Editing Myopia (section)

=== Glasses and contacts ===
The use of reading glasses when doing close work may improve vision by reducing or eliminating the need to accommodate. Altering the use of eyeglasses between full-time, part-time, and not at all does not appear to alter myopia progression.<ref name="pmid10416930">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ong E, Grice K, Held R, Thorn F, Gwiazda J | title = Effects of spectacle intervention on the progression of myopia in children | journal = Optometry and Vision Science | volume = 76 | issue = 6 | pages = 363–9 | date = June 1999 | pmid = 10416930 | doi = 10.1097/00006324-199906000-00015 }}</ref><ref name="pmid2667638">{{cite journal | vauthors = Pärssinen O, Hemminki E, Klemetti A | title = Effect of spectacle use and accommodation on myopic progression: final results of a three-year randomised clinical trial among schoolchildren | journal = The British Journal of Ophthalmology | volume = 73 | issue = 7 | pages = 547–51 | date = July 1989 | pmid = 2667638 | pmc = 1041798 | doi = 10.1136/bjo.73.7.547 }}</ref> The American Optometric Association's Clinical Practice Guidelines found evidence of effectiveness of bifocal lenses and recommends it as the method for "myopia control".<ref name="AOA" /> In some studies, bifocal and [[progressive lens]]es have not shown differences in altering the progression of myopia compared to placebo.<ref name="Saw 1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wolffsohn |first1=James S. |last2=Flitcroft |first2=Daniel Ian |last3=Gifford |first3=Kate L. |last4=Jong |first4=Monica |last5=Jones |first5=Lyndon |last6=Klaver |first6=Caroline C. W. |last7=Logan |first7=Nicola S. |last8=Naidoo |first8=Kovin |last9=Resnikoff |first9=Serge |last10=Sankaridurg |first10=Padmaja |last11=Smith |first11=Earl L. |last12=Troilo |first12=David |last13=Wildsoet |first13=Christine F. |date=2019 |title=IMI – Myopia Control Reports Overview and Introduction |journal=Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=M1–M19 |doi=10.1167/iovs.18-25980 |issn=0146-0404 |pmc=6735780 |pmid=30817825}}</ref>

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved myopia control contact lenses such as CooperVision’s MiSight and Johnson & Johnson Vision’s Acuvue Abiliti. Yet the agency has yet to approve any myopia control spectacle lenses.