We have heard a lot about peripheral defocusing lenses in recent years (such as MiyoSmart, MyoVision, Stellest\u2122, etc.). These lenses offer themselves as some kind of miracle solution against myopia. Let's take a look at how they work, starting with some eye-opening (ha!) data:<\/p>\n
So, it\u2019s a common and important health problem, which means it represents important market shares! No wonder companies are putting out new technologies!<\/p>\n
Myopia control technology claims to reduce the development of myopia based on the following idea: through conventional corrective lenses, what the wearer sees fully hits their retina. What wearers see on the periphery (on the sides) lands behind their retina and therefore looks blurry. The hypothesis is that the eye \"tries\" to change shape to capture what lands behind their retina. These new technology lenses are said to be designed to correct what falls into this blurry periphery to reposition it correctly on the retina, which would mean that the eye would no longer have to \u201ctry\u201d and change its shape.<\/p>\n
Well, we don't really know yet.<\/p>\n
Stop us if you've heard this before, but when it comes to health, we need evidence to know if things work or not. The problem is that the scientific evidence we have at the moment about these lenses is not enough to confirm that the technology can in fact slow down how myopia progresses.<\/p>\n
A few studies have said the technology was \"promising,\" but their methodology is a little questionable. Some more serious studies are underway, but we\u2019re still waiting for them to publish their results.<\/p>\n
What if this hypothesis is wrong? It\u2019s almost like saying that if you buy a shoe that\u2019s a size too big, your foot will grow to fill it. Hm Just like everything that\u2019s said about blue light filters<\/a>, it\u2019s important for us to keep in the mind the \u201cpower of persuasion\u201d of certain lens makers hoping to capitalize on this huge market share.<\/p>\n On vous l\u2019a d\u00e9j\u00e0 dit\u00a0: aller dehors\u2009! Plusieurs \u00e9tudes sugg\u00e8rent qu\u2019une activit\u00e9 ext\u00e9rieure quotidienne peut ralentir la progression de la myopie. Certains pays d\u2019Asie ont d\u2019ailleurs mis en place des outdoor \u201canti-myopia\u201d breaks for school children<\/a>. This way, accommodation efforts related to near vision are reduced.<\/p>\n The only problem, from a marketing standpoint, is that it's free.<\/p>\n Some studies have also been testing bifocal lenses or lenses with a prism to reduce accommodation in near vision. The classic practice still suggests that children and adolescents who see their myopia increase rapidly should continue to wear their previous pairs (therefore less strong and requiring less accommodation) when they can, that is to say in near vision.<\/p>\n The only problem, from a marketing standpoint, is that it doesn't make people consume more.<\/p>\n The industry has tried to slow the progression of myopia before with things like bifocal\/progressive lenses, anti-fatigue lenses, the medication atropine, or rigid lenses. All these solutions were, at one time or another, presented as the \u201cmiracle\u201d solution To date, the results remain mixed.<\/a>.<\/p>\n That's why we tend to be cautious when a new solution hits our radar. Our philosophy is: let's wait for reliable results. We will rejoice along with everyone if one day myopic control glasses turn out to be the miracle solution. But until then, we choose to remain skeptical, if only because we don't want our customers to spend their money on something still iffy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Depuis quelques ann\u00e9es, on entend beaucoup parler des verres \u00e0 contr\u00f4le myopique ( Myosmart, Myovision, Stellest, etc) dans le domaine de l\u2019optique. Ces verres seraient une sorte de solution miracle contre la myopie. D\u00e9cryptons le fonctionnement de ces verres en commen\u00e7ant par une donn\u00e9e qui va vous ouvrir les yeux (ha\u2009!) : Entre 30 \u00e0… Read More »Our Opinion on Myopia Control lenses<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conseils","tag-conseils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9921,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/9921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonhommealunettes.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}So What Can Be Done to Fight Myopia?<\/h2>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n