Myopia and its vision threatening complications present a significant public healt problem.The review aim to provide an update overview of the multitude of know to control the prevalence and the progression of myopia. Role of ortokeratology lenses and multifocal lenses, optical interventions and application of atropine are not invesigated as beyond our aims. A systematic literature search was conducted on relationship between the myopia and its enviromental influences on eye growth.