From: T.C.Dufresne@f63.n161.z1.fidonet.org (T C Dufresne)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: myopia and contact lenses
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Date: 9 Jul 92 20:27:08 GMT
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*** Quoting Sandi Alexander Kwee to All ***
SAK>
SAK> Why is it that contact lenses slow down or halt the worsening of
SAK> myopic
SAK> vision? I've known many people who's eyes get worse every year
SAK> and have
SAK> to strengthen their eyeglass prescriptions, but once they get
SAK> contact
SAK> lenses, their eyes don't get worse and may actually improve.
SAK>
SAK> Thanks,
SAK> Sandi
SAK>
I think it MAY have something to do with the fact that a contact lens is actually maintaining the physical curve of the eye, while glasses just make optical corrections, and never actually make contact with the eye... Perhaps the contact lens becomes a "crutch" and the eye doesn't regress or get lazy!