Myopia control

The short version

Once a child is myopic, ordinary glasses correct the blur but do nothing to slow the eye growing. Four treatments do, by roughly a third to a half over the years they are used: low-dose atropine drops, orthokeratology (night lenses), myopia-control soft contact lenses, and myopia-control spectacle lenses. None is a cure, all need a clinician who measures progression, and six months is when you find out whether one is working. Red-light therapy has promising early trials and open safety questions, which is why the book cannot recommend it yet. This topic compares the options as a parent, not a seller, and gives the six questions to ask in your own words.