Patching

Have you ever heard of eye patching? Have you ever wondered what the heck it is all about?

A very common type of patching is that which is used in children. There are a lot of nuances that can be present, but the general gist of treatment is to put the patch over the GOOD eye to “strengthen” the BAD eye. Sometimes, that doesn’t make intuitive sense, but one way to make it feel more intuitive is to think of using the eye as exercise. If you patch the good eye, you make the bad eye exercise harder to get better.