The schedule
What each visit covers
A myopia plan is a run of short visits with the same measurements, so each one can be set beside the last.
The schedule below is typical. Your doctor sets yours after the evaluation and changes it if your child's eyes or your family's needs change.
Visit by visit
- 01
Step 1: Evaluation
About an hour and a quarter. The baseline.
Prescription, with focusing relaxed by drops
Eye length
Curve of the front of the eye
Eye health
The options, side by side
- 02
Step 2: Fitting or first drops
About 45 minutes. Only if you choose an option.
Lens handling or drop lesson
Fit and comfort check
Written care instructions
- 03
Step 3: First follow-up
About 30 minutes, a few weeks later.
Comfort and vision
Lens fit or response to drops
Your questions
- 04
Step 4: Every six months
About 40 minutes. The visit that shows the trend.
Prescription
Eye length compared with last time
A talk about continuing, changing or stopping
- 05
Step 5: Once a year
About an hour. Adds a full eye health exam.
Front and back of the eye
Imaging or a dilated check
Updated glasses or lens prescription
- Sudden vision loss, flashes of light, a curtain over your vision, a chemical splash or an eye injury needs care now. Call our office right away or go to an emergency room. If you can't reach us, call 911.
Billing and what to bring
How it is billed
Visits about myopia are usually billed to your medical insurance, and the routine yearly exam to your vision plan. Your plan decides what it pays. We check your benefits before the visit and give a written estimate for anything you pay yourself.
How fees workWhat to bring
Your child's current glasses and lenses
Insurance cards
Notes on how the lenses or drops are going
Your questions
About the schedule
What if we miss a visit?
Call us and we will rebook. The longer the gap, the less the next set of numbers can tell us, so we try to keep the schedule.
Can the schedule change?
Yes. If your child's eyes change faster than expected, or the routine is hard to keep, the doctor adjusts the plan.
Book a myopia evaluation
Pick a time in our booking system, or call and we will find one with you.