We’ll show who treats it and what it costs.
12 Orynbor St. Look for the blue façade with the eye sign.
Strabismus in children and adults · glasses · patching · surgery
Show on the diagram how the eye turns — and see what each treatment changes. Not every squint needs surgery: in children the path often starts with glasses.
Convergent · esotropia
Convergent squint: the left eye turns towards the nose
The most common type in children, often due to long-sightedness. The brain “switches off” the turning eye — that’s how a lazy eye develops.
20,000 ₸per visit — a full eye examWe’ll confirm the price of a child’s visit on WhatsApp
The first step is an exam: the squint angle is measured and your need for glasses is checked. For adults — 20,000 ₸ per visit, a full eye exam
A diagram, not a photo. The right eye is on the left: you’re facing the person
Two different treatments
A squint brings two different problems, and they’re treated differently. The first is position: the eye drifts to one side, and it shows in every photo. The second is vision: the brain stops using the turning eye, and it gets weaker. Glasses and patching treat the vision; eye muscle surgery treats the position. Like a dentist and an orthodontist: both work on teeth, but the job is different.
Without surgerymostly in children, while their vision is still developing
Step 1 · glasses
When a convergent squint is caused by long-sightedness, the eye pulls towards the nose from strain. Glasses take away that strain — and the eye comes back into place. For everyone else, glasses give a sharp picture, and without it no squint treatment works.
10,000 ₸per glasses fitting · RB OPTICS, 12 Orynbor St
Step 2 · patching
A patch or sticker goes over the healthy eye for a few hours a day. The brain has to look through the turning eye, and its vision improves. Patching doesn’t straighten the eye, but without it the eye would stay weak even after surgery.
We’ll confirm the price of the visit on WhatsApp
Step 3 · training
The doctor picks focusing and eye-teamwork tasks to suit the child’s age. They work best in children: the younger the child, the faster the brain relearns. The doctor will tell you how long the course lasts after the exam.
device-based treatment for children at BABY EYE CLINIC: Visotronic and synoptophore
Surgeryfor children and adults, when the eye won’t come into line
Surgery · Dr. Bigeldiyev
Each eye is turned by six muscles attached to its outside. If one pulls harder, the surgeon moves where it attaches — and the forces even out. The eyeball isn’t opened. In adults, squint surgery straightens the gaze at any age; in children it’s considered if glasses and patching haven’t worked.
from 400,000 ₸per operation: the exact scope — how many muscles — the surgeon will name after the exam
Honestly, up front
People put off squint treatment for years because of three phrases they heard from friends. Let’s go through each one — with no promises that can’t be checked.
“It’s too late”
For adults, surgery lines up the eyes at 25 and at 50: the muscles work just as they did in childhood. One honest caveat — 3D vision doesn’t always come back in adults. But you’ll stop hiding your gaze in photos and in conversation.
For a child, squint treatment is best started as soon as you notice it: the weak eye’s vision develops while the child is still growing. Missed a couple of years? That’s not a life sentence — it’s a reason to come tomorrow.
“Eye muscle surgery is dangerous”
The muscles that move the eye attach to the eyeball on the outside, under a clear membrane — the conjunctiva. Through a small cut in it, the surgeon moves where the muscle attaches. The instruments never go inside the eye, to the lens or the retina.
At RB CLINIC squint surgery is done by Dr. Bigeldiyev — the clinic’s founder, with over 35,000 operations. He plans every muscle and every millimetre before surgery, based on the exam.
“It’ll come back anyway”
The position of the eyes can change over the years, especially in growing children. That’s why there are follow-up checks after surgery, and children often carry on with glasses or patching: surgery straightened the eye, and the weak eye’s vision keeps training.
If the angle comes back over time, a repeat operation is possible — the clinic’s price list has it as a separate line. It’s more honest to say so up front than to promise “once and for all”.
From the first exam to the operating room
For adults, the exam, glasses and operating room are all at 12 Orynbor St — no trips across town. Children are seen at BABY EYE CLINIC, 2A Syganak St, and if surgery is needed, it’s done here at RB CLINIC. Drag the strip or tap a photo to open it large.
Cataract, ptosis, exophthalmos and strabismus in one eye — all the treatment by Dr. Bigeldiyev
@dr.bigeldiyevCataract, ptosis, exophthalmos and strabismus in one eye — all the treatment by Dr. Bigeldiyev
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
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Who will see you and who operates
Squint surgery at the clinic is done by one surgeon — Dr. Bigeldiyev. You can start with an ophthalmologist visit: check your vision, get glasses and find out whether you need surgery at all. If you do, you’re already in the clinic where it’s done.
Academician, founder of RB CLINIC. Operates on squint
According to the clinic’s price list, eye muscle surgery is done only by him. His videos show cases where squint comes together with ptosis and cataract: he operates on all of it himself.
surgery from 400,000 ₸ per operation
Ophthalmologist visit, glasses fitting
For adults with a squint it’s the easiest place to start: each eye’s sharpness of vision, a glasses prescription and the back of the eye — all in one visit. If surgery is needed, the surgeon is in this same building, not at another clinic.
visit from 7,000 ₸ per visit
Does your child have a squint? Children are seen at BABY EYE CLINIC, 2A Syganak St. Send us your child’s age and a photo showing how the eye turns — the administrator will book you in. How it works.
Child with a squint
A child with a squint is first seen at BABY EYE CLINIC — RB CLINIC’s children’s branch at 2A Syganak St. There they fit glasses, patch or train the weak eye on the Visotronic and synoptophore. The doctor will suggest surgery only if it’s indicated — then Dr. Bigeldiyev performs it at RB CLINIC, 12 Orynbor St, and you won’t have to look for a surgeon all over again.
