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FAQ: Contact Lenses
How young can someone be to get contact lenses?
We can fit girls as young as six and boys as young as eight that are in good health. Even if children can not routinely keep up with their rooms or their glasses they can become successful contact lens patients with proper instruction and care stressed by the eyecare team and parents. Many children who have eye problems such as cataracts or other complications can be successfully fit into the new contact lenses that are on the market.
How can the wearing of oxygen permeable(OP) contact lenses slow down the progression of nearsightedness?
There have been studies at colleges of optometry that clearly show that if properly fitted OP lenses can slow nearsighted correction down around 30% as compared to spectacle lens wear. This % could even be higher in comparison to extended wear of soft contact lenses. OP lenses slow down the steepening affect of central cornea that can occur during grade school and above due to prolonged accomodation (focusing) that occurs with reading and other forms of close work. This prolonged focusing tends to flatten the peripheral cornea. Combine that with a shortened working distance with youngsters and parents that are nearsighted than you have all the ingredients for a particular child to develop progressive myopia that can become visually handicapping.
I've been told that I could never wear contact lenses because I have astigmatism. Is this true today?
In the past, accuracy and precision were a problem in the manufacturing of toric, soft contact lenses. Advances in technology have corrected these issues, and today there are several types of affordable contact lenses available for people who have astigmatism - including frequent replacement contact lenses.
Astigmatism means the front of the eye or the inside of the eye is not perfectly round like a basketball but shaped more like a football -- therefore, when light enters your eyes it comes to a focus in two separate areas instead of only one.
To correct astigmatism you need to correct vision with a contact containing two curves, or a firm oxygen permeable lens to mask or hide the astigmatism. The firmer lenses normally provide better acuity and are recommended in children as a form of myopia control as well as dry eyed or heavily allergic people.
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