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Most individuals adapt well to wearing glasses or contact lenses. For those individuals who feel glasses affect their image or interfere with their activities, contact lenses, orthokeratology or refractive surgery may better meet their lifestyle and vision needs. Severely near-sighted individuals may find the condition limits their choice of occupations.

Optical treatment strategies as soft contact lenses have been proven to have moderate effect in managing eye growth and refractive development around 30-40% (0.25 to 0.50D per year). In fact, this option is one of the most effective ways to manage myopia progression. Our final aim with this treatment is to avoid children to reach […]

Myopia management is the area of science dedicated to slowing down the progression of myopia in children and young adults. The following table is a compilation of the different systems and their effect rate. Type of vision correction Effect on slowing myopic progression Normal glasses and standard contact lenses 0-5% Progressive/bifocal lenses 12-55% Soft contact […]

In general, it is recommended more than 8 hours and during, at least, 5 days a week. For a greater result, it is recommended the maximum of waking hours a day and 7 days per week.

There is evidence to indicate that myopia can appear and/or progress in adolescence and young adulthood, especially in those exposed to intense academic environments. At this stage, it is not understood if the progression rate is different to that seen in children.

There is no negative impact on the normal children’s life activities. However, positive effects have been reported regarding quality of life (appearance, satisfaction, effect on activities, handling and peer perception) of these children/teenagers is better than those wearing spectacles.

Evidence indicates that even high levels of myopia tend to stabilise in most eyes over a period. At this stage it is not clear as to when this endpoint for stabilisation may be for each individual.

Environment factors play a crucial role on myopia onset and progression. You can follow different strategies: Spending at least 90 minutes per day outside. It is the brightness of natural sunlight which is beneficial rather than UV light so you should still take sun protection precautions. Taking regular breaks from close work. Looking away for […]

We tend to think that myopia progression ends when people reach adult age, and this generally coincides with when people stop physically growing. That’s why traditionally we say myopia is more likely to progress until university age, but we are seeing myopia progress into the 30s for some people.

Yes, because it acts as a regular contact lens. Another type of correction needs to be used when the contact lenses are not worn.