Sarah Morgan argues that contact lenses should be an important option for children and teenagers
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Historically, children under 16 have been discouraged from wearing contact lenses. However, with better lens designs and materials, and affordable disposable lenses, young ametropes of today can look forward to greater encouragement into trying contact lenses - or can they? This article reviews the opportunity that exists for both the practitioner and the young patient in addition to the research evidence, which indicates that contact lens wear can have a dramatic impact on younger patients.
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