I did a bunch of reading about orthokeratology, and something they do not tell you is how long you have to do wear the lenses that shape your eyes. The optometrist didn't tell us, either, until I asked him directly at the appointment today.
The answer is forever. He had given me the impression that orthokeratology permanently molds your cornea into the correct shape. It does not. Once you stop wearing the lenses, your eyes go back to the way they used to be.
This optometrist told me that outright. I guess in the past, at least
one optometrist rode that assumption and erroneously claimed that it permanently corrected vision.
So, that's a lot of hassle (you have to sleep with the special lenses in every night) for something that doesn't really do that much better than glasses, though I see why firefighters and doctors that can't get Lasik may do it.