Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the treatment once they stop wearing the lenses, new research shows.

NIH-funded study finds progression of eye growth returns to normal in older teens, with no loss of treatment benefit.

"This is a burgeoning area," Walline said. "The standard of care has switched from providing kids with single-vision glasses or contact lenses to things that slow down the progression of myopia ...