Will my eyeballs really "explode" if I wear frame glasses for a long time? !

Half a year ago, 8-year-old Niu Niu (pseudonym) was diagnosed with binocular myopia during an eye examination. However, when Niu Niu's parents were preparing to buy her framed glasses, they were strongly opposed by her grandmother.

"The child has been wearing glasses for a long time, and her eyeballs are protruding. Girls are not good-looking anymore!" Niu Niu's grandmother said that frame glasses not only press the nose bridge but also deform the eyes, which will affect her granddaughter's beautiful face, so she does not agree to let her child wear glasses. Niu Niu, who is nearsighted, has never worn glasses. Over time, she often squints when she is in class and in daily use. Niu Niu said that her eyes feel very tired, as if her nearsightedness has worsened.

After hearing this, Niu Niu's parents were worried that if they continued to leave their child alone, her myopia would become more and more serious. So they quickly took her to the optometry department of Wuhan University Aier Eye Hospital for a vision test. After the examination, the doctor recommended that Niu Niu wear glasses for vision correction. Yan Binxian, a national first-level (senior) optometrist and deputy director of the optometry department of Wuhan University Aier Eye Hospital, reminded: Wearing frame glasses will not make children's eyeballs protrude. Children's eyeballs protrude because of the rapid increase of myopia. However, if children's myopia is left alone, it will cause myopia to increase too quickly and cause the eyeballs to protrude.

Will my eyeballs bulge out if I wear glasses for a long time?

Protruding eyeballs are not caused by wearing frame glasses for a long time, but are caused by the development of myopia. Many people mistakenly believe that wearing frame glasses for a long time will make the eyeballs "bulge" out! In fact, this is not the case.

Dai Hongbin, chief physician, member of the Standing Committee of the Ophthalmology Committee of Hubei Provincial Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and director of strabismus and pediatric ophthalmology at Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University , said: Generally speaking, if there is no myopia, the length of the eye axis of an adult is about 24 mm. For every 300-degree increase in the degree, the length of the eye axis will increase by about 1 mm. The higher the degree, the longer the eye axis. Severe myopia, especially myopia of more than 1000 degrees, may cause visible protrusion of the eyeball.

Zhou Chao, a national first-level (senior) optometrist, deputy team leader of the optometry group of Aier Eye Hospital Group, and director of the optometry department of Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University, emphasized: If a child has vision problems in both eyes, he or she should go to a regular hospital for diagnosis in time and cooperate with the doctor for treatment. Do not blindly believe in medicine and seek medical treatment scientifically to better protect the child's eye health!