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Over night Contacts Helps You in Nearsightedness:

Being nearsighted made life a blur for 12-year-old Isabella Jorgenson..

"That tree, that grass, the plants it all blends in to make one big thing," she said.

She tried contacts, but the maintenance was too much. That's when her mom heard about a study testing contacts worn only at night.

"We're looking to see if we can stop the progression, and I said, that's what we want," said Isabella's mother, Sheri.

Kids wear the cornea-reshaping contacts while they sleep. In the morning, their vision is temporarily corrected. Regular contacts are curved. These look like a plateau.

"It's flat in the center and steeper on the sides," said optometrist Rob Davis.

It gently changes the shape of the cornea. Before wearing the contacts, a nearsighted eye is steep, highlighted. After the contacts have been worn, the eye flattens out.

"Very similar to if you've ever worn a watch or a ring, and you take the ring or the watch off, there's a little indentation," said Davis.

In a study of 300 kids, those with the re-shaping lenses maintained their vision after the first year. Those with regular contacts needed a stronger prescription.

"I'm really not talking about permanent correcting, but what I am talking about is reducing the progression," said Davis.

For Isabella, it means 20/20 vision during the day.

The cornea-reshaping lenses are already FDA approved for adults. Now doctors are collecting data to find out if they can stop the progression of nearsightedness in