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If I've interpreted the article correctly, this is to try and duplicate the effect of cross linking, which is a preventative step that isn't useful once your ke
by zimablue 8y ago
If I've interpreted the article correctly, this is to try and duplicate the effect of cross linking, which is a preventative step that isn't useful once your keratoconus has stopped developing. If I've interpreted right, if you're past your early twenties this probably isn't relevant to you
- andrewingram 8y agoThat doesn’t seem right, I was diagnosed in my early twenties, but the condition was continuing to progress into my thirties. At which point they decided that CXL was necessary to prevent my cornea from eventually rupturing. The reason they didn’t do it sooner was at the time improvement in contact lens technology was outpacing the progression of the disease (or so they said).