Myopia in Children — Short-sightedness can be slowed

At Eyecare Center of Orange County, Dr. Alexander Bonakdar has cared for patients for more than three decades. Trained at Bascom Palmer, board certified, and trusted by more than ten thousand Orange County patients since nineteen ninety one.

Short-sightedness is not only blurry distance vision. It happens because the eye grows longer than it should, so light focuses in front of the retina.

It tends to progress through childhood. Each year the eye can grow a little further, and the prescription increases with it.

Ordinary glasses make vision clear today, but they do not change how the eye grows. Myopia management is different: it aims to slow that growth.

The years when the eye grows fastest matter most, which is why this is worth discussing sooner rather than later.

Ask us about myopia management. We can measure how quickly your child's eyes are changing, and talk through the options.