Nearsightedness (Myopia)
Chicago, Illinois
Nearsightedness (Myopia)
Myopia is also known as nearsightedness. Without glasses or contacts people who are nearsighted can typically see up close but not far away.
Nearsightedness happens when the eye is so long that light rays that enter the eye want to focus in front of the retina which produces a blurry image for distant objects.
Myopia is typically progressive, starting in childhood and finally reaching its maximum about the time that the body in general stops growing. Girls tend to physically mature faster than boys and their prescription usually stops changing by their late teens. Boys take longer to physically mature and may not have a stable prescription until their early-twenties.
Nearsightedness requires a minus power or divergent corrective lens in your glasses and contacts. Surgically, nearsightedness can be corrected either by flattening the cornea with a laser or implanting an intraocular contact lens (ICL) or intraocular lens (IOL).
To learn how to find your visual freedom from nearsightedness, come in for your complimentary screening evaluation
To find out what can be done for you and your eyes, schedule an appointment for your complimentary screening evaluation.
