Advanced Eye Condition Treatment at Adelaide Eye Care

We Know Keratoconus - we can help you regain good vision

Adelaide Eye Care has decades of experience in helping people with keratoconus, corneal grafts and other conditions that distort the optics of the cornea. From prescribing and supplying spectacles for your unique needs, to advising on surgical improvements available, to fitting all types of contact lenses, we have you covered.

Keratoconus is a progressive eye condition in which the cornea, the clear outer layer of the eye, becomes thin and weak, leading to a conical shape instead of a round shape. This can cause visual distortions and lead to reduced vision and other eye-related problems.

Adelaide Eye Care’s approach treats you as a person, not just a pair of eyes, and works with you to improve your quality of vision and quality of life by correcting you with the best options.

Explore Our Keratoconus Solutions:

• Customized Contact Lenses: Our optometrists will fit you with custom-designed contact lenses that provide clear vision while addressing the corneal changes.
• RGPs
• Sclerals/Minisclerals/Semisclerals
• Hybrids (eg Synergeyes)
• Piggyback systems
• Soft contacts
• Enhanced Spectacles: We prescribe and supply spectacles that address the unique needs of people with unusually shaped eyes, including high astigmatism and anisometropia. Unlike the commercial optical chains, we can source lenses from labs around the world to suit individual eyes.
• Corneal Cross-Linking: We identify when your eyes might need this innovative procedure from specialist ophthalmologists to strengthen the cornea and halt the progression of keratoconus, preserving your vision.
• Patient-Centered Care: We tailor our approach to your specific needs, ensuring your comfort and well-being throughout the treatment.

Decades of Expertise in Corneal Conditions and Advanced Lens Technology

We were established by Assoc Prof Anthony Phillips in 1982, who has edited one of the standard Contact Lens textbooks for optometrists since the late 1960s, and René Malingré and his team of clever optometrists has been looking after hundreds of patients with keratoconus and corneal grafts since 2003.

We were the first practice to use corneal topography in South Australia to measure the shape of a cornea to fit contact lenses, were one of the first to fit modern scleral lenses for keratoconus back in 2005, and are very experienced in fitting rigid gas permeable contact lenses, hybrid lenses, scleral lenses, piggyback lenses and semi scleral lenses for complex eyes.

We are a teaching clinic for contact lenses, as a student placement for Contact Lens Clinics for the Optometry degree at Flinders University.

We are a tertiary referral centre for medical use of contact lenses, receiving referrals from fellow optometrists and ophthalmologists to help with the care of their patients.

We would love to help you.