A changing prescription is more than a glasses updateWhen a child’s glasses prescription changes, it is natural to wonder what is driving that change—and whether there is more to monitor than simply updating their glasses.Short-sightedness, also called myopia, is not only about blurred distance vision. In many children, myopia is linked to the eye growing longer over time. Standard glasses can correct the blur caused by myopia, but they do not measure or slow this eye growth on their own.At…
Myopia (short‑sightedness) is appearing earlier and progressing faster in many children. Rather than simply updating stronger glasses each year, myopia control aims to slow how quickly the prescription increases and how fast the eye grows in length. This helps lower the lifetime risk of complications such as retinal detachment, myopic maculopathy, glaucoma and early cataract.Why slowing myopia mattersEvery extra dioptre of myopia is associated with a longer eyeball and an increased chance of future eye disease. Slowing progression by even…
