By eliminating the distortion sometimes experienced with spectacle lenses, contact lenses can actually increase visual clarity. Many participants in non-contact sports such as skating and gymnastics realize a greater freedom while wearing contact lenses. In other activities, such as soccer and basketball, contacts also help to improve peripheral vision. But remember that protective eyewear is still necessary to avoid serious ocular injury. Contact lens care is so simple now that most eight year olds can be taught to care for their contact lenses responsibly.
Parents are usually the best judges of when their child is ready.
There is evidence showing that, in some cases, rigid contact lenses can slow the progression of nearsightedness. Please give us a call to discuss this or any other contact lens options for your child.