The Prevention of Myopia With Contact Lenses

Abstract

Myopia is the most common cause of vision impairment throughout the world, and many attempts have been made with spectacles, rigid lenses, therapeutics, and other more adventurous techniques to control its progression in children and young adults. Recent work has suggested that relative peripheral hyperopic defocus can also cause myopia to progress, even in the absence of central vision. This opens up new possibilities for optical intervention to slow the progression of myopia.