08/22/2022
Controlling myopia is essential to prevent an increased risk for other ocular conditions that can stem from it, such as glaucoma, cataracts, myopic maculopathy, and retinal detachment.
There are several options to treat myopia. They include vision correction through eyeglasses, traditional contact lenses, orthokeratology, and refractive surgery. Atropine drops can also be used to control myopia progression in children. While these options address vision correction or halt the advancement of myopia, they each fall short in accomplishing both as efficiently as multifocal soft contact lenses.
➡️ Multifocal soft lenses treat the underlying problem, making them stand out compared to other treatments. They offer vision correction and slow the progression of myopia. In addition, multifocal soft lenses provide visual freedom and support an active lifestyle that most children are accustomed to.
The soft multifocal lens is shaped like a bullseye, and it includes two separate sections that focus light differently. The center portion of the lens corrects nearsightedness, so that distance vision is clear. It accomplishes this by focusing light directly on the retina.
➡️ The outer section of the lens uses focusing power to bring peripheral light rays into focus in front of the retina. The multifocal soft lens provides constant distance and near correction to the “treatment zone” of the eye, removing hyperopic defocus, which causes axial elongation of the eye and results in the onset of myopia. According to the National Institute of Health, achieving this type of synchronized correction has been proven to slow eye growth.
➡️ Studies show more significant improvement (slower progression) in children who wore the lenses for upwards of eight hours per day than children who wore them for only five hours daily.
The design of the multifocal soft contact lens allows it to perform a dual corrective action that is enhanced when children wear the lenses for up to eight hours daily.
