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Myopia management treatments aim to slow down the progression of nearsightedness. Along with lifestyle changes, typical methods of managing this condition are: orthokeratology, specialist contact lenses, and MiYOSMART & DIMS technology-based spectacle lenses.
Myopia (short-sightedness) is a common eye condition that causes distant objects to appear blurred. Sight difficulties caused by myopia can usually be corrected with prescription glasses or contact lenses, but myopia can also affect people’s eye health in other ways. Myopia can develop at any age, but it is more likely to begin in childhood. Once myopia begins to develop it usually continues to get worse until young adulthood, but can sometimes stabilise before then.
Myopia management is a name for any process that tries to limit how myopic a patient becomes. This involves either prescribing an appliance, such as contact lenses, that changes the way the eye focuses light or using medication to change how much the eye can focus. Both methods are designed to help the eye grow in a way that focuses light more accurately. Myopia management does not cure or reduce myopia but aims to slow down or halt the rate at which it gets worse. The eye grows rapidly until early adulthood, so myopia management will usually be continued until your child is at least 17 years old.
Myopia management does not reduce or eliminate an already existing prescription, as vision is determined by the dimensions and contours of your eye. The primary goal of myopia management is to prevent further growth of the eye, which can result in larger visual defects and a need for stronger corrective prescriptions, it cannot reshape or shrink the existing eye. This means that if you stop myopia management treatment at any stage your vision will revert to a state where visual correction is necessary through glasses or contact lenses. Although myopia may still advance during management treatment, its progression will likely be significantly slower and on a smaller scale compared to untreated cases. If myopia management is stopped before the eye has stopped growing, myopia may start to get worse again.
The myopia management journey begins with a Consultation & Advanced Eye Examination to discover what options may be suitable for you or your child’s eyes specifically. Following this you will discuss the appropriate treatment in more detail, there will be an upfront fee and an ongoing monthly care and product Direct Debit, this continues throughout the course of treatment for as long as you remain under our care.
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