Children’s pupil dilation with atropine usually returns to normal in about 14 to 21 days.
Atropine is often used to dilate the pupils of pediatric patients during an optometric examination, such as by applying atropine eye drops or atropine eye ointment, which has the advantage of adequate dilation and accurate examination results, but recovery is slow.
Generally speaking, after stopping the use of atropine eye drops or atropine eye ointment, it will take about 14 to 21 days for the pupil size to return to normal, and the regulation of the ciliary muscle inside the eyeball will also return to normal at this time.
Children with refractive errors should go to the ophthalmology department of the hospital in a timely manner, so that the doctor can further clarify whether it is necessary to dilate the pupils through atropine and guide the subsequent treatment.