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5 Best Tips To Protect Children's Vulnerable Eyesight
It is crucial to protect children’s eyesight since their eyes are still developing. They can be vulnerable to high eye power and its associated risks for eye diseases (retinal detachment, macular degeneration and glaucoma) if they grow up without proper eye care.
So, here are 5 useful tips to help keep poor eyesight at bay from a young age.
1. Regular Eye Check Ups
Children are recommended to have regular eye exams every 6 months. As they are still growing up, it is important to monitor their eyesight closely, in order to detect and address any vision issues early. Even more so when they have the family history of myopia (shortsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism and other eye diseases.
At Rx Optometry, we provide comprehensive eye examinations for children too. In addition, we give free follow-ups on power progression every 3-6 months, and we will send you a reminder beforehand to give you total peace of mind!
2. Encourage Outdoor Activities
Encourage children to have at least 1-2 hours of outdoor activity daily. Exposure to natural light and distance vision activities can help reduce the risk of developing myopia (shortsightedness).
So, it is not the greenery that protects our eyes, but relaxing and rejuvenating our eyes by engaging with nature.
However, don’t forget to wear sunglasses to prevent harmful UV light when it is sunny out there. Not sure where to get children’s sunglasses? We have them in store at Rx Optometry.
3. Limit Screen Time
Manage screen exposure by limiting the amount of time spent on digital screens, and ensure your child takes breaks using the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds.
Not to mention digital screens emit blue light that is harmful to the eyes, not only can it cause digital eye strain but also disrupt sleep. Hence, a minimal screen time (1-2 hours a day) can avoid negative impacts to the eyes and ensure a healthy lifestyle.
4. Proper Lighting
Ensure that your kids have adequate lighting when reading or working on close tasks. Poor lighting can strain their eyes and potentially contribute to myopia.
Consider using white light instead of warm light for their study can increase the brightness and reduce eye strain.
5. Use Myopia Control Lenses
Every child has the tendency to develop myopia (shortsightedness) which cannot be fully prevented and cured. But the good news is myopia progression in children can be managed and slowed down with myopia control lenses.
Essilor’s Stellest myopia control lens is clinically proven to effectively slow down 67% of myopia progression on average, when worn 12 hours a day. Alternatively, HOYA’s Miyosmart with a longer research since 2014 is deemed 63% efficacy in slowing down myopia progression.
Why Choose Myopia Control Lenses?
The best thing about myopia control lenses is that they are effective, non-invasive and safe compared to other myopia treatments, such as Ortho-K rigid contact lenses, Atropine eye drop and Lasik surgery. Better yet, at Rx Optometry we provide a 6-month power (-0.75) progression warranty with 1-time free lenses replacement!
Those are the 5 best eye care tips summarised by our optometrists for your children.
1. Regular eye check ups
2. Encourage outdoor activities
3. Limit screen time
4. Proper lighting
5. Use myopia control lenses
Still want more?
Bring your kids to Rx Optometry for pediatric comprehensive eye examinations and our optometrists will address and advise any eye conditions they may have.
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