Protecting Your Child's Vision for the Future
Myopia (nearsightedness) is a common vision issue where objects close-up are clear, but distant objects look blurry. Today, children are becoming nearsighted at younger ages and at much faster rates than ever before.
While glasses can help your child see clearly, standard glasses do not stop their eyes from continuing to get worse year after year. High levels of myopia in adulthood significantly increase the risk of serious, sight-threatening eye diseases later in life, such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal detachment.
At Advanced Eye Institute, we specialize in Myopia Control—clinical treatments designed to slow down the progression of nearsightedness in growing children across the Bayou region.
Why Does Myopia Keep Getting Worse?
In a nearsighted child, the eyeball grows too long from front to back. As the eye continues to grow and stretch, the prescription gets stronger. Myopia control treatments are designed to send signals to the eye to slow down this rapid lengthening.
Proven Myopia Control Treatments We Offer in Cut Off, LA
- Stellest Myopia Control Glasses: Our Stellest lenses use invisible micro-lenslets to create a signal that stops the eye from lengthening, effectively controlling rapid myopia progression.
- Multifocal Contact Lenses: Specialized daily soft contact lenses designed with concentric focus zones that keep peripheral vision in focus, which naturally tells the eyeball to stop stretching.
- Medicated Low-Dose Atropine Drops: Simple, safe eye drops applied once daily at bedtime that have been clinically proven to slow down prescription changes in growing children.
Give your child the gift of healthy vision for life.
Schedule a pediatric myopia consultation with Dr. Darby Chiasson today.