leadsv.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 16:31:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: leadsv.549
Posted: Mon Aug  5 16:31:10 1985
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Organization: LMSC-LEADS, Sunnyvale, Ca.
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Summary: Gas Permeable Hard Lenses

In article <3420@fritz.UUCP>, pwb@fritz.UUCP (Phil Bonesteele) writes:
> Hello.  I hope to glean some information from informed persons on the
> topic of contact lenses. 
> The optometrist's opinion was that for my weak  prescription, soft lenses
> wouldn't improve my  vision all  that much.   But  that gas permeable
> hard lenses would correct my mild astigmatism and still leave me with
> clear vision. 
> 		Phil Bonesteele
> 		FileNet Corp.
> 		Costa Mesa, CA
> 		{decvax, ucbvax, ihnp4, hplabs}!trwrb!felix!pwb

I too have an astigmatism. A few years ago I got a pair of gas permeable hard
contact lenses and from what my optometrist told me, they have reshaped my 
cornea. In normal wear they make the cornea conform to the lens and this
apparently permanently reshaped the lens. I don't know if an astigmatism
can be "cured" by this method, though.

Brian Atwood
LMSC