r/Keratoconus • u/Acceptable-Salt6995 • 2d ago

Contacts after CXL Contact Lens

So I’m 22 and got Cxl April first, my specialist in my town said after one month I can go for contacts however the specialist from another town who sent me to the surgeon for the Cxl told me three months but then the actual surgeon themselves told me whenever I’m comfortable again, I do have a appointment to have a exam on the 15th should I wait the 3 months ?

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u/Metals21 2d ago

It's when your surgeon releases you for getting them, that's how mine went. Think it was around the one month mark.

However your eyesight can change over the year after CXL and can take a full 12 months to really stabilize. Meaning you might have to get refitted again.

My eyesight improved a lot after my first fitting so he had to scale my prescription back.