With the increasing rates of myopia (also known as short sightedness) in children, parents are putting more effort into figuring out how to effectively control their children's vision. The internet is definitely where parents would most likely go to for an answer. With so much information available on the internet these days, it's sometimes difficult to tell what's true and what's just an urban legend. So here are probably a few myths that kids were most likely told by their parents.

Myopia can be cured naturally: MYTH

Myopia occurs when the eyeballs grow too quickly and too long in childhood and can continue worsening into the teens and even early adulthood. Once this excessive eye growth has started, we can try to slow it down with myopia control treatments, but we can’t stop the eyes from growing or reverse the excessive growth. This means there is no cure for myopia – only ways to correct the blurry far away vision which comes with it (such as spectacles or lasik surgery).

Most of the time when it seems like myopia is “cured”, but in fact it is only “corrected”. For example, doing LASIK or laser surgery. It corrects myopia, but doesn’t cure it, because it doesn’t shorten the length of the eyeball. In another words, the health risks of myopia remain the same, even if vision is now perfect. There is no treatment that can reverse myopia once it has developed.

Eyes exercises cure myopia: MYTH

There is no scientific evidence that eye exercises will reduce myopia. This is a significant issue in China, where there are high rates of myopia and daily ‘eye exercises’ have been a part of China’s national vision care policy in schools for over 50 years. Recent research has shown that these eye exercises do not help to preserve or improve vision. (https://iovs.arvojournals.org/)

In fact, sometimes these eyes exercise will worsening myopia condition that could lead to a condition called “pseudo-myopia” where the eyeballs behave like they are short-sighted, suffering from blurry far vision due to inflexible eyes muscles. In these cases, eye professional - an orthoptist, optometrist or ophthalmologist – may prescribe specific eye exercises (also called vision training) to improve these conditions.

Vitamins can cure myopia: MYTH

Vitamins are used in healthcare to treat some eye conditions. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that causes blindness (mainly in the elderly) has been proven through scientific studies to slow down when taking a very specific dose of some vitamins. This is only for AMD though, and if taken incorrectly and not under the direction of a professional these vitamins can bring about health complications in some people. There is no current vitamin that prevents or cures myopia, and all vitamins and supplements should only be taken under the advice of your healthcare professional. (https://www.nei.nih.gov/.../age-related-eye-disease... )

Despite the myth of curing myopia, we should still take care of our children’s eyesight. It is important to start the habit of taking care their eyesight at young age. Thus, Pellucid+ eye spray is one of the solution to prevent and take care of myopia.

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