How Did the U.S. Bobsled Team Find Keratoconus Cure for Steve Holcomb?
When Steve Holcomb lost most of his vision from keratoconus, his team doctors and coaches were not willing to accept what 12 other eye doctors recommended which was an invasive and painful cornea transplant for keratoconus. They knew a cornea tranplants would mean Steve would be out of the sport for 1 year for each eye to recover, ie 2 years total out of the sport. Additionally the violent jarring of being in the bobsled was not safe for having fragile cornea transplants. That’s when they research innovators in the field of keratoconus and found Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler of Beverly Hills who invented the non-invasive C3-R. Dr. Boxer Wachler has been presenting his results at scientific meetings and published papers on his C3-R procedure that stabilizes and often treats keratoconus. After having the procedure, Steve later had implants placed inside his eyes which restored his vision to 20/20. He came out of retirement and in 2009 drove his sled named Night Train to the first US world championship in bobsled in 50 years. Then in 2010 he won gold for the US at the 2010 Winter Olymipics in Vancouver – the first US olympic gold in bobsled in 62 years.
