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It is not difficult once we have some practice. For contact lens wearers, it is best to remove lenses before showering, swimming, or using a hot tub. Contact lenses should never be rinsed or stored in water. It is important to wash and dry hands well before handling lenses and to clean contact lens cases […]

Yes, rarely but it could happen. Eyes are built in such a way that nothing can get behind your eyeball. Yet a lens can just disappear. At that moment, rinse your eye with saline solution to see if the lens reappears. Is that not the case? Then place a mirror on the table and look […]

Currently, children can be candidate for Myopia Management system if their myopia progresses too fast (i.e., more than -0.50 dioptres per year). The risk of myopia progression should be assessed by the eye care practitioners.

Myopia is the medical term for nearsightedness. It is commonly known as the eye´s refractive state in which light comes to focus in front of the retina. In this condition, the eyeball is too long or too powerful, resulting in blurred far vision. Vision for close objects is clear within a certain range.

When the user can insert and remove the contact lenses on his own, the patient is ready. At 6 years old, for example, we will need collaboration and commitment from the parents. It is suggested to start when myopia progression exceeds -0.50 dioptres in the last year.

Hereditary factors often control the growth and development of the eye although environmental factors are highly associated with it.

There is no a specific, established age to stop the treatment. It will depend on the myopia progression of each child/teenager. The eye care practitioner should assess the evolution of myopia in every case and decide (according to the level of myopia and the possible risks) if it is necessary to stop the myopia management […]

Generally, once you become myopic, it tends to worsen over time. Higher levels of myopia are associated with higher risks of eye diseases like glaucoma, retinal detachment, myopic macular degeneration and cataract later in life. All of these can drive to reduced vision, visual impairment or even blindness.

Normally, a myopic child with certain risk (moderate) should be monitored every six months in order to have under-control myopia progression. The eye care practitioner will decide on the frequency. A three- to six-month follow-up schedule is ideal for ensuring myopia management and ensuring contact lens wear on eye is healthy.

Genetics, individual characteristics and environment.