World Cup winning rugby player Laura Keates has endorsed the benefits of Otho-k contact lenses after they helped her achieve 20/20 vision.
The short-sighted England and Worcester Ladies RFC player had grown frustrated with losing contact lenses on the pitch.
Wearing glasses was not an option for the tight end prop, but her team doctor suggested Ortho-k to correct vision during the night.
‘When I heard about the overnight correction it appealed to me so much. It seemed incredible that they would correct my vision while I sleep, leaving me free of lenses all day, but it really works, and I have 20/20 vision,’ she said.
Keates, who was -4.50D in both eyes, was sent to optometrist Geoff Wilson at the Contact Lens Practice in central Birmingham. He ordered bespoke lenses from a specialist contact lens laboratory in Hastings to correct her vision overnight.
Wilson added: ‘Standard contact lenses are great for many people, but some do find them problematic for sport and swimming, and people with dry eye, or who work in air conditioned offices, can sometimes only wear contact lenses for short periods of time.
‘Recent international studies are showing a strong correlation between the use of Ortho-k and the successful slowing of the progression of short-sightedness in children, which is of great interest to many parents who are concerned about their youngster’s vision.’
