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11/15/2025

Quick dad post today.

This is my son on our trip to China . Big hat, toy sword, very serious face.

For a while he forgot about iPad and Roblox. He was just walking around the market, looking far, looking near, touching everything, asking a million questions.

And as a first-gen Asian parent, I like that he sees a little bit of this street-market culture in real life, not only on YouTube.

Our kids still need this kind of day once in a while. Good for their eyes, and honestly good for their brain and soul too.

11/07/2025

🐥 This is my daughter in her chicken-power suit. She has the special power of “fantastic stretchy legs.”

Did you know that chickens also have myopia and astigmatism like us?

They have a special form of beneficial myopia called lower-field myopia, which allows them to see the ground beneath them clearly. This type of myopia is the result of evolution, allowing the chicken to simultaneously see the ground in detail to forage nuts and seeds, and at the same time see the surrounding distant area clearly to avoid predators.

That is amazing to me, knowing there is a form of myopia out there that is beneficial rather than detrimental.

As a myopia specialist and a high myope (-7.50), I understand myopia and its long-term risks and in us human, myopia is not beneficial, unless you count the built-in add for presbyopes.

So if you have a little one who is glued to screens or squinting at the board instead of spending time outdoors exploring their super powers , let’s talk early.

Myopia in kids is not “just glasses”; we have real tools to protect their future eyes. 👓

11/05/2025

Decide together, regret less in myopia care

Parents, none of us want to look back and feel we chose the wrong myopia care program for our child.

A new study shows the biggest contributing factor to regret in choosing the right myopia care program is how doctor and parents decide together. Hung et al., 2025 (DOI 10.1186/s12886-025-04433-w). Full link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-025-04433-w

What this means for parents
• When doctor and parent decide together, regret is lower. This is the strongest signal.
• Closer follow up means less regret. Families seen at 6 months or sooner felt better about the decision. In my clinic, we see new myopia kids every 3 months in year one.

How we work with family at our clinic
• We slow down and decide together. I explain options in plain English, list pros and cons, costs, and what to expect at home and school.
• We measure axial length every visit so you can see eye growth trend, not just the glasses number.
• If your child uses atropine, we spend extra time on expectations and daily habits. If OrthoK is a better fit, we train carefully and keep a simple routine. Same goal either way: clarity and confidence.

Bottom line for parents
Decide together, regret less, plus steady 3 month follow ups helps your child do better and helps you feel good about your choice.

10/31/2025

👶 Our Clairemont Optometry family is growing! One of our amazing team members is about to welcome her baby — our second office baby! 💚

Between baby shower fun and our pumpkin painting contest, October has been full of smiles. 🎃💛

10/29/2025

📈 The Myopia Pandemic

Why nearsightedness has become a global health issue.

When I first learned that by 2050, half of the world’s population — almost 5 billion people — will be myopic, I thought, “This can’t be right.” But sadly, it is!

We’re seeing kids spend less time outdoors, more time on screens, and starting myopia younger than ever. Once it starts, it tends to keep progressing — and that’s what leads to the long-term risks like retinal detachment, myopic macular degeneration, and glaucoma later in life.

At Clairemont Optometry Myopia Treatment Center, this is exactly what we focus on: early detection, axial length monitoring, and evidence-based treatments to slow eye growth. Because prevention and early intervention can make all the difference.

Let’s change the story of myopia — one child at a time.

10/27/2025

🌞 Chronic UV exposure and the cornea

Even though it’s fall now and the days seem less sunny, UV rays are still present year-round. It’s important to for us to be reminded of the importance of sunglasses .

Most people know UV light can damage the skin.

But not many realize — the cornea can suffer too.

Chronic UV (especially UV-B) exposure has been shown to be disruptive to cornea’s health because UV rays exposure

➡️ interferes with corneal homeostasis
➡️ damages fibroblast/keratocyte function
➡️ triggers inflammatory and oxidative cascades
➡️ compromises the structural integrity and wound-healing capacity of the cornea.

(Delic et al., 2016; Physiol Res 52:229-234)

In other words, the more unprotected UV your eyes get over time, the less resilient your cornea becomes.

That means slower recovery from dryness, surface irritation, or even minor injury.

☀️ For patients with dry eyes, this matters — because your cornea is already under stress.

Protecting it from additional UV damage (sunglasses, UV-blocking lenses, wide-brim hats) helps preserve the health of the ocular surface and the tear film stability that keeps your eyes comfortable.

Our eyes deserve the same UV care as our skin.

Best practice: Wear high quality sunglasses.

10/24/2025

👓 When AI helps people see again

October is Blindness Awareness Month, and this story really touched me.

At Helen Keller Services in New York, they’re now using Ray-Ban Meta glasses—the same ones made for social media—as a low vision device to help people who lost their sight.

These smart glasses can actually read menus, letters, signs, or even handwritten notes out loud.
They can tell what’s in front of you, what color your clothes are, and even make hands-free calls.

