Astigmatism occurs when the cornea—the transparent front surface of the eye—has an irregular shape, resembling a football rather than a perfectly round basketball. This uneven curvature causes light ...

The cornea returns to preoperative levels after ... ICRS helps control the irregular astigmatism to more regular astigmatism, which can be treated with conventional methods, such as spectacles ...

Corneal inserts, originally designed to treat myopia, have now found increasing use for irregular astigmatism, particularly in cases of keratoconus or postrefractive laser ectasia. Although ...

ALAN Carr has revealed he had a terrifying ‘health scare’ resulting in his eyeballs needing draining, amid fears he is losing ...

ALAN CARR fears an eye condition will ruin his eyesight after having a “worrying” diagnostic test. The 48-year-old Chatty Man ...

Irregular astigmatism is often caused by a corneal ... Regular astigmatism, arising from either the cornea or crystalline lens, can be corrected by a toric lens. Alan said at the time: “To ...

Keratoconus is a progressive eye disease in which your cornea thins and begins to bulge into a cone-like shape, causing astigmatism and other vision issues. Eye surgery: Some types of eye surgery ...

Alan Carr recently underwent a procedure after his diagnosis. Getty Images) ...

Methods: In this nonrandomized, noncomparative, and partially masked study Scleral contact lens fittings were analyzed in 20 eyes of 12 patients (50% women, 50% men) diagnosed with keratoconus.