Abstract
Advances in the field of contact lens have allowed for safe and practical contact lens wear in the pediatric population. Children with large refractive errors, symptomatic anisometropia, irregular astigmatism, or ocular surface disease, particularly during the critical period for amblyopia, stand to benefit the most from contact lens correction. Although some attention will be paid to cosmetic and activity-related correction of refractive error in children, the main purpose of this chapter is to review the medical uses of contact lenses in children.