Posts Tagged ‘orthok’

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  Mi Sight Myopia Control Daily Contact Lens Now available

  August 29th, 2017 | contact lenses, MiSight Myopia Control Contact Lens, myopia | Andrew | No Comments

  Envision Optical is excited to now have access to the newly launched MiSight Myopia Control Soft Daily Disposable Contact Lens. This technology was featured in our July 5 blog where we discussed the newly published results showing a 59% reduction in the progression rate of myopia in wearers over 3 years. The lenses are daily […]

  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Start Ortho-K Early to Prevent Myopia

  August 23rd, 2017 | my eyes, myopia, myopia control, Ortho-K therapy, Orthokeratology | Andrew | 1 Comment

  Starting myopia control treatment for children at a young age halves the risk of rapid progression in those whose myopia is progressing fast, new research shows. The study found that the ideal age is six to less-than-nine years for children to start wearing overnight orthokeratology contact lenses to control myopia. Further, the study showed that […]

  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Is Myopia becoming an epidemic?

  May 31st, 2016 | eye health blog, Food Fitness Wellness, gold coast blog, kids and eye health, learning difficulties children, medical research, my eyes, my optometrist, myopia, Optometrist Burleigh Heads, Optometrist Burleigh Waters, Optometrist Nerang, Optometrist Tweed Heads South, Orthokeratology, vision problems with children | Andrew | No Comments

    There has been a lot of talk lately in mainstream media about Myopia and whether or not it is an epidemic? A recent article from the Sydney Morning Herald stated: “New projections from the Brien Holden Vision Institute predicting 46 per cent of the world’s population would be myopic in the next 35 years […]

  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Happy Birthday Shonit!

  March 13th, 2015 | Gold Coast, gold coast blog, Optometrist Burleigh Heads, Optometrist Burleigh Waters, Optometrist Gold Coast, Optometrist Nerang, Optometrist Palm Beach, Optometrist Tweed Heads South, Ortho-K therapy | Andrew | No Comments

  Hip Hip Hooray! All of us here at Envision Optical would like to wish our Optometrist and Orthokeratologist, Shonit, a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Tomorrow (Saturday) is Shonit’s birthday, so if you are visiting our practice at the Tweed Health for Everyone Superclinic today, Shonit will be there, so please be sure to wish him a wonderful day for tomorrow. Happy […]

  
  
  
  
  
  

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