Myopia and Myopia Control: Options and Outlooks

Though myopia has been studied throughout history, the topic has gained significantly more attention over the past few decades. An internet search displays over 5 million results and over 15,000 articles written on the topic. Yet there is great debate as to the clinical efficacy of current methods in myopia control and our duty as physicians to incorporate a means of intervention into our treatment protocol. In clinical care, many of the disease management treatments are not curative; they are simply supportive. Yet doctors willingly accept these therapies as the standard of care. Myopia control should be thought of in the same respect: though you cannot cure it or reverse it, and though the protocol is not equally successful for every patient, treatment is still worthwhile in many cases. In this article, we will review relative data to compare current theories of myopia control and their efficacy.