The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded the alarm about the danger of myopia, which is expected to afflict around 50 per cent of the Earth's population by 2050. This is also due to our changing lifestyle, which forces us to spend many hours a day indoors and in front of electronic devices.
Although nowadays myopia is something that can be corrected in most cases, it has been shown that the increase in cases has a strong correlation with both genetic and above all environmental factors.
Indeed, an increasing number of young adults, or even teenagers, are suffering from this disorder. Interventions are becoming less and less invasive with shorter recovery times. Despite this, the WHO is sounding the alarm to try to curb this upward trend.