Re: Does not wearing my glasses damage my eyes?


Dear Dr. Tyner,

How that fact was established -- EXACTLY??

It seems to me there was a pilot study suggesting the opposite was
true -- but it was never
followed up on:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10416930


Tyner> At seventeen, myopia follows the same course whether you wear
correction or not.

Or are you just telling us what you wish was true -- that a minus lens
never has any effect on the refractive STATE of the normal eye.

Enjoy,









On Jun 23, 3:30 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At seventeen, myopia follows the same course whether you wear correction or
not. You wear glasses so you can see, not to make your eyes grow right.
Glasses don't work like braces on your teeth, and leaving them off does no
harm if it's comfortable.

That's what doctors believe.

If you ask around on the internet, you'll find every idiot has an opinion
and some of them will agree with your Mom. Don't worry about it. You aren't
causing any harm by wearing them, either.

-MT

"Mandi via MedKB.com" <u36039@uwe> wrote in messagenews:86114b3716b42@xxxxxxx



I'm a 17 year old female, about a year ago I got contacts when my glasses
prescription went up to -1.75. I really love contacts but was told only to
wear them 5 days in a week. At home I can go without my glasses if I don't
want to watch tv but my mum is pestering me now to wear them when I'm at
home
because she says I am straining my eyes. At home I just put them on when I
want to see something but am I doing my eyes some harm, is my mum right?

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