Myopia (also known as nearsightedness) is becoming increasingly common in children. Unfortunately, childhood cases of myopia often become more severe as children age. Without treatment, even a relatively mild case of myopia in childhood could evolve into a severe case by the time your child reaches adulthood. Severe myopia can result in the need for thick glasses, but also increase the chances of eye disease.
Myopia control or myopia management therapy is a type your child’s eyes and is designed to slow down the progression of myopia. Early intervention is crucial to preserving your child’s distance vision and keeping their prescription from increasing.
Our doctors have been providing myopia control treatments for many years.
Myopia control therapy works by reducing the amount the eye grows. This can done either with specially designed glasses, contact lenses or atropine eye drops.
Ortho-K lenses are a special type of rigid contact lens. They are designed to be worn overnight, and will gently reshape your child’s cornea as he or she sleeps. Over time this reshaping will gradually correct your child’s myopia. In the morning your child removes the lenses, and their corneas will maintain their new shape throughout the day, letting your child see clearly without having to wear glasses.
Miyosmart myopia control glasses work by using tiny islands of plus in the outer part of the glasses lens. The change in power in the outer lens sends a signal to the back of the eye to reduce its growth.
The MiSight myopia control contact lens reduces myopia progression by using a dual focus design. The changes in power allow blur to the periphery of the back of the eye to reduce eye growth.
Multifocal contact lenses can be used off-label for myopia control treatment. The bifocal part of the lens also sends a signal to the back of the eye to reduce its growth.
A low dose of atropine treatment is shown to slow the progression of myopia,and is often used in conjunction with other methods of myopia control. The low dose concentration allows clear vision and does not measurably reduce the child’s ability to focus.
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