No evidence is seen for loss of treatment effect after discontinuing soft multifocal contact lenses in older teenagers with myopia, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

While increased screen time could be a culprit, it's not definitively so. Up until now, the standard treatment for myopia was to prescribe corrective lenses. But Berntsen and a team of researchers ...

"We found that one year after discontinuing treatment with high-add power soft multifocal contact lenses in older teenagers, myopia progression returns to normal with no loss of treatment benefit ...

Results showed no evidence that the treatment effect declined, and myopia progression then continued at age-expected rates. "We want doctors to understand that you don't lose the benefits that you ...