my sons MYOPIC CONDITION
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ClearView Eye & Laser Medical Center, A P.C.
San Diego - CA
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Perhaps the biggest breakthrough will come from chemically strengthening the back of the eye to prevent further progression of myopia. I believe that if this is done early enough, then myopia can be essentially stopped in its tracks. These techniques are already approved for other conditions of the eye in Europe and have been major successes. The good news is that there are two scientists competing to get this treatment to the clinic and both have published a number of articles demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the technique. The general belief is that it will be available within 10 years, but I think it will be sooner than that in Europe as I think the results will be quite dramatic in human trials. I will be the first to let you know if any progress is made on this.
I could write for days on this but it is really down to you to do a little more reading on this forum.
please don't forget me . keep me posted whenever there is new devlopments to slow down the progression of myopia.