Would you let your child’s eyes worsen if there was something you could do?
Now there is. It's called myopia control.
Myopia is not just a matter of wearing glasses. It's a children's eye health concern.
The average adult human eye has an axial length — that is, the length of the eyeball from the front surface to the back — is around 23.3mm. An eye with greater than -6.00 degree of myopia has an axial length of 26.5mm or more. Although 3mm doesn't sound like much, that increases the risk of myopic macular degeneration by 41 times, retinal detachment by 22 times and glaucoma by 14 times. These are all eye diseases with the potential for blindness.
Myopia Control
Myopia control is a group of methods used to slow the progression of childhood myopia. There is no cure for myopia, but there are ways to help control how rapidly it develops or progresses.
Short-term Goal
Reduces the frequency of prescription changes and helps your child avoid wearing thick and heavy glasses in their lifetime.
Long-term goal
Reduces the risk of eye diseases and vision impairment in adulthood. Also increases the chances they are eligible for LASIK as an adult
There's a big difference!
Myopia correction, which is when an optometrist prescribes ordinary distance glasses to help your child see clearer, is only temporarily masking the condition by fixing the symptoms — blurred vision. What we do is treat the underlying condition that causes the blurred vision — abnormal eye growth and elongation — so that further vision deterioration can be prevented.