If you have amblyopia (lazy eye) or strabismus (eye turn) as an adult, it is likely that you have a weak eye that is being suppressed that hasn't worked for years. With childhoods full of patching,...
Category: Patching
Is There a Contact Lens That Can Be Used Instead of Patching?
As someone who has spent YEARS of her life patching, I can safely say that patching is the worst. Is it effective? Yes, depending on the diagnosis. But it is such a hassle. As an adult, I...
Vision Therapy exercises can become tedious at times and I love being creative and mixing things up with new activities. Word shape puzzles are a great solution that can work anti-suppression,...
In August of 2018, I started patching my strong eye to help strengthen my eye that was weakened because of my amblyopic strabismus. After six months of using different patches 2-4 hours each day, I...
My Optometrist sent me home with a red lens patch for home vision therapy exercises to help fix my suppression issues. My kids got ahold of it and broke it. The patches aren't available anywhere...
25 Ideas to Try With Patching to Make it Extremely Effective
When my Optometrist prescribed 4-5 hours of patching a day to help with my strabismus and lazy eye, I was not excited. I searched online and everything was geared towards young children, I wanted to...