Our patients' stories

Every case, after the rubbing stopped

Real patients with keratoconus — or ectasia after refractive surgery — who agreed to share their story. Each was counselled simply to stop rubbing their eyes, or to change their sleeping position. Each then revealed clinical and topographic stability.

100Documented cases
25Average age
30Months mean follow-up
9Years longest follow-up
26 cases shown
Keratoconus case 1 topography Case #1 Rubbing Keratoconus case 2 topography Case #2 Rubbing Keratoconus case 3 topography Case #3 Rubbing Keratoconus case 4 topography Case #4 Rubbing Keratoconus case 5 topography Case #5 Rubbing Keratoconus case 6 topography Case #6 Rubbing Keratoconus case 7 topography Case #7 Rubbing Keratoconus case 8 topography Case #8 Rubbing Keratoconus case 9 topography Case #9 Sleeping position Keratoconus case 10 topography Case #10 Rubbing Keratoconus case 11 topography Case #11 Rubbing Keratoconus case 12 topography Case #12 Rubbing Keratoconus case 13 topography Case #13 Rubbing Keratoconus case 14 topography Case #14 Rubbing Keratoconus case 15 topography Case #15 Rubbing Keratoconus case 16 topography Case #16 Rubbing Keratoconus case 17 topography Case #17 Rubbing Keratoconus case 18 topography Case #18 Sleeping position Keratoconus case 19 topography Case #19 Rubbing Keratoconus case 20 topography Case #20 Rubbing Keratoconus case 21 topography Case #21 Rubbing Keratoconus case 22 topography Case #22 Rubbing Keratoconus case 23 topography Case #23 Rubbing Keratoconus case 24 topography Case #24 Rubbing Keratoconus case 25 topography Case #25 Rubbing Keratoconus case 26 topography Case #26 Rubbing

Topographic maps are blurred to protect patient identity. Each thumbnail opens the full case — comparative maps, photographs and the follow-up timeline.

Results of our online study

Stability, measured across the cohort

Central corneal thickness, best-corrected visual acuity and maximum keratometry — tracked from diagnosis after the cessation of eye rubbing.

Central corneal thickness
Central corneal thickness (CCT)
Best corrected visual acuity
Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA)
Maximum keratometry
Maximum keratometry (Kmax / Kmin)
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