Comments on: pictures of kids in glasses with a strong prescription

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:01:47 +0000

Yes, she could wear non-disposable contact lenses. They are not recommended for her age though and do cause more irritation than disposables. We’d all love a perfect solution but I’m coming to accept that there just isn’t one.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:35:13 +0000

Kids with strong farsighted prescriptions can still focus on things up close, it just causes a lot of eye strain, and can eventually cause their eyes to cross, though it sounds like your son hasn’t ever had problems with his eyes crossing. Kids are also growing really rapidly at this age, and can have growth spurts that cause their prescriptions to jump pretty quickly, so his eyes may not have been this farsighted the whole time. It is a really strong farsighted prescription, though. Did his doctor dilate his eyes and do an exam with them dilated? That plus having him read an eye chart up close should give an accurate assessment of his prescription, but if you’re at all in doubt, I would see about getting a second opinion. He should slowly outgrow the prescription, though with it being that high, he will likely not completely outgrow the need for glasses.

Good luck! I know it’s hard to not be worried, but getting him checked and getting him glasses are the best things you can do for him.

By: shahnaz

shahnaz — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:23:59 +0000

hi my son is nearly six and he has just been diagnosed with +9.25 in left eye and 8.25 in right eye, i was too shocked to ask any questions but now im trying to understand how did his eyes get so bad?? and how did i not notice? im worried about him wearing such strong prescription glasses, could they have got it wrong? hes never shown any symptoms and does not have a lazy eye or squint? im confused and worried can you help?

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:51:59 +0000

Thanks for sharing Sarah! I bet she looks great in her glasses. Would she be able to wear non-disposable contact lenses at some point?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:07:51 +0000

My eleven year old daughter has been wearing a high correction for far-sightedness (hyperopia) since it was discovered when she was 4 and developed a lazy eye. At that time her correction was +9.00 and +8.25. The lazy eye was successfully corrected with many many months of patching which she was very accepting of. I had hoped that her vision would improve slightly with age but, sadly, it has got worse. She now has lenses that are +10.50 and +9.25. At eleven years old she now cares very much how she looks. We have always spent an enormous amount of money on the special lenses that can be made thinner even for high Rx. She prefers plastic frames as these are better at hiding the thickness of the lens, which is still thicker than the frame. Do they magnify her eyes? Yes, but only so much that you would think what lovely big eyes she has: Not what abnormally big eyes she has. So you could put a positive spin on it. The negative side is that the glasses are quite heavy even with the special lenses. But she is used to them and doesn’t complain. The real tragedy in her case is that she is outside the range for LASIK surgery and also outside the range for disposable contact lenses. I have recently read about an implantable lens option which requires surgery and sounds rather extreme. I’m afraid that is likely to be her only option and she will still have to wait until she is at least 18.

By: Cody

Cody — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:26:59 +0000

Hello Lindsay
Do you show me pics about your son Caleb, I want to see your glasses
My email is codymiller123@hotmail.com
Please contact to me…please…

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:58:53 +0000

Hi Yolanda, that is a very strong prescription. I know there are parents here with kids with similarly strong prescriptions, I hope they’ll chime in. I would be worried with such a large difference in prescription between the two eyes – I think that it may emphasize the distortion. I believe I’ve heard of doctors recommending a contact in those cases, in part because the distorion from the lens with the high prescription can make it difficult for the eyes to work together.

Keep us updated on how things are going.

By: Yolonda

Yolonda — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:15:53 +0000

I just found out that my daughter can barely see out of her right eye. Her perscription is -15.00 in the right eye and -1.00 in the left. This is a significant difference between the 2 eyes and I am wondering how glasses are going to look on her becauase of this huge difference. Everyone I’ve talked to have never seen a prescrition this high and I think the thickness is going to be enormous. I don’t know how her eye got so bad or why it wasn’t caught sooner. Anyone with pictures that show this type of eye glasses would be helpful. My daughter is 5 years old. Any advice on how to help her to cope if the glasses make her look funny.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:27:54 +0000

Hi Claudia, I’m glad you found us. My understanding is that farsightedness can get worse for a little bit at this age, but then begins to lessen until around age 12 when it stabilizes. +11 is a very strong farsighted prescription, I completely understand your worries.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:18:04 +0000

Hi i am glad to have found you, my 3 and a half son has had glasses for the past year and a half. His prescription at the moment is +11 both eyes apart that he has a lazy eye. On my visit he immediately said that he is very long sighted, slightly astigmatic and has a lazy eye. I am very worried about his eye sight since it seems to go up in strenght not down and that they are extremely strong for his tender age. I just got him new glasses the thinnest possible which is still very thick in my opinion, and very noticible that he has strong vision.