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		afterburner on Jan 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Myopia treatment 'smart glasses' from Japan to be ... > Scleral reinforcement is a surgical procedure used to reduce or stop further macular damage caused by high myopia Doesn't sound like it fixes myopia, rather that it addresses one of the side effects of high myopia?

vl on Jan 28, 2022 [–]

When done in children, it stops progression of myopia. I had it done at 13 after loosing 1 point every year, and it stopped at 6.5. God only knows what would it be without it.

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