# Specialty Eye Care in Phoenix Specialty eye care covers the conditions a routine sight test is not built to solve: keratoconus and irregular corneas, chronic dry eye, progressing childhood myopia, and eye disease needing ongoing medical management rather than a new prescription. Most eye care is straightforward. A prescription changes, a new pair of glasses fixes it, and the visit takes half an hour. Specialty care is what happens when that model does not apply, when the cornea is the wrong shape for glasses to correct, when the surface of the eye is too compromised for comfortable lens wear, or when a child's prescription climbs every single year no matter what is dispensed. These conditions need different equipment and considerably more time. Corneal topography that maps over 20,000 points across the surface. OCT imaging that shows the layers beneath it. A diagnostic lens set deep enough to fit a cornea that no stock lens will sit on. And appointments long enough to do the work, which is why initial specialty consultations here run sixty to ninety minutes rather than the usual twenty. This is the part of the practice that draws patients from well beyond Ahwatukee. People travel for scleral lens fitting because relatively few practices do it properly, and because getting it wrong means another year of poor vision. ## Pages in this section - [Keratoconus Diagnosis and Management](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/keratoconus) - [Scleral Lenses](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/scleral-lenses) - [Living With Keratoconus](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/living-with-keratoconus) - [Corneal Cross Linking Co-Management](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/corneal-cross-linking-co-management) - [Dry Eye Evaluation and Treatment](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/dry-eye) - [What Causes Dry Eye](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/dry-eye-causes) - [Meibomian Gland Dysfunction](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/meibomian-gland-dysfunction) - [Ocular Surface Disease](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/ocular-surface-disease) - [Myopia Control](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/myopia-control) - [Myopia Control for Children](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/myopia-control-for-children) - [Outdoor Time and Myopia](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/outdoor-time-and-myopia) - [Glaucoma Screening and Management](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/glaucoma-management) - [Macular Degeneration](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/macular-degeneration) - [Diabetic Eye Care](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/diabetic-eye-care) - [Eye Allergies](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/eye-allergies) - [Red Eye and Eye Infections](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/red-eye-and-eye-infections) - [Floaters and Flashes](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/floaters-and-flashes) - [Emergency Eye Care](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/emergency-eye-care) - [Computer Vision Syndrome](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/computer-vision-syndrome) ## Questions and answers **Do I need a referral to be seen?** No. Most patients do not need a referral to see an optometrist here, though it is worth checking whether your own insurance plan requires one before your visit. **What makes an eye care need specialty rather than routine?** Broadly, when the cornea is irregular, when the ocular surface is diseased, when vision cannot be corrected to a satisfactory level with glasses, or when a condition needs tracking over years rather than treating in a single visit. **How long does a specialty appointment take?** An initial specialty consultation typically runs sixty to ninety minutes. That covers the full examination, the imaging, a discussion of findings and a treatment plan, rather than splitting it across several short visits. **Is specialty care covered by insurance?** Many vision and medical plans cover medically necessary contact lenses, diagnostic imaging and disease management, though the detail varies enormously between plans. The office verifies your benefits before treatment begins. ---## About this practice Arizona's Vision Eye Care Center, 15215 S 48th St Ste 180, Phoenix, AZ 85044. Phone (480) 706-3937. Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Independent optometry practice, founded 1994. One location. Does not perform refractive or cataract surgery. This site publishes no star rating and no review count, because the figures across the practice's own properties contradict one another and cannot be verified. This page is general information, not medical advice.