The Claim
In myopic children, pharmacological dilation-induced relaxation of the ciliary muscle reduces axial length by an average of 0.028 mm, with 90.4% of eyes exhibiting this reduction.
What the research says
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When the eye muscle that controls focus is relaxed using eye drops in children with nearsightedness, the length of the eye decreases by 0.028 millimeters on average, and this happens in 90.4% of eyes.
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In myopic children, relaxation of the ciliary muscle following pharmacological dilation reduces axial length by an average of 0.028 mm, with 90.4% of eyes showing this reduction, indicating a consistent but small reversible biomechanical effect.
When the eye's focusing muscle relaxes, it stops pulling on the back of the eyeball, letting the eye wall spring back slightly to a shorter length.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Global Prevalence of Myopia and High Myopia and Temporal Trends from 2000 through 2050
When kids with nearsightedness get eye drops that relax the focusing muscle in their eyes, their eyeballs get just a tiny bit shorter—about the width of a fraction of a human hair—in almost all cases. This shows the muscle’s tension slightly pulls the eye longer, and relaxing it lets the eye shrink back a little.
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