But the question arises: why has there been an exponential rise in the need for glasses in our society? It is estimated that by 2050, fifty per cent of the population will have myopia. First ...
But the ophthalmologist in the western French city of Nantes had some good news: specially designed glasses had just become available that could slow down the progression of Paul's myopia.
Four in five young adults in Singapore are myopic or nearsighted — a condition of the eye that makes far away objects appear blurry — with 65% requiring glasses by the time they turn 12.
Many people might not bother changing glasses for a one-step increase but would be likely to for a two-step increase. So this increase in the rate of myopia progression would be noticeable for ...