Myopia Management Overview

How Managing Myopia Protects Your Child's Eyes from Worsening Vision

Straits Myopia Approach: Management

Managing Myopia, Protecting Futures

My child needs new glasses again?" If this thought has crossed your mind, you're not alone. Myopia in children may worsen over time without proper management. But the right approach can help slow progression and protect your child's vision for years to come.

Why Intervention Matters

Myopia management is more than just updating prescriptions. Without intervention, near-sightednesscan progress, increasing the risk of more serious eye problems in future such as retinal detachment, glaucoma and myopic macular degeneration. Early management ensures better outcomes and long-term eye health.

The Problem: Why Does Myopia Progress?

1. Eye Elongation: As the eyeball grows longer, light focuses in front of the retina, causing blurred distance vision.

2. Screen Time & Near Work: Prolonged close-up activities and digital screens without breaks accelerate myopia progression.

3. Genetics: Children with nearsighted parents are more likely to develop progressive myopia.

4. Lack of Intervention: Simply updating glasses prescriptions without myopia control strategies does not slow progression.

The Solution: Evidence-based Myopia Management Strategies

1. Specialised Myopia Control Spectacles

   • Myopia control lenses that are designed to correct both vision as well as slow myopia progression.

2. Customized Myopia Control Soft Contact Lenses

   • Specialised daily lenses, like MiSight®, are clinically proven to reduce myopia progression in children.

3. Orthokeratology (Ortho-K)

   • Overnight lenses reshape the cornea while your child sleeps, offering both benefits of clear daytime vision without glasses and myopia control.

4. Low-Dose Atropine Eye Drops

   • These safe, effective daily eye drops that help slow down eye growth, especially when paired with other myopia control methods.

     
     

Tip: Combining methods often yields the best results. Your child's unique needs guide the treatment plan.

What the Research Says

Studies show that children using myopia management solutions can experience up to 50% slower myopia progression compared to placebo. The earlier the intervention, the better the long-term outcomes.

Take Action Today: Protect Your Child’s Vision

Managing myopia is the best way to safeguard your child's future vision. Book a consultation with Straits Myopia Services and explore personalised solutions that work.

Book a Myopia Management Consultation Now and give your child the gift of clearer, healthier vision.