Effects of CXL (PiXL) on ghosting
TLDR: Ghosting on my good eye gives bad headaches and I'm thinking of doing specialized CXL for preserving it and hopefully reducing ghosting
Hi, I'm 21 and I got diagnosed a little over a year ago but my KC started around 18. My situation is as follows:
Right eye: can't really read my phone but glasses help a bit, bad blurry ghosting under text (especially white on black)
Left eye: i use it for my daily vision, still decently crisp, sometimes a bit more tired, in the past two months or so I've started to get ghosting on it too which gives me super uncomfortable headaches daily, and this ghosting appeared in-between scans but my doctor says my KC hasn't really progressed at all in that time
I find myself in a tricky situation because my vision is technically good since my left eye sees well plus they said it hasn't really progressed in the past half a year. The issue is the with ghosting now on both eyes I can't focus at work or enjoy anything where there is a light source
I'm now planning to see a specialist for CXL and i want to know where i stand by asking you guys. I'm thinking of doing CXL on my good eye first since i want to preserve good vision while i still have it and hopefully get rid of the ghosting so i can live life normally again. Also the CXL I'm aiming for is topography guided (the machine is called Avedro KXL II and they basically modulate the UV intensity based on the shape of your cornea as i understand it). Another name i found for it is PiXL or customized/selective CXL.
My main questions therefore are:
Does it make sense to push for CXL if they say my KC hasn't progressed?
Does it make sense getting it in my good eye first?
Can CXL reduce ghosting?
What other options do i have? Sclerals seem like an overkill only for ghosting
Does anyone have experience with this type of CXL? I can't find any info about it online
Thank you all!