Michaela Wang, a 13-year-old student in Singapore, started wearing contact lenses at age 10 to manage her myopia. She opted for daily disposable contact lenses specifically designed to control the progression of short-sightedness. The teen shares her experience and insights on the benefits and challenges of using these specialized lenses.
Student Michaela Wang, 13, started wearing soft myopia-control contact lenses at the age of 10 to slow the progression of myopia.
Myopia control involves slowing the progression of myopia, or short-sightedness, through means such as specially designed contact lenses or spectacles, or atropine eye-drop treatments. Taking prompt action to inhibit the worsening of myopia in children during this stage in their life when short-sightedness is most likely to deteriorate rapidly, will possibly be most effective, say experts.
He adds: “I would not encourage children’s use of normal contact lenses as it does not bring them any benefit, compared with contact lenses designed for myopia control. Myopia progression peaks when children are young, often between seven and nine years old.” The paper, authored by a team of researchers from Spain and Portugal, came out in February in Children, an international, peer-reviewed journal for children’s health which is published online monthly.
He notes that the occurrence of corneal infections in children range from five to 20 cases per 10,000 years of patient wear, according to published literature. That is considered low and comparable with adult data. “OJO has seen a 30 per cent increase in sales for hard and soft contact lenses for children from 2018 till now. There have been even more inquiries,” he says.
W Optics optometrist Tara Chee says it remains uncommon to see parents buying standard contact lenses for their children, such as those used by adults to correct their vision – which include disposable lenses used daily, monthly or fortnightly, as well as reusable ones.
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