Can children also wear Ortho-k lenses?

[Thoreau]

My child has myopia and he is not the right age to get lasik surgery. Can he wear Ortho-k lenses?

[Thorn]

Children over 8 year old can also wear Ortho-k lenses. But if he has prescription stronger than -4.00 diopters of myopia and 1.50 D of astigmatism, Ortho-k lenses are not quite effective for him. Also people who have poor hygiene, inability to handle the lenses, severe dry eye, inflammations, infections and other problems are not good candidate for Ortho-k lenses.

[Thornburg]

Of course. People of any age can have who have Ortho-k lenses treatment if they get low to moderate amounts of myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism. In fact, children can benefit from Ortho-k lenses greatly.