Keratoconus & cornea care in Ghatkopar, Mumbai

The cornea is the clear front window of the eye. In keratoconus, it progressively thins and bulges into a cone shape, distorting vision in a way glasses can't fully fix. It typically appears in the teens and twenties — and it's being diagnosed more and more often in young Indian patients.

Warning signs

• Glasses prescriptions that change frequently, especially the cylinder (astigmatism)
• Vision that stays blurry or distorted even with new glasses
• Ghosting, halos and streaking around lights at night
• Frequent, vigorous eye rubbing — both a symptom and an accelerator

Diagnosis is made with corneal topography, which maps the corneal shape in detail and catches keratoconus long before it's visible on routine examination. The same scan is mandatory before any LASIK-type surgery — undiagnosed keratoconus is the main reason laser surgery gets ruled out.

Treatment, stage by stage

• Corneal cross-linking (CXL) — riboflavin drops plus controlled UV light stiffen the cornea and halt progression. The single most important intervention in progressing keratoconus, ideally done early.
• Specialty contact lenses — RGP, hybrid and scleral lenses vault over the irregular cornea, often restoring remarkably good vision in eyes glasses can't help.
• Intacs (corneal ring segments) — implants that flatten the cone and improve lens tolerance in selected eyes.
• Corneal transplant — reserved for advanced disease where the options above have plateaued.

Beyond keratoconus, we also manage corneal infections, dry eye and other surface disease — and one instruction applies to every corneal patient: stop rubbing your eyes.