A doctor explains
Begaydarova Aliya Kairgeldinovna · paediatric ophthalmologist, BABY EYE CLINIC
First things first — an exam at BABY EYE CLINIC. The children’s doctor checks each eye separately: a “lazy eye” can’t be seen from the outside, and it’s best treated before age 7.
“No pain, no redness, no squint. You simply don’t see this problem until you check the vision.”
“And if this problem isn’t dealt with before age 7, the vision, unfortunately, may not come back.”
The doctor’s words from the video, word for word. Tap the video to listen with sound.
Prices
Every price below comes from the clinic’s price list, with the unit. Surgery starts from 400,000 ₸ per operation: that is the price-list cost of a rectus muscle recession. Which muscles need correcting, and how many, the surgeon will tell you once the angle is measured — and give you the exact price then.
Every squint treatment starts here: glasses and surgery alike.
Full eye examsharpness, pressure, back of the eye, doctor’s consultation20,000 ₸per visit Ophthalmologist visitDr. Dyusenbayevafrom 7,000 ₸per visitFollow-up eye exam visit — 13,000 ₸ per visit.
Performed by Dr. Bigeldiyev. The price list has four different operations: weakening a rectus muscle, moving it, working on the upper or lower muscle, and a repeat operation.
In some children with a convergent squint, glasses straighten the gaze on their own. You’ll choose frames at RB OPTICS, 12 Orynbor St.
Children are seen at BABY EYE CLINIC, 2A Syganak St: glasses, patching and device training are prescribed by the children’s doctor.
Paediatric ophthalmologist visit · children’s glasses and lenses
Kaspi RedKaspi instalments with no overpayment for 12 months, for any surgery; up to 24 months with Kaspi JumaIf surgery is needed
Squint surgery doesn’t change the eye — it changes the tension of the muscles that turn it. Like a horse’s reins: if one side pulls harder, the head turns aside. The surgeon loosens or tightens the right rein — and the eye looks straight.
Walk through the clinic — 8 rooms in a minuteStarting with the operating roomThe surgeon chooses the operation by the type of squint, the angle, age and the vision in each eye. The doctor will tell you at the exam how long the surgery takes and which anaesthesia suits you.
First step
One visit — and you know what kind of squint you have and what to do about it: glasses, patching or surgery. Bring your old glasses and a couple of photos that show how the eye turns.
If you don’t need surgery, we’ll tell you so.
What an eye exam includesFor those who like to understand
A squint, or strabismus, is when the eyes don’t look at the same point. One eye looks at an object, the other looks away. It’s not just about appearance: the brain gets two different pictures and has to cope with them somehow.
Normally both eyes look at one object, and the brain merges two pictures into one 3D image. With a squint the pictures differ. An adult sees double. A child’s brain protects itself differently — it switches off the turning eye, and that eye weakens: this is amblyopia, “lazy eye”. Without 3D vision it’s harder to pour water into a glass, catch a ball or park a car.
The eye drifts in photos or when your child is tired; they squint or close one eye in the sun; tilt their head while watching cartoons; bump into corners. In babies’ first months the eyes sometimes “wander” — that’s normal, and a wide nasal bridge can create a false squint. Only an exam can tell a real squint from a false one.
Paralytic squint — after an injury or stroke: success depends on whether the nerve recovers. A congenital squint that wasn’t treated in childhood — the eyes can be straightened, but 3D vision is harder to bring back. A large-angle vertical squint more often needs a second operation. That’s why a child’s squint shouldn’t be left to “grow out of”.
Questions
In children, often yes. If a convergent squint is caused by long-sightedness, glasses straighten the gaze on their own. Patching and training bring vision back to the weak eye. In adults, the position of the eyes is usually straightened only by muscle surgery. The exam will show what suits you.
Full eye exam — 20,000 ₸ per visit, ophthalmologist visit — from 7,000 ₸ per visit, glasses fitting — 10,000 ₸ per fitting. Squint surgery — from 400,000 ₸ per operation; the surgeon will name the exact scope after the exam: it depends on which muscles and how many.
The position of the eyes can be straightened at any age: an adult’s muscles work just like a child’s. The honest caveat: 3D vision doesn’t always come back in adults. But a straight gaze in photos and in conversation already makes a big difference.
The muscles attach to the outside of the eye, under the conjunctiva. The surgeon moves their attachment through a small cut; the eyeball isn’t opened, and the instruments never go inside the eye. At RB CLINIC squint surgery is done by Dr. Bigeldiyev.
It can, especially in growing children. That’s why there are follow-up checks after surgery, and children often carry on with glasses or patching. If the angle comes back, a repeat operation is possible — that’s not a mistake, it’s part of treatment.
The incision is small and only in the conjunctiva, and instruments do not go inside the eye, so it heals like a small cut on a mucous membrane. For the first few days the eye is red and a little sore, then the redness fades day by day. During this time — drops on schedule and check-ups. When you can go back to work, school or the pool, the surgeon will tell you after the operation: it depends on how many muscles were adjusted.
The eyes look at different points, and the brain gets two pictures. An adult sees double. A child’s brain switches off the turning eye, and it weakens — that’s amblyopia. 3D vision suffers: it’s harder to judge distance, catch a ball or pour water into a glass.
As soon as you notice the eye turning — at any age. Lazy eye treatment works best while the child is small. If you’re not sure whether it’s a real squint or a false one caused by a wide nasal bridge, send a photo on WhatsApp and book an exam at BABY EYE CLINIC.
RB CLINIC — eye microsurgery and aesthetic medicine. 12 Orynbor St, Astana. Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00. Children are seen at BABY EYE CLINIC, 2A Syganak St.
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