Myopia Control Management
Preserve Your Child’s Vision
It’s predicted that by 2050 half of the world’s population will be myopic. Controlling myopia can save your child's vision from future complications. If you have a high myopic prescription, you also have a longer eyeball length. A longer eyeball length puts your child at risk for eye diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, retinal detachments and myopic macular degeneration.
At GAVC, we have all the different treatment options such as MiyoSmart spectacle therapy glasses, MiSight contact lenses, Abiliti contact lenses, Ortho-keratology contact lenses and atropine pharmaceutical eye drops.
Myopia Control Spectacles
There are custom glasses that can alter the light ways to reduce eyeball elongation. HOYA’s DIMS Lens allows for clear straight-ahead vision, but the peripheral is less focused to control the myopia growth.
Daily Disposable Therapeutic Contact Lenses
These contact lenses are worn during the day to reduce the progression of myopia. MiSight contact lenses are Health Canada approved treatment for myopia control. It focuses the light rays in the peripheral (side vision) in front of the retina so it does not signal the eye to grow longer.
Abiliti contact lenses are pending Health Canada approval and they have shown promising results to control myopia as well.
OrthoKeratology Therapy (Night-Time Contact Lenses)
Orthokeratology (Ortho-K) is an effective strategy for addressing myopia. These contact lenses are worn overnight for clear vision the next day. It reshapes the cornea overnight so you can be glasses-free. Think of Ortho-K as “braces” for your eyes. Braces help reshape your teeth so its more straight and Ortho-K lenses reshape your cornea so the light rays can hit your retina.
Ortho-K is not permanent so there is always an option to choose a different treatment option along the way.
Pharmaceutical Eyedrops - Low Dose Atropine
Recent studies have demonstrated that low-dose atropine helps slow down myopia. The reduction of myopia is up to 40-50%