Prentice Award Lecture 2010: A Case for Peripheral Optical Treatment Strategies for Myopia CONCLUSIONS: The overall pattern of results suggests that optical treatment strategies for myopia that take into account the effects of peripheral vision are likely to be more successful than strategies that effectively manipulate only central vision. {Read More…} The SMART Study: Background, Rationale,and Baseline […]
Myopia Myopia is the term used to describe nearsightedness. In myopic patients, close objects can be seen clearly, but blurriness occurs when viewing objects that are farther away. Myopia can occur if the patient’s eyeball is excessively long. Myopia is also caused by excessive curvature in the cornea, or the eye’s front cover. This blurriness […]
The Gentle Vision Shaping System A Non-Surgical Way to Correct Your Vision! What is GVSS? The Gentle Vision Shaping System uses specially designed vision retainers to gently and gradually reshape the front surface of the eye (the cornea) to eliminate or reduce nearsightedness (myopia) or astigmatism. The principle is similar to the use of a dental […]
