Gold Coast Myopia Control Center

About

Gold Coast Myopia Control was established in 2014 as a specialty division of Envision Optical, a locally owned optometrist with 4 locations across the Gold Coast and Tweed. Focused on preventative eye health and wellness, optometrist Andrew Bowden was frustrated that for hundreds of years vision care for myopia had not changed: check eyes every year or two and make stronger glasses or contact lenses if you get worse. In his twenty years in practice he had seen certain patients that were more susceptible to getting worse with their myopia, and certain signs that would help indicate who they might be. He also was alarmed by ongoing research that showed the incidence of myopia was increasing greatly and that modern life with less outdoor time and high amounts of close work especially on screens like PC's, phones and tablets was contributing to this. Most eye care professionals approach myopia the same: make stronger glasses.

Gold Coast Myopia Control Center is dedicated to the concept of assessing the risk factors and lifestyle factors contributing to your myopia and seeking preventative approaches to minimize future disease and symptoms.

As you'll learn, proven treatment approaches exist that can reduce the rate of progression by up to 80% and in individual cases halt progression of the condition. At the Gold Coast Myopia Control Center, we offer a comprehensive suite of myopia control treatment options, and the ongoing management and monitoring to maximise the success of your treatment program. Stronger glasses are NOT the solution. We utilise the scientifically proven testing protocols and treatment programs that are used by the worlds leading myopia control scientists and treatment centers.