Another Study Shows Progression of Nearsightedness Slowed With Contact Lenses

RAD — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:09:14 +0000

Study from Ohio State University Confirms Prior Studies Myopia Slowed With Contacts

In February, here in The Eye Doc Blog, we reported that The CANDY Study showed that OrthoKeratology contact lenses markedly slowed the progression of nearsightedness in children. The results of The CANDY study have now been confirmed in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the new study, Corneal Reshaping and Myopia Progression, showed that children wearing corneal reshaping lenses, also known as ortho-K or orthokeratology lenses significantly reduced the rate of change of the length of the children’s eyes. The study participants wore the lenses for two years and ranged in refractive error from -0.75 to -4.00. The study concluded that previous reports of slowed eye growth following corneal refractive therapy were confirmed.

Read more about Orthokeratology and Corneal Refractive Therapy at Total Eye Care. Also view a video from ABC News about Ortho-K.

The archive summary of the study is available here.

Orthokeratology Featured on ABC News

RAD — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:03:08 +0000

I came across this video on orthokeratology . I believe it is from 2002, however it is still very relevant and the information still applies to how ortho-k is a safe, viable, non-surgical option to vision correction. Studies have also shown that overnight ortho-k may prevent or slow the progression of nearsightedness in children.

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Another Study Shows Progression of Nearsightedness Slowed With Contact Lenses

Study from Ohio State University Confirms Prior Studies Myopia Slowed With Contacts

Orthokeratology Featured on ABC News