Can Contact Lenses for Kids Solve the World’s Vision Problem?
March, 2023
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The screens we can’t seem to live without are contributing to alarming rates of myopia, or nearsightedness, around the world. Cooper is betting contact lenses that slow the condition are a viable solution, but will kids wear them?
Key Takeaways
- By 2050, half the global population is expected to suffer from myopia.
- Smartphone use and other activities requiring close-up vision are contributing to the problem.
- The key is to intervene with treatment early in life because myopia that starts in childhood makes a person more prone to cataracts, glaucoma, and retinal detachment.
- Cooper, the world’s No. 2 maker of contact lenses, has one of the only approved products to treat myopia in children.
Watch the video below to learn about this new frontier in vision care.