07/04/2026
Myopia control is not about buying the best or most expensive brand of lenses for your children. It’s about the evidence based science that targets abnormal eye growth when the child is still developing. Let us help you to navigate thru the complexities of children myopia control.
Here’s some sharing on the contact lens strategy selection based on the patient’s characteristics published recently on Review of Optometry. Happy reading!!
Optimizing Contact Lenses in Myopia Management
When selecting CLs for patients with myopia, practitioners should be aware of the following:
▪ Avoid single vision lenses in myopia management.
▪ Follow the patient closely and to adjust refractive correction as it evolves.
▪ Never undercorrect.
▪ Never leave a patient with an outdated pair of glasses.
▪ Change lens power if refraction is modified by >0.25D.
▪ To comply with recommended wearing schedule (full time).
▪ Defocus may be generated through + or – lenses.
▪ Plus lenses are favored because they magnify the size of the signal.
▪ Center-distance lenses provide higher positive SA vs. center-near ones.
▪ MF lenses and filters can reduce contrast, but design matters!
▪ Atropine may help to increase the dose by enlarging the pupil diameter.
▪ Adequate (most likely higher) add or convex power is needed for fast progressors and high myopes.
Read the full feature: https://www.reviewofcontactlenses.com/article/optimizing-contact-lenses-in-myopia-management
