DON’T BE SHORT-SIGHTED ABOUT MYOPIA
Commonly heard advice to parents is that there is nothing that can be done to slow down vision deterioration in children with myopia. Dynamic Vision Optometrists want you to know that this is simply not true. Treatment is available. Secunda-based optometrist Adrian Yssel says there are three ways to slow down the progression of myopia in children. The first is called ortho keratology. This involves gently reshaping the front of the eye with a special contact lens that is worn while sleeping. The second involves using a specialised soft contact lens during the day. The third involves using a well-known eye drop in a very diluted concentration just before going to sleep at night. Adrian says they are seeing more children with myopia and the ages at which they are being diagnosed are lower than in the past. The likely cause? All that screen time from a young age.