is a progressive eye disease that turns your normally round cornea into a bulging cone shape. The cornea is an important part of the eye that is responsible for two main things:
- Bending and focusing light so you can see, similar to how a camera uses light to capture photographs
- Protecting your eyes from dirt, germs and harmful UV rays
In people with Keratoconus, the light bends in unusual ways depending on what part of the bulging cornea the light passes through.