Myopia Is On The Rise
Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a growing problem worldwide that can affect kids and adults alike. It has been estimated that more than 50% of the world’s population may be affected by 2050, but we’re here to help provide support.
At Littleton Eye Care Center, we offer a range of myopia control strategies to help reduce your child’s myopia progression and maintain clear and healthy vision for years to come. It all starts when your child visits us for an eye exam.
Request their next appointment with us today!
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What Is Myopia?
Myopia is a vision condition that affects your child’s distance vision—making faraway objects appear blurry and out-of-focus.
It’s important to manage myopia because, if left untreated, it can lead to further complications later in life. Myopia control strategies can help manage myopia progression, keeping your child’s vision clear and protected from future conditions.
How It Affects Kids
So, how does myopia affect kids?
Though the effects might seem minor in its early stages, it could lead to several conditions later in life. These conditions can include:
- Performance at school and in sports
- Quality of life conditions, like costly prescription changes
- A higher risk of eye conditions like glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration
In severe cases, high myopia may even increase the risk of retinal detachment. Retinal detachment can cause sudden and permanent vision loss.
How We Can Help
We understand how important it is for kids to have clear, healthy vision. That’s why we offer several myopia control strategies we can recommend based on your child’s needs.
Our strategies use innovative treatments, such as orthokeratology (ortho-k) lenses and atropine eye drops, to help slow myopia progression while keeping your child’s vision clear and protected from future conditions.
MiSight Contacts
MiSight contact lenses are designed to slow myopia progression in children using innovative optical technology.
The lenses gently manipulate how light is focused onto the eye, reducing myopia progression.
Ortho-k Contacts
Ortho-k lenses reshape the cornea overnight while your child sleeps, allowing them to see clearly without glasses or contacts during the day.
Ortho-k lenses are ideal for children who don’t want to wear eyeglasses or traditional contacts all day and can help keep their vision healthy and clear into adulthood.
Multifocal Lenses & Contacts
Multifocal contacts and lenses are designed with multiple corrective powers that can help reduce or even stop the progression of myopia.
These work by purposely focusing light on the retina in a way that signals it to slow down its growth, reducing myopia progression.
Atropine Eye Drops
Atropine eye drops contain the active ingredient atropine, which helps relax and enlarge the pupil while temporarily disabling the focusing muscles.
By doing this, it can help reduce myopia progression.
Support Your Child’s Visual Development Today
Request an eye exam for your child today to see how we can help manage their myopia progression.
With regular check-ups and proper vision correction, we can help your kid enjoy their sight for years to come.
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Littleton Eye Care Center
- 104 Meadow St.
- Littleton, NH 03561
Contact Information
- Phone: 603-444-2592
- Email: [email protected]
Hours of Operation
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Lincoln Eye Care Center
- 78 Main Street
- Lincoln, NH 03251
Contact Information
- Phone: 603-745-4882
- Email: [email protected]
Hours of Operation
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Woodsville Eye Care Center
- 50 Smith Street,
- Woodsville, NH 03785
Contact Information
- Phone: 603-747-3190
- Email: [email protected]
Hours of Operation
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Our Brands
Offering frames from Please add Oakley, Michael Kors, and Coach, we have something to suit every style. We also carry a variety of options for children as well!
Choose from our selection of trendy glasses, and help your whole family look their best. With such a wide array of brands to choose from, you’re sure to find what you need at our optical gallery!
Come visit us today and see what we have to offer.
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Littleton Eye Care Center
- 104 Meadow St.
- Littleton, NH 03561
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P: 603-444-2592
[email protected]
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Lincoln Eye Care Center
- 78 Main Street
- Lincoln, NH 03251
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P: 603-745-4882
[email protected]
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Woodsville Eye Care Center
- 50 Smith Street,
- Woodsville, NH 03785
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P: 603-747-3190
[email protected]
