Rise in demand for children’s contact lenses to control progression of myopia


Student Michaela Wang, 13, started wearing soft myopia-control contact lenses at the age of 10 to slow the progression of myopia.- ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Secondary 1 student Michaela Wang, 13, started wearing contact lenses three years ago, when she was in Primary 4.

With the onset of myopia, she began using spectacles at the age of 10, but switched to daily disposable contact lenses within a month.

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