Study shows benefits and safety of pediatric contact lens wear

After ten years of contact lens wear, patients are equally successful wearing contact lenses whether they were first fitted as children or as teenagers, new research shows.  The study found that whether first fit as a child or as a teen, current wearers were similarly comfortable and compliant, and reported similar frequency of prior adverse events while wearing contact lenses.  The findings were presented today at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting.

"A growing body of research has already established the many benefits and safety of pediatric contact lens wear," says co-author Jeffrey Walline, O.D., Ph.D., Ohio State University College of Optometry.  "This study further demonstrates that fitting children at younger ages has no harmful long-term effects."