Benefits of MiSight® Contact Lenses

The American Optometric Association is aware of how kids spend their time every day. Children often play and discover both in school and at home. While some kids do these activities without any problem, others suffer from myopia or nearsightedness. This condition gets worse if the child does not get treatment for it. Thanks to the latest technology, eye doctors can offer MiSight^® contact lenses to help kids with myopia. If you are thinking about getting MiSight contact lenses for your child, here’s what you should know about its benefits.

 

Myopia Correction in Children

MiSight contacts are effective in correcting myopia. They can slow down myopia progression in children by 59 percent. MiSight helps control the refractive error and axial length increases in the eyes of young children. Studies show that children from 8 to 12 years old can use these lenses.

 

Safe, Healthy, and Easy to Use

Patients as young as eight years old can use MiSight lenses. They will not cause stress in your child while using these lenses. These are disposable contact lenses and do not need any maintenance. Parents do not need to worry if their children remove their contacts before bed or need to deal with performing daily contact lens cleaning practices.

 

As disposable contact lenses, each set of MiSight lenses is good for a day’s use. These contacts are safe and healthy to use. Debris, pathogens, and other impurities do not collect in these lenses at all. As a result, your child maintains good eye health.

 

FDA-Approved

The FDA approved these contacts for myopia control, giving eye care providers and patients better hope in battling myopia. MiSight empowers eye care providers to provide effective solutions to myopia. About 81 percent of eye doctors say that nearsightedness is one of the biggest issues affecting the vision of children.

 

Research shows that myopia only gets worse as the child gets older. This results in regular purchases of new and stronger eyeglasses. It also increases the risk of having other serious eye issues as the child gets older. Glaucoma and retinal detachment are two of these eye conditions. MiSight contact lenses can help lower this risk.

 

Use ActivControl^® Technology

MiSight lenses use ActivControl^® Technology, developed by CooperVision, to manage myopia. ActivControl works with a ring structure that combines peripheral treatment zones with distance correction zones. The set treatment zones create a type of retinal defocus which slows down the progression of myopia.

 

ActivControl makes MiSight convenient contact lenses for both parents and young children. CooperVision incorporated this technology into soft daily contacts. These lenses are easy to handle even for eight-year-old patients. Bedtime routine only takes a little more time spent on removing the MiSight contacts before bed.


 

Myopia is a progressive eye disease in children. Routine eye checks and MiSight contact lenses can stop myopia from worsening. At Planet Vision Eyecare, we make sure our procedures and treatments are comfortable, relaxing, and safe for our young patients. Feel free to visit our clinic in Greenacres, Florida, for an in-person consultation. Please call us at 561-556-4600 if you want to set an appointment or ask questions about our myopia management and MiSight contact lens packages.