Archive for the 'Myopia' Category



The general apporach against myopia has always been to focus on the eyes, whether by wearing conventional spectacles or contact lenses, or going for invasive surgery such as LASIK. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. After all, myopia is an eye problem.
However, the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) is conducting small trials to correct myopia [...]



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  2. Beating Myopia: LASIK and Its Alternatives
  3. Electronic Liquid Crystal Bifocals
  4. Myopia Can Be Inherited
  5. Contacts to Replace LASIK

Myopia Can Be Inherited

LASIK eye correction surgery can certainly cure myopia by reshaping the cornea. But if both you and your wife have always been victims of a strong case of myopia, even after both of you undergo LASIK, your children could still very well inherit it as genetics actually play a large role in myopia.
But that really [...]