Study shows myopia-control CLs long-term impact

A study funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) found that contact lenses used to slow myopia in children had lasting benefits.  

The study, titled ‘Blink2’ and published in Jama Ophthalmology, demonstrated that children who wore multifocal contact lenses to reduce the rate of myopia progression retained the treatment benefits after discontinuing their use as older teenagers.  

Participants wore high-add lenses for two years before transitioning to single-vision contact lenses for the third year of the study.  

At the end of the study, axial eye growth had returned to rates consistent with normal age progression.