For someone living with low vision or advanced eye disease, that’s a big deal. It means independence—being able to walk safely, cook, or read mail again.

Technology keeps moving fast, and seeing it used to give people their confidence and freedom back… that’s the kind of progress that gives me hope.

Way to go, Mark!

(Source: Optometry Times Journal, Oct 2025 – Euin Cheong, OD)

10/22/2025

❓ What would you do if your 6-year-old’s annual eye exam showed a +0.75 prescription?

Most parents would say, “I’ll take my kid back next year or when he starts complaining about his vision.”
That’s a common way of thinking — but it’s actually not correct.

With +0.75, your child may still see 20/20 and not need glasses right now — but this also means they are pre-myopic under the latest myopia management guidelines, right on the edge before true nearsightedness begins.

👉 Tip: Just because your child can see 20/20 doesn’t mean they don’t need to be monitored closely.

This is the stage where prevention makes the biggest impact.

At Clairemont Optometry Myopia Treatment Center, we monitor these children every 6 months instead of yearly to help slow or prevent early myopia development.

Because early prevention is always better than any treatment later on.

If your child hasn’t had a detailed eye exam that includes axial length measurement, this is the time to start.
The goal is to act before vision starts changing.

📞 858-279-6500
🌐 www.myopiatreatment.com

10/20/2025

👉 According to the latest Contact Lens Spectrum 2025 GP Annual Report, 36% of contact lens specialists now use profilometry — a 3D mapping technology that precisely measures the shape of the eye — to aid in scleral lens fitting, up from 25% last year and only 17% in 2023.

That means just about 1 in 3 scleral contact lens specialists are using this advanced technology to map the eye’s contour in 3D for a truly custom fit.

❤️ I’m proud to be in that top group.

At our clinic, we use the Eaglet Eye Surface Profiler (ESP) — one of the most advanced ocular surface mapping systems available — which captures over 500,000 data points and measures out to 20 mm in a single shot. We combine this with anterior segment OCT to design customized scleral lenses that match each patient’s unique eye shape.

From keratoconus to post-LASIK ectasia or severe dry eye, these technologies let us achieve the kind of precision and comfort that older fitting methods just can’t match.

🔗 Source: Contact Lens Spectrum 2025 GP Annual Report
https://www.clspectrum.com/issues/2025/october/gp-annual-report

10/17/2025

👉 A new way to diagnose myopia… from a blood test? 👀

A fascinating study came out this week in Materials Today Bio (Volume 35, December 2025) by Zhirong Liu et al. In this study, researchers developed a blood-based biomemristor that can detect physiological changes linked to high myopia.

👉 Imagine detecting myopia risk or monitoring myopia progression through a simple lab test, right alongside your routine blood work — like checking your cholesterol or glucose levels.

It’s exciting to think that one day we might diagnose or track myopia risk through a blood test. But until that day comes, the best way to protect your child’s eyes is still through regular annual eye exams and proper myopia management.

Full article here (DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102350 )

10/15/2025

❓What is eye stretching ⁉️

When we say “eyeball elongation” or “eye stretching,” most of us optometrists think of myopia (nearsightedness).

👉 And that’s because myopia is by far the most common cause of the eye getting longer. The good news is, it’s also the most preventable one with such as Ortho-K, low-dose atropine, and healthy lifestyle changes.

But myopia isn’t the only reason an eye can stretch. Other conditions can also lead to serious elongation, such as:
• Staphyloma – abnormal outpouching of the eye wall, often linked to high myopia.
• Coloboma – a congenital defect where parts of the eye never fully formed, leading to weakness.
• Scleral thinning in degenerative myopia – progressive weakening of the sclera, making the eye more likely to elongate.
• Other rare diseases or trauma.

Why does this matter?
Because whenever the eye stretches, the back of the eye (retina and choroid) becomes thinner and more fragile. That increases the risk for:
✔️ Retinal detachment — like wallpaper peeling off inside the eye
✔️ Glaucoma — the “silent thief of sight” that sneaks up over time
✔️ Myopic macular degeneration — central blur that makes reading faces or books hard
✔️ Permanent vision loss — what we work every day to help your child avoid

The difference is: with myopia, we actually have tools to prevent or slow this stretching. The earlier we intervene, the better the long-term outcome for a child’s vision.

As an eye doctor and a father of two, one of which is on myopia prevention/controI, I know this is about more than stronger glasses. It’s about protecting healthy eyes for a lifetime of healthy eyesight.

10/13/2025

Look what a giant bag of Blue Takis can do 😄

This young patient had been struggling for weeks to put on her Ortho-K night lenses by herself. It’s not easy — it takes patience, practice, and a little bravery.

So our Ortho-K coordinator asked what her favorite snack was… she said Blue Takis!
We made a deal — once she could do it all on her own, she’d earn that big bag.

Well, today she did it. All by herself.
The smile says it all 💙

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10715 Tierrasanta Boulevard Suite F
San Diego, CA
92124

Website

https://www.myopiatreatment.com/

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