Kids and contact lenses: How young is too young?
A couple of months ago, The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog reported that Johnson & Johnson's Vistakon division wants to start marketing contact lenses to kids as young as 8. That's a good bit earlier than the way things generally work now. The company has its own study out -- the usual caveats about self-funded studies apply.
I've got calls out to a couple of local ophthalmologists who work with kids, but I'd be interested in hearing from you on 1) who else I ought to talk to and 2) whether you, yourself, if you have kids, think this is a good idea, particularly if you use contact lenses yourself. If you respond to the latter question, you might be quoted in the paper and/or online.
You can post contact suggestions here in the comments, but if you're answering question # 2, I'd prefer you e-mail me, including your contact info and a daytime phone number where I can call to verify you're you.
