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Myopia Control with Ortho-K
Imagine what it must feel like to tell a patient that you can decrease his or her myopia progression and they would no longer need to wear glasses or contacts during the day. Not only that, but in order to do this they would wear a contact lens at night, much like how some people …
What is Myopia Control and Why is it Important?
Recently there has been a lot of buzz around the term “myopia control” in the vision sciences field. The goal of myopia control is to slow down or even prevent the progression of nearsightedness (i.e. myopia). Being a student at the University of Houston College of Optometry, I was privileged to learn a lot about …