Can wearing glasses in young children improve long sightedness

Can Wearing Glasses in Young Children Improve Long Sightedness so They no Longer Need to Wear Glasses? Glasses today are no longer associated with the shame and stigma as they were a century back. Everyone accepts them as useful devices that are a simple solution to poor eyesight. Anyone with weak eyes or defects that lead to blurred vision use glasses to correct the problem. Poor eyesight is very common in the older age group. However, it is not restricted to that age group alone. Children can have as many difficulties with their eyesight as adults.
Some of the common problems with eyesight are myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (longsightedness) and astigmatism (cornea is misshaped).
Of these, hyperopia or long sightedness is commonly found among all age groups. In this condition, the person is able to see far-off objects clearly but has difficulty focussing on objects that are nearer to him. Thus these people have problems with reading books, newspapers, looking at the computer screen etc.
Long sightedness is caused when the cornea and lens form the image behind the retina. This could be because the cornea is misshapen and refracting light rays incorrectly. It is also probable that the eyeball is shorter in length and thus the light rays converge behind the retina.
Although long sightedness is more common in older people, it is also quite common in young children. The difference here would be that because children are younger, their eye muscles are flexible and adjust themselves better to minimise the defect.
So Can Wearing Glasses in Young Children Improve Long Sightedness so They no Longer Need to Wear Glasses?
Long sightedness in a large way is hereditary. When young, the lens of the eye is flexible, and adjusts itself to minimise the effects of long sightedness. But in doing so sometimes there is a strain on the eyes and lead to headaches and eye strain. Although glasses are the best way to correct long sightedness, they are not a permanent cure for the condition. As long sightedness is caused due to structural differences, wearing glasses can only correct them but not change them. Wearing glasses will help the cornea and lens converge the light rays onto the retina, but not change the length of the eyeball. The same goes for contact lenses. They aid in better vision but can reverse any organic structures.
Thus wearing glasses in young children can correct long sightedness but not cure it. The only sure shot way of correcting it so that glasses are no longer need is eye surgery that changes the structure of the eye.
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