Children's contact lenses could help more avoid adult sight issues
Daniel Crown, Optometrist examines a patient at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National
Othokeratology, known as ortho-k, is the specialist eye care using fitted contact lenses to temporarily reshape the cornea to improve vision, and could be used more in children said optometrist Daniel Crown. Pawan Singh / The National
Daniel Crown has been working with children in the UK with Ortho-k lenses for 10 years, but since moving to the UAE realised it was rarely prescribed and an area for growth. Pawan Singh / The National
