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Dr. Sindt is the Co-Chief Clinical Editor of Review of Optometry. She is also the Director, Contact Lens Service, and an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Iowa, as well as president of Women of Vision.

A Child-Parent Standoff?

Oct 26

Written by: Christine Sindt
10/26/2009 9:06 AM 

An eleven-year-old girl comes to your practice with a desire for contact lenses. She is an extremely high myope (-19.00D) with reduced vision in one eye secondary to myopic degeneration.

Her retinal specialist counseled her against contact lens wear due to the risks of contact lens-related complications. But, when wearing contact lenses, her vision improves by two lines from the increased image size.

This child wants contact lenses more than anything, and you believe she could handle them well. But, her parents are concerned. 

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