lenses free of charge to children enrolled for kindergarten in school district 61 or 63. Your child needs only to complete a full eye
"With annual eye exam coverage available and free glasses offered to kindergartners, Saanich Peninsula children have easy access to vision care." exam with an ESEL Registered BC Doctor of Optometry, and provide an MSP number, school name and district number. Glasses aren't free forever though, so with myopia being the most common reason for needing them, optometrists are finding ways to strengthen our children's distance vision.
Specialized glasses or contacts and medicated eye drops can slow down the progression of myopia. "It's really exciting to be practicing optometry in this day and age when we can finally influence myopia," says Dr. Leclair. It's not just the inconvenience of life with lenses that optometrists are focused on, because a high myopic prescription actually puts you at greater risk of diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration and retinal detachment. Thankfully with annual eye exam coverage available and free glasses offered to kindergarteners, Saanich Peninsula children have easy access to vision care. Look for Central Saanich Optometry in the heart of Saanichton village, and conveniently book you or your child online at cseyecare.com. I'll let Dr. Leclair have the final word in saying: "A little prevention goes a long way, in eye health … and in life."
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becomes less effective the longer it's undiagnosed though, so Dr. Leclair advises us to catch it before age eight for a good shot at full recovery. "When it comes to protecting children's eyes, or any of my patients for that matter, I always say that prevention should be the first thing on our minds." If you're one to maintain the view of "my child is fine; they'll never need glasses," just know that experts predict myopia will affect 50% of the world population by 2050. Clearly more and more parents will need to prepare for the "your child needs glasses" moment. It can be a tough pill to swallow, especially with the cost of precision made eyeglasses. What if we could take cost out of the equation though? As it turns out, Central Saanich Optometry is registered with a program called Eye See Eye Learn. The program offers complete glasses with Essilor
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