Dr. Nadia Sledge

And so we are seeing an increased incidence in kids.

And the amount of nearsightedness in kids is significantly increasing over these years.

And we do attribute it, of course, to the increased near work they're doing.

There are studies showing that lack of vitamin D exposure, being outside is contributing to that factor.

And genetics, of course, plays a significant role.

But it's interesting just that we're contemplating like urbanization.

These kids aren't looking far away anymore.

They're really confined to nature.

homes, schools, books, playgrounds, buildings all over us that, you know, we're not looking far away into the horizon.

And really that up-close demand of everything where the studies are showing that that's what's really kind of instigating this increase in nearsightedness over these years.

If you really think of evolution, how did we survive?

And honestly, my answer to that is that we were the cooks in the kitchen.

We weren't the hunters.

You know, we were the gatherers.

We were the ones who kind of cooked everything because the same thing, even those little pterodactyly kind of things in Jurassic Park, they would get us.

Yeah, I am fortunate to have a great staff of very experienced opticians.

So in the eye world, there's opticians who are the ones who sell the glasses and do all the measurements and teach contact lens fitting.

And then there's the optometrist.

And then on the other side is the ophthalmologist who do the surgery.

So my employees, the opticians are fantastic.