Myopia Management
Myopia management has come a long way. There are a few different ways myopia may be controlled in children. All methods are safe and effective.
One method is Orthokeratology, where a hard contact lens is placed on the child's eyes overnight.
Another method is drug therapy with the use of diluted Atropine is placed in the child's eyes at bedtime.
My preferred method is to use MiSight 1 Day contact lenses. I love the fact they are FDA approved and they are disposable daily lenses decreasing the risk of any infection. They are easy to adapt to and work well in slowing down the nearsightedness of the child.
Sometimes there will be the need to combine therapies.
In the near future, spectacle lenses will be able to have the same outcome.
What is myopia?
Myopia – often referred to as nearsightedness – is a common eye health condition that occurs when the eye becomes too long and causes light rays to focus incorrectly, making distance vision blurry.
Why should myopia be managed?
Often, only the symptoms of myopia are treated. However, leaving myopia unmanaged may contribute to severe eye health complications later in life including cataracts, glaucoma and myopic maculopathy.
Brilliant FuturesTM with MiSight® 1 day
MiSight® 1 day contact lenses are the first and only soft contact lenses specifically designed for myopia control and FDA-approved* to slow the progression of myopia in children, aged 8-12 at the initiation of treatment.†1 These daily disposable lenses are part of the Brilliant FuturesTM Myopia Management Program, which is a comprehensive myopia management approach by CooperVision that is offered in the United States.
How it Works
MiSight® 1 day contact lenses work by using ActivControlTM Technology, which features a special design with alternating vision correction and treatment zones to improve blurred distance vision while simultaneously preventing myopia from getting worse.1 The lenses should be worn for a minimum of 10 hours a day for best results.1 It is recommended that children continue to wear the lenses until their eyes stop growing and prescription stabilizes.
Clinical Data
CooperVision conducted a rigorous multi-year, multi-country study to show how the MiSight® 1 day contact lenses affected myopia progression when initially fit on children 8-12 years old. After 3 years, the study concluded that the lenses effectively slowed myopia progression by an average of 59% and slowed the rate at which the eye lengthens by anaverage of 52%, compared to the control group.†2 After 6 years, nearly one in four eyes originally fit with MiSight® 1 day had no progression of myopia.**3Treatment zones creating myopic defocus Correction zones.
Dr Yepremian knows your vision is important to you which is why she is dedicated in providing you with the best care possible. We hope you agree! Call us today - 818.240.3937
One method is Orthokeratology, where a hard contact lens is placed on the child's eyes overnight.
Another method is drug therapy with the use of diluted Atropine is placed in the child's eyes at bedtime.
My preferred method is to use MiSight 1 Day contact lenses. I love the fact they are FDA approved and they are disposable daily lenses decreasing the risk of any infection. They are easy to adapt to and work well in slowing down the nearsightedness of the child.
Sometimes there will be the need to combine therapies.
In the near future, spectacle lenses will be able to have the same outcome.
What is myopia?
Myopia – often referred to as nearsightedness – is a common eye health condition that occurs when the eye becomes too long and causes light rays to focus incorrectly, making distance vision blurry.
Why should myopia be managed?
Often, only the symptoms of myopia are treated. However, leaving myopia unmanaged may contribute to severe eye health complications later in life including cataracts, glaucoma and myopic maculopathy.
Brilliant FuturesTM with MiSight® 1 day
MiSight® 1 day contact lenses are the first and only soft contact lenses specifically designed for myopia control and FDA-approved* to slow the progression of myopia in children, aged 8-12 at the initiation of treatment.†1 These daily disposable lenses are part of the Brilliant FuturesTM Myopia Management Program, which is a comprehensive myopia management approach by CooperVision that is offered in the United States.
How it Works
MiSight® 1 day contact lenses work by using ActivControlTM Technology, which features a special design with alternating vision correction and treatment zones to improve blurred distance vision while simultaneously preventing myopia from getting worse.1 The lenses should be worn for a minimum of 10 hours a day for best results.1 It is recommended that children continue to wear the lenses until their eyes stop growing and prescription stabilizes.
Clinical Data
CooperVision conducted a rigorous multi-year, multi-country study to show how the MiSight® 1 day contact lenses affected myopia progression when initially fit on children 8-12 years old. After 3 years, the study concluded that the lenses effectively slowed myopia progression by an average of 59% and slowed the rate at which the eye lengthens by anaverage of 52%, compared to the control group.†2 After 6 years, nearly one in four eyes originally fit with MiSight® 1 day had no progression of myopia.**3Treatment zones creating myopic defocus Correction zones.
Dr Yepremian knows your vision is important to you which is why she is dedicated in providing you with the best care possible. We hope you agree! Call us today - 818.240.3937