Can Kids Wear Contact Lenses?
There is no minimum age. Maturity and hygiene decide it, not birthdays. Children of eight and nine manage daily disposables well when they are motivated and supervised, and plenty of sixteen-year-olds do not. The more important question for a short-sighted child is usually a different one — whether they should be in myopia control lenses….
Dr. Teresita Bollar, OD