# Eye care for Keratoconus Patients

> "I have been told my vision cannot be corrected any further."

Keratoconus makes the cornea irregular, which is why glasses stop working. Specialty contact lenses restore functional vision for the large majority of patients by replacing the distorted surface with a smooth optical one.

A keratoconus diagnosis usually arrives after a run of prescription changes that helped less each time. The explanation is that the problem is not the strength of the correction but the shape of the surface being corrected, and no spherical lens can compensate for an irregular cornea.

The outcome people fear, steadily worsening vision ending in a transplant, is no longer the typical path. Scleral lenses in particular have changed what is achievable, vaulting the cornea entirely and holding a fluid reservoir that gives light a perfectly smooth surface to enter through.

Patients travel here for this. Specialty fitting requires topography, OCT and diagnostic lens sets deep enough to trial properly, and relatively few practices carry all three.

## What matters most

**Will I need a transplant?**

Most people with keratoconus never do. Modern specialty lens options handle far more corneal irregularity than was possible fifteen years ago.

**Is it going to keep getting worse?**

Corneal cross linking can slow or halt progression when it is caught in time, which is why documented monitoring against a baseline matters so much.

**How long does fitting take?**

Most patients complete the initial process across two to three appointments over two to four weeks, including custom manufacture.

## Where to start

- [Keratoconus management](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/keratoconus): Diagnosis, monitoring and treatment planning
- [Scleral lenses](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/scleral-lenses): The lens type that changed keratoconus outcomes
- [Cross linking](https://eyedoctorphoenixaz.com/specialty-eye-care/corneal-cross-linking-co-management): The procedure that halts progression


## Questions and answers
**I was told nothing more can be done.**

It is worth a second opinion. Options have expanded considerably and many patients told this some years ago are fitted successfully now.

**Does insurance cover it?**

Many vision and medical plans cover medically necessary contact lenses and diagnostic testing, because keratoconus is a medical condition rather than a refractive preference.

---## 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.