Is CK considered permanent now?

I looked into a couple years ago and it only lasted a few years and then
slowly faded back to the way it was before. That seemed much worse than
doing nothing.

Now my eye doctor tells me it has improved and is permanent. He doesn't do
it, but is referring me to someone else.

Has it improved that much? I really don't want to mess with it if it will
be drifting around.

 

I hear that it is definitely more permanent than LTK was, but probably
still regresses somewhat, at least partly due to the tendency of
hyperopia to slowly increase in prebyopia. If it helps for a year or
two I'm not sure that it's worse than doing nothing, as it is quite
safe, with almost no risk for a bad outcome.

w.stacy, o.d.

 

Also, it can be redone several times. I'm not sure why it hasn't really
caught on that much.

 

Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) is a temporary method to reduce hyperopia
(farsighted, longsighted) vision or induce myopia (nearsighted,
shortsighted) vision for the purpose of monovision. CK is not
permanent, regressing at a rate of about 1.00 diopter every 2-3 years
after the initial six month healing process. We have a detailed
article about CK at:
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lighttouch-nearvision-ck.htm


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What I want to do is to be able to ski, drive, etc. without glasses. I am
willling to wear them for reading.
But if it fades so I need glasses to drive, I don't see how I am any better
off then now. And probably worse, since I would need new prescriptions more
often as it fades.