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Have you heard about the latest way to check for myopia?
It’s called an Axial Length Measurement—an advanced eye examination that helps assess your risk of myopia progression by measuring the length of your eyeball!
The axial length of the eye is the longitudinal distance from the front surface of cornea to the back curve of the eye underlying the retina. To measure the length of an eye ball, an Axial Length Measuring machine, an Axial Length Biometer, will be used.
A biometer is a specialized device used to measure the length of your eye ball quickly and accurately. It’s an essential tool to determine the effective-ness of myopia management options that the child is using. It even helps to predict the risk of myopia development for individuals who have yet to wear glasses.
How Long Does the Eye Examination Take?
The examination is usually completed within a few minutes, making it a swift and painless process. However, it is recommended to administer the test to children aged 5 years and older. Younger children may not yield reliable results if they are unable to follow the instructions during the eye examination.
What does the Axial Length Eye Examination have to do with the Myopia Management Programme (MMP)?
The Axial Length Measurement plays a crucial role in myopia management by tracking the growth of the eyeball over time. Since excessive elongation of the eye is a key indicator of myopia progression, this examination helps eye care professionals assess the effectiveness of myopia control strategies, such as specialized lenses, Ortho-K, or atropine eye drops. By incorporating Axial Length Measurement into the Myopia Management Programme, we can provide more precise, data-driven recommendations to slow down myopia progression and protect long-term vision health.
At Capitol Optical, we aim to better understand public health implications of myopia, develop and evaluate interventions to prevent or slow down myopia progression in young children. MMP (MyCapitol Myopia Programme) constitutes myopia management strategies for a fuss-free journey for myopia patients to enjoy a peace of mind.
MyCapitol Myopia Programme (MMP) ensures that the patient is warranted against a 0.35mm increase in eyeball length growth and/or a prescription power increment by -0.75D or more within the first 6 months of purchase*.
*6 months review appointment has to be booked upon collection of eyewear.
*Replacement is based on per piece lens basis.
*This programme is not valid for Orthokeratology (Ortho-K lenses) and contact lenses.
All Myopia Management contact lenses* are clinically proven to be effective in slowing down myopia progression in children. Early intervention of Myopia progression is most beneficial, especially at a young age whenever the children are ready and able to handle contact lens effectively.
*Suitability will be based on eye examination results and the efficacy is subjected to individual response.
