Keratoconus/PMD and Synergeyes Contact Lens Not a Good Option
By admin | August 13, 2009
A few people have posted comments on how much they love the Synergeyes.
My fitter is considered top in Canada and specializes in Keratoconus and PMD. She sees about 20 + patients a day. She refuses to fit people in Synergeyes because she feels they don’t supply enough oxygen to the eye. She does think they will be a hybrid on the market in next couple of years that will work but right now they can’t get the soft skirt to stay attached to rigid lens. She says she has always been able to find a lens solution that works without resorting to using the Synergyees.
I am currently in a Jupiter contact lens ( semi scleral ) and comfort and fit is great. The vision I am not thrilled with but I am getting a new lens next week.
Apparently it is too steep and fluid is getting in behind lens and changing prescription. It sure is frustrating and been a year since I was diagnosed and still not happy with my vision.
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August 9th, 2010 at 1:12 am
I was diagnosed a year ago. Thr synergeyes lenses actually got stuck to my eyes. I went to a local hospital to have them removed with no sucess. I stayed awake all night and went to an eye specialist the next morning. It took 4 hours to remove the last lense.
Recently, I had the intac insertion in one eye. The hard lense has not been easy to adjust to. The one in the left eye popped and I lost it and the one for the right eye got caught on the intac and broke. I’m in the process of having them replaced.
Your last post was in 2009. I’m hoping that is indication that you’ve found sucess and moved on. Could you post or send an update of your condition.
Thanks,
Donny
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:49 pm
[...] Thoughts on Semi Scleral Lenses February 14, 2011 Scott Leave a comment Go to comments It’s been a year now since I tried wearing a type of Semi Scleral lens… it’s a 14MM lens, so larger than most soft lenses, but not as large as a full-scale scleral. It’s like a really large RGP in a way. I was unable to use hybrid lenses such as Synergeyes - as I could never get a full vault from them and they did not transmit enough oxygen (though it could have just been my incompetent fitter.) See others’ similar experience. [...]
February 27th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I disliked those Synergyees hybrid contacts, felt ok while lens on the eye, remove and my eye ached so bad, felt like someone was twising my eye, my eye doctor said it is ok, well order a flatter lens and continue to wear this one, your eye is swollen little but ok to wear. I put my lens on at noon, at 1;00 p.m one of the lenses cracked right in the hard part of the lens, very scary and I agree, I think my eyes ached because no oxygen. FInally my doctor is fitting me with rgp, they feel so much better, I think dr’s get a cut back or something on those hybrid lens.