In recent years, an alarming trend has emerged in the realm of eye health: myopia, or short-sightedness, is anticipated to afflict half of the global population by 2050. Yet, the implications of this epidemic are particularly profound for our younger generation. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that myopia affects an estimated 5% of preschoolers, about 9% of school-aged children, and 30% of adolescents—and these statistics are only growing faster.