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Pros and Cons of Miyosmart Lenses for Myopia Control

Are you on the lookout for solutions to address your child’s myopia? This blog post takes a look at both the pros and cons of Miyosmart lenses. To help you make an informed decision about how to manage myopia progression, we will explore the efficacy of these lenses as well as some potential drawbacks. Understanding Myopia and its impact Before we examine Miyosmart lenses in detail, however, we’ll take a quick look at myopia and how it affects children’s vision. Myopia, or shortsightedness, can make distant objects appear blurry. Beyond the blurred vision, myopia is associated with potential long-term eye
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Hoyalux iD Workstyle3 – the latest in occupational lenses

With the seemingly never-ending time many of us spend on computers, smartphones and tablets, we are constantly switching between multiple viewing distances. For those of us who have to rely on glasses to see what we’re looking at, standard reading glasses only offer a limited solution. Forever taking glasses on or off or pushing them to the end of your nose and lifting your head up and down like a yoyo can lead to eye strain, dry eyes, neck pain, blurred vision and headaches, not to mention frustration. But help is at hand. Hoya specialises in clever lenses for eyeglasses
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Choosing lenses for your glasses

All lenses are not created equal Most people spend a lot of time choosing the frames for their glasses; we all want to look good. But it is also very important that you see good, too. After all, that is why you have come to see an optometrist. A big part of picking the right pair of glasses is selecting a suitable lens material. There is a wide range of lenses available that offer protection as well as give you clear, sharp vision. The type of material used for the lenses will affect their durability, thickness, weight, and impact resistance.
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Lenses made for screens, unlike your eyes

Hoya’s SYNC III lenses Digital eyestrain symptoms such as tired eyes, headaches, blurred vision, dry eyes, light sensitivity, poor night vision, and blurred vision can present themselves in as few as two hours.  Tired eyes – also called asthenopia – is a common complaint and a catch-all for a variety of digital eyestrain symptoms. Headaches are a result of stress and strain. Blurred vision is a common complaint that computer users often just accept as normal. Dry eyes are common because we blink at almost half the rate we normally do when reading or focused on something up close. Also,
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Miyosmart glasses are worth it

John O’Connor Optometrist and Miyosmart glasses by Hoya – Together, we can tackle myopia in children Myopia, or near-sightedness, is a growing epidemic worldwide. It is estimated that by 2050, half of the world’s population will be myopic. As far as available treatments to slow the progression of myopia go, Miyosmart lens technology by HOYA has been proven the most effective, by a long shot. Myopia can lead to your child developing more serious conditions such as retinal detachments or glaucoma if left untreated. That’s why it’s so important to find an effective way to control the progression of myopia
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Life not clear? You might have astigmatism: what is that?

Astigmatism is a common vision problem that causes blurred vision. It happens when the eye does not focus light evenly on the retina, the part of the eye that receives and processes images. Astigmatism is very common. In fact, most people have a small amount of astigmatism and don’t even know it. But if you have a lot, it can cause headaches and eye strain and cause problems with both near and far vision. Astigmatism can occur in children and adults and often runs in families. A type of refractive error that occurs when the eye is unable to focus
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Worried about being long-sighted?

Are you having trouble seeing close-up objects, and suspect you might be long-sighted or have hyperopia? Do you strain your eyes when trying to read smaller print on items like books or screens? Don’t worry. If you’re long-sighted, our optometrist can prescribe great-looking glasses or contact lenses to help see clearly. What are the symptoms of farsightedness or hyperopia?  The most common symptom of farsightedness or hyperopia is not being able to things clearly up close. Your eyes feel tired or sore because it takes more effort than what should be normal to focus on an object. Your eye doesn’t let
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MiYOSMART glasses for controlling short sightedness

Nearsightedness is growing Myopia is growing alarmingly worldwide, especially in East Asian populations. There are estimates that by 2050, half the world’s population will be nearsighted. However, there’s some promising news in sight, at least for children. Effective interventions for myopia management and reduction have appeared in the form of MiyoSmart glasses. MiyoSmart glasses can potentially curb your child’s myopia progression by an average of 60% and are now available in New Zealand from John O’Connor Optometrists. How do MiYOSMART lenses work? Very basically, in a normal eye light entering the eye from straight ahead focuses perfectly on retina, so
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Eyesight myths debunked

According to the New York Times article, The Age of Misinformation, “we are in an era of endemic misinformation” and that “sharing and believing misinformation is on the rise.” Sometimes, we hear information repeated so often we accept it as truth. When it comes to eyesight myths and your eye health though, you can’t afford to take every rumour at face value. So, next time you hear someone say they’re going to eat carrots so that they won’t need glasses, or that wearing glasses makes your eyesight worse over time, you can feel confident that by smiling and walking away
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MiYOSMART lenses for controlling short sightedness

DIMS lenses appear to help nearsighted kids Launched in mid-2018, MiYOSMART lenses developed in cooperation with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University can slow and even stop the progression of myopia in children. Results of a three-year study show the MiYOSMART lens with patented Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (D.I.M.S.) can slow and in some cases halt myopia progression. The original two-year, double-blind, randomised clinical trial found MiYOSMART lenses were found to reduce the progression of myopia for 60 percent of the young participants. In addition, the new lenses completely stopped further vision loss in 21 percent of trial participants. The recently
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