Hi everyone.


My kid is 10 this year. In the past 3 years, without glasses, his vision has gone from 6/18 to 6/36. Each year, I replaced his glasses, and his vision, with glasses on, remained 6/12 throughout.

This year, currently at 6/36 (without glasses) and 6/12 (with glasses), I am not sure if I should be replacing his glasses.

I am confused. His vision has been stable at 6/12 with glasses for 3 years. If I bring him to the optometrist, what can the optometrist do, prescribe glasses that improve his vision to below 6/12? Will the intensity or strength of said lenses be too much for his eyes? Since he is already at 6/12, is there a need for new glasses?

On the other hand, even though his vision is 6/12 with glasses, for 3 years, without glasses, his vision has been dropping (6/18 - 6/36). If I do not bring him to see an optometrist now, will his natural vision worsen? Is there even a 6/48 possibility next year?

I have never delve into this before, and just follow the optometrist’s advice. Not even sure if the advice had resulted in his vision getting worse! I would really like to find out more this time, and online articles are not helping much. Would appreciate if any experts here can throw some advice my way, Thanks much!

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