Hi I am 16 years old and I have been wearin glasses since I was around 9 years old. I have recently been wanting to change to contacts, but the problem is that I do not want to wear contacts in the day, and I liked the idea that the OK lense was kind of a “retainer”, and I didn’t need to wear contacts during the day. My mother tells me that it is too late to wear the “OK” lenses as my sight will not deteriorate at the speed it did when I was younger. For this same reason, she also doesn’t want me to wear them as she feels there is no “need”. Should I follow her advice and get prescribed for the normal one day/ one week etc contacts or should I wear the OK lense?

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Orthokeratology is a non-surgical procedure that can temporarily correct refractive errors and helps to slow down the progression of myopia.

For some cases, adults might also use it to replace spectacle and contact lens.

We suggest you to go together with your mother and seek further advice from optometrist during Comprehensive Eye Examination.