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Keratoconus Treatment in Abu Dhabi 

What Causes Keratoconus?

New research suggests the weakening of the corneal tissue that leads to keratoconus may be due to an imbalance of enzymes within the cornea. This imbalance makes the cornea more susceptible to oxidative damage from compounds called free radicals, causing it to weaken and bulge forward.

Risk factors for oxidative damage and weakening of the cornea include a genetic predisposition, explaining why keratoconus often affects more than one member of the same family.

Keratoconus Treatment

In the mildest form of keratoconus, eyeglasses or soft contact lenses may help. But as the disease progresses and the cornea thins and becomes increasingly more irregular in shape, glasses and regular soft contact lens designs no longer provide adequate vision correction.

Treatments for progressive keratoconus include
Step 1

Corneal cross-linking (CXL).

Step 2

Custom soft contact lenses

Step 3

Corneal transplant.

More than 40 years of experience in eyecare

Our Team of Doctors

Dr. Yahya Ali Yahya Al Midwahi

Consultant Ophthalmologist
Chairman, Co-Founder - Samaya Specialized Center
The First Emirati Ophthalmologist

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Dr. Ameen Saleh Ali Al Saleem

Consultant Ophthalmologist
Vice-Chairman, Founder of Samaya Specialized Center

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Dr. Saleh Saif Al Messabi

Consultant Ophthalmologist
President of the Emirates Society of Ophthalmology

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Dr. Mohammed Ali Eissa El Deeb

Consultant Ophthalmologist

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Dr. Roberto Beze Abdo

Specialist Ophthalmologist

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Dr. Tariq Yasin Al-Rawashdeh

Consultant Ophthalmologist
Vitreoretinal Surgeon

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Dr. Noura Almansoori

Consultant Ophthalmologist
Medical Director

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