Do eyeballs grow bigger as we grow older? or are they like that since birth?

hi kafueenu^^;; i have read from the web before about facts and one written is that our eyeballs don't change from birth to grown up. it didn't write any explanation about it but that's what is written...

why don't you look it up on the internet

Hey kafueenu, I have some solid information about this topic. So glad to know you asked! This is from a doctor when I had gone for a regular eye check up. I wanted to check my eyesight to see if its alright. I had no past experiences of having a power or an eyesight problem..jus a regular checkup..i was 21 at that time and out of curiosity when I asked him how often I had to come to him for such checkups, he smilingly told me that once i grow up and reach my twenties like 21 and above, my eyeballs too have grown to their maximum size. If I had developed a short sight or long sight problem while I was still a kid(in my teens) then the power would have increased as the eyeball grows and increases ..hence you find people going in for thicker spectacles or contact lenses with higher power ratings as they grow up.. But once you reach your twenties your eyeball stops growing any further and hence if you havent had any eyesight problems, your unlikely to develop a problem after that age.. Ofcourse once you're 40 or older, your eyeballs would begin to deteriorate due to old age and you might need to get it checked. Hope this helps you. Take care, Cheers, Karen