Myopia (nearsightedness) is becoming more common in children and teens, and higher levels of myopia can increase the risk of eye disease later in life. Myopia management is one of our core services designed to slow progression while supporting clear, comfortable vision for everyday life.
Myopia Management in Chevy Chase, MD
Myopia Care Designed for Growing Eyes
Eye Rx - Washington provides medical-first myopia management for children and young adults. Using advanced diagnostic tools and evidence-based treatments, including ortho-k, Stellest® lenses, and specialty contact lenses. Our team tailors each plan to your child’s visual needs, daily routine, and long-term risks.
Our eye doctors combines medical care with clear, family-friendly communication to help you feel confident in your child’s care.
What Is Myopia?
Myopia occurs when the eye grows longer than average, causing distant objects to appear blurry while near tasks remain clear. During childhood and adolescence, the eye can grow quickly. Genetics, near work, and reduced outdoor time may all influence how fast myopia progresses.
Our role is to monitor that growth carefully and intervene with evidence-based tools when appropriate, so we can protect both vision today and eye health in the future.
What to Expect at a Myopia Consultation
A myopia visit at Eye Rx - Washington is thorough but calm. We review your child’s prescription history and family history of myopia, perform a detailed refraction and eye health evaluation, and use imaging when indicated to assess eye structure and growth.
We then sit down with you to discuss the findings, answer questions, and recommend a personalized plan so you leave with both a strategy and a clear understanding of next steps.
Myopia is more than a focus problem. As prescriptions become stronger, the lifetime risk of retinal detachment, myopic maculopathy, and other eye conditions can increase. Slowing myopia progression during childhood can help reduce those risks later on.
We pair advanced diagnostics with clear education, so families understand not only what a prescription number means but what it could mean over time.
Myopia Management Options at Eye Rx - Washington
We offer a range of clinically supported treatments and tailor each plan to your child’s age, prescription, and daily routine. During your visit, we explain how each option works and what everyday life looks like with that treatment in place.
Our eye doctors offer orthokeratology (ortho-k), worn overnight, specialty soft contact lenses designed for myopia control, and Stellest or other evidence-based spectacle lenses that help manage eye growth while maintaining comfortable vision.
Your Partner in Long-Term Eye Health
Starting a myopia management program can feel like a big decision, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Our team focuses on education, clear communication, and practical plans that fit your child’s daily life.
If your child’s prescription is changing rapidly or you simply want to understand your options, our Washington myopia team is here to help.
Ortho-K Overnight Lenses
Ortho-k lenses are worn while your child sleeps to gently reshape the cornea, providing clear daytime vision without glasses and helping to slow myopia progression.
Specialty Soft Lenses
Soft contact lenses designed for myopia control offer clear vision for school, sports, and screens while working in the background to manage eye growth.
Myopia-Control Glasses
Options like Stellest® provide glasses-based myopia management for children who prefer spectacles, pairing comfortable vision with long-term protection.
Myopia management is an ongoing partnership. We see children at regular intervals to check prescriptions, confirm that lenses or glasses are performing well, and adjust the plan if progression speeds up or slows down. These visits are also a chance to fine-tune everyday habits around screen time, reading, and outdoor play.