Myopia Management | Woodlands & Springwoods

Slow Myopia & Support Your Kids’ Vision

Nearsightedness, or myopia, is a vision condition that causes objects to become blurry the farther away they are. Myopia develops during childhood and often progresses quickly during the teen years. If left unmanaged, it can lead to more serious eye conditions.

We use myopia management methods like MiSight and ortho-k to control our littlest patients’ myopia progression to keep their vision clear and eyes healthy into adulthood.

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What Is Myopia Control?

Myopia occurs when the eyes grow too long. If this growth isn’t managed at a young age, the elongated shape of the eye can lead to vision-threatening eye problems, such as glaucoma and myopic macular degeneration.

Starting myopia control as early as possible can help slow myopia progression and preserve your child’s eye health and vision quality as they grow and develop.

How Does Vision Affect Learning?

Myopia can impact your child’s learning and development. During a crucial period when they’re absorbing information like sponges (ages 6–12), uncorrected myopia can make reading, writing, and participating in class activities a challenge.

Myopia can be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses, but slowing it with myopia management can help set your child up for success in the classroom and beyond.

Our Myopia Control Options

Correcting the vision errors of myopia is important for learning, development, and quality of life, but slowing myopia progression can help avoid complications down the road. Starting myopia management as soon as possible is recommended.

At Focus Optical, we offer myopia-control contact lenses, such as MiSight and othrokeratology, in addition to traditional glasses and contacts to correct myopia.

MiSight

MiSight 1 day contact lenses offer a proactive solution to manage and slow down myopia progression in children.

Clinical studies show MiSight 1 day can slow myopia progression by up to 60% compared to standard lenses over 6 years.

Ortho-K

Orthokeratology, or ortho-k, contact lenses are custom-made rigid gas-permeable contacts worn at night and removed in the morning. Ortho-k lenses gradually reshape the cornea to provide clear vision without glasses or contacts. Changing the cornea’s shape also helps slow the eye’s growth.

Talk to Us About Myopia Management

Myopia is a common vision error affecting about 30% of Americans. Gain control of myopia before it progresses with our management options for children.

Book a children’s eye exam to learn more and find a myopia management solution.

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