When a child needs to correct their vision problems right away they think about glasses, but contact lenses are also a good option if the child tolerates them well.
For some children wearing glasses can be a nuisance, they end up wearing them little because they are ashamed to wear them or they are uncomfortable. On the other hand, they can make it difficult to perform physical activity or sports, something fundamental for its complete development.
Contact lenses can help you lead a normal life, avoid walking and feel safer, since sometimes children who wear glasses stop playing sports for fear of being hit.
They facilitate sports activity while sharpening the eyesight improving the central and peripheral vision and protecting the eye from the entry of particles. In addition to not being noticed that they are wearing, contact lenses allow children with vision defects to lead a more active life, very important in this age of childhood obesity that we are living in which exercise is one of the keys to prevent it
Before buying contact lenses, parents should be well informed of the different options that exist to choose the ones that best suit the child's needs and visual problems. Lenses for children are recommended for cases of cataracts (yes, in children), also to force the functioning of vague eyes, correct strong strabismus and resolve myopia with large differences in vision between both eyes.
The recommended age for the child to manipulate the contact lenses by himself is not concrete, but to recommend their use, it is taken into account that the child is able to tie himself or her shoes, which can happen between 5 and 6 years. Before that age, it should be the parents who put on and take off the contact lenses, as there are even baby contact lenses.
With regard to the characteristics of the lenses, they have to be low maintenance, easy to place, that allow breathing to the eye and an adaptation and education process must be carried out in the use of the lenses for children to adopt them with something normal .
