8 Times to Consider Contact Lenses for Children?

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I bet you didn’t know that children, even as young as 1-month-old, are capable of wearing contact lenses! Don’t worry. I didn’t either until optometry school.

Here are 8 times that contact lenses may be indicated for children:

1. Aphakia

• Aphakia is a condition where a person is missing the refractive lens of one or both of his/her eyes. As one can imagine, aphakia may make it hard for the individual to see clearly or comfortably through the affected eye.
• The most common cause of aphakia is surgery for cataracts; however, in some cases, genetics or injury play a role in its cause.
• SilSoft is a specially designed soft contact lens for adults who have had cataract surgery without a replacement (intraocular) lens; For children, SilSoft Super Plus contact lenses may be utilized for those who are aphakic. This kind of contact lens is made of material that allows oxygen to easily pass through it and is approved for overnight wear (if recommended by the child’s eye care provider)

2. Nystagmus

• Nystagmus, or “dancing eyes”, is a vision condition where the eyes make repetitive and uncontrolled movements. The nystagmus may be present when the individual is looking straight ahead or worse in a different field of gaze (up…