It occurs when the eye grows too long from front to ... One reason the condition doesn't improve is that normal growth can cause nearsightedness to get worse once it begins because "as we grow ...

“There has been concern that the eye might grow faster than normal when myopia control contact lenses are discontinued. Our findings show that when older teenagers stop wearing these myopia ...

Myopia, or short-sightedness ... it is important that they understand what ‘normal’ eye growth/shape looks like so that they can decide when and how they should intervene. It is also important that ...

“There was concern that the eye might grow faster than normal when myopia-control contact lenses were discontinued,” Berntsen said in a related NIH press release. At baseline, the mean axial ...

Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO, was awarded a two-year R21 grant from the National Eye Institute to evaluate the efficacy of a novel, wavelength-based method in slowing the progression of myopia ...