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Dear In-A-Quandary,
Seek out an exam by a
third eye doctor, one who spends a full one hour to do a
comprehensive exam... Then, present the other two doctor's
recommendations, and ask for a "tie-breaker" judgment...
There are several
hurdles to overcome in regards to conflicting opinions about
a child's eye exam!
One is that some
Optometrists ignore the federal ruling that each person
should have their pupils dilated for the first
eye exam. In kids exams, the dilating drops used are
stronger, and allow the doctor to find prescription lens
that might otherwise be masked by muscle spasm... If you
went to such an Optometrist, you might want to go back and
ask to have that test performed.
A second problem is
that some eye exercise programs are based upon wishful
thinking on the part of the provider... Typically, there are
several basic home procedures that cost nothing other than
the child's time, and which yield excellent remedial
results... As you might guess, these free procedures are not
popular among those Optometrists who believe that intensive
exercise programs (with the expensive fees) are best for
junior... As in any profession, there are good, concerned
and earnest practitioners, but then there are "wolves-in-sheeps-clothing",
who are often remarkably skilled at hiding their
charlatanism. The field of eye exercises is no different.
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