Myopia Management

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is an increasing epidemic in today’s children. It is usually caused by the eye growing too long. Researchers believe that the up-close work in our modern lifestyles—device use + lack of outdoor time—is contributing to this rapid increase.

While regular glasses and contact lenses compensate for a child’s blurry distance-vision, they don’t stop it from deteriorating. Early intervention in the form of myopia management can help your child’s vision from getting worse, as well as reduce their lifetime risk for serious eye diseases, like retinal detachment, glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration. The younger myopia management begins, the more effective the treatment.

Using state-of-the-art equipment, Dr. Kaur assesses whether your child is a good fit for treatment and develops a personalized treatment plan for them. Treatments include:

• Customized contact lenses

• Special prescription eye drops, called atropine

• Specialized glasses lenses, called Stellest lenses

Myopia treatment means you don’t have to watch every year as your child’s vision gets worse. Data shows a 78% decrease in the progression of their myopia vs. no treatment.