“…It is most prevalent in Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea (east Asia), and Singapore (south east Asia) affecting ~ 60–80% of young adults ( Hsu et al, 2008 , Kim et al, 2013a , Lam et al, 2012 , Pan et al, 2013 , Sawada et al, 2008 , Yao et al, 2013 ). Long term myopia leads to irreversible eye problems which includes chorioretinal degeneration, retinal detachment, lattice degeneration ( Asaminew et al, 2013 , Koh et al, 2013 ), glaucoma ( Detry-Morel, 2011 ) etc. and hence poses a serious socio-economic problem.…”