Glasses for Shortsightedness in Teenagers

[Chrisgr31]

The optician has suggested that my daughter should have special lenses in her glasses which are designed to reduce the increase in shortsightedness as she gets older.

Needless to say they aren’t cheap. Anyone heard of them? Got them? Etc?

[The_Doc]

I asked my friend who is an opthalmic surgeon, this.

He said there is a way of preventing short-sightedness in children. Stopping them getting worsening/increasing lens powers. Everything else is snake oil.

Its called The Outdoors.

The more time you are focusing at something 20 to 50cm away, the worse your eyeball shape becomes, this can drive the myopia.

Outdoors = focus at (de facto) infinity.

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[anonymous-user]

Yeah my youngest (17 now) recently tried them, called Myopia control or something to try and slow down the progress, from what i gather they are like 'prisms' or something round the edge of the glasses to try and get the eye to strengthen or focus or something. The kids eyes were that bad they needed new lenses every 6 months.

Daughter couldn't take to them (a bit like me when i first got vaifocals) as you have to move your head about to see not just your eye.
It was a very very short trial of an expensive pair of glasses as the dopey mare lost them within a week

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 25th July 18:42

[Chrisgr31]

Thanks for the answers. Yes the Optician did say if they spent all day outside it wouldn't be an issue, but of course they aren't! Daughter spends much of the school day looking at a computer screen.