> Suppose it is true that corrective negative lenses to compensate for
> myopia myopia does indeed lead to progressive myopia. (Don't jump on me
> yet.) How could such putative knowledge  be used to cure hyperopia?

> Suppose enough positive power is used to correct a young child's
> hyperopia so that reading distance is moved in to be closer than typical
> reading distance. That is, the far point is brought into where the
> normal near point would be. Then I would expect that all the visual
> behavior with such positive lenses would be pretty much the same as that
> of a myope. Would that cause the eyeball to lengthen? I sure do not know.

> Such technique is probably testable on animal models. Other strategies
> might hold even more promise.

> Bill