AOK, The Fine Print

We appreciate the confidence you have placed in our practice for your Advanced Orthokeratology (AOK) treatment and care. Our doctors and staff have invested a great deal of time, equipment and training in order to bring you the most advanced lenses, equipment and experience in AOK services.

The time and degree of improvement for any specific case is difficult to determine. This is due to individual variations in tissue response. Therefore, a specific guarantee of outcome is not possible. No warrantee or guarantee is made by this clinic regarding degree, rate or quality of change for AOK. However, to assure your satisfaction with AOK as a treatment option, we’d like to outline the following policies of our office.

No Charge Consultation. Myopia can always be reduced with AOK but by how much depends upon the shape and curvature of the eye. If you have had a comprehensive eye health and vision exam within the last year, we are able, with our topographer, to give you an idea of whether AOK is a viable option or not. If the measurements clearly indicate that you are not a candidate, we won’t be wasting your time, or ours. If initial measurements indicate you are a candidate then we’ll proceed to a more thorough evaluation.

One Night Free Trial. Accurate measurements with the topographer can only be made after several days without contact lens wear. If you have been wearing soft lenses, they must be out for three days prior to this exam. If you have been wearing rigid gas permeable or hard lenses, they must be out for at least one week, and perhaps longer. Our goal with the overnight trial is twofold. One, to measure your response to the lenses, to confirm that you are a candidate, and that our measurements are accurate. And two, to demonstrate to you the remarkable improvement that is typically achieved with only one night of wear. If you and your optometrist agree to continue, then we move to the next step.

Continued Trial. In most cases, more than one night of trial lens wear is required to determine the ideal lens. In order for us to continue our commitment, we require a $450 deposit towards your AOK fee. Once all of the necessary eye measurements are confirmed, customized lenses will be ordered.

Final Lens Order. Every single AOK lens is unique, they can not be used by anyone else. To order the final lenses, our total fee is $1800. Less the deposit of $450, means the balance of $1350 is due at the time of ordering (currently no taxes apply to prescription contact lenses). Even with the final order, if further refinements require additional lenses, no extra fees will apply. Once the lenses are known to be performing as expected, an additional spare pair is included. Once you are wearing your AOK lenses full time, you will not want to be caught without a proper pair of spare lenses!

30 Day Refund Policy. If you are not completely satisfied with the results of your AOK within 30 days of delivery of your first AOK lenses, you will receive a full refund less the non-refundable deposit of $450.

90 Day Refund Policy. If you are not completely satisfied with the results of your AOK lenses within 90 days of delivery of your first pair, our practice will agree to provide complete pre and post-operative care for laser refractive surgery (PRK or LASIK). Or you may choose to put your credit of $500 towards any other product or service in our office.

Your AOK treatment fee includes all professional services and material deemed necessary by the doctor for this therapy over a period of one year. This includes the trial AOK lenses, temporary daytime soft lenses if necessary during the fitting process, customized lenses as needed to achieve a satisfactory outcome, and a spare pair. After the first year, customary fees will apply.

Appointments are made at specific intervals to accomplish definite aims. Missing appointments may dramatically interfere with treatment progress and prolong treatment time beyond the usual period. This may incur additional charges to you. Please notify us at least 24 hours in advance if you need to re-schedule your appointment.

During the first year, replacement lenses are $165 each. After the first year, replacements are $225 each. Our AOK Complete Care Program is available after the first year for $149 per year for adults, $99 for children. This program gives you a comprehensive eye exam including topography, as many contact lens related visits as you require, and replacement lenses at $175 instead of $225.