Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site leadsv.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!cae780!leadsv!brian 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 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 20:29:56 EDT References: <3420@fritz.UUCP> Organization: LMSC-LEADS, Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 20 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