Protecting Your Child's Vision — Now and For Life
Myopia (nearsightedness) is one of the fastest-growing vision conditions affecting children worldwide. Left untreated, myopia doesn't just blur distance vision — it progresses year after year, increasing the risk of serious eye diseases like glaucoma, retinal detachment, and macular degeneration later in life.
The good news: we no longer have to simply hand a child stronger glasses every year and wait. Fox Valley Ophthalmology offers two clinically proven treatments — MiSight® 1 day contact lenses and Stellest® spectacle lenses — that actively slow the progression of myopia during the critical years of eye development.
MiSight® 1 Day — by CooperVision
MiSight 1 day is the first and only FDA-approved soft contact lens specifically designed to slow the progression of myopia in children. Using a dual-focus optical design, the lens simultaneously corrects vision and creates peripheral defocus signals that tell the eye to stop growing too long — the underlying cause of worsening myopia. Clinical trials spanning seven years — the longest of any soft myopia control lens — demonstrate that MiSight slows myopia progression by an average of 59% and reduces abnormal eye elongation by 52% compared to single-vision lenses.
- –Children ages 8 and older, myopia between –0.75 D and –4.00 D
- –Slows myopia progression ~59% over 3 years
- –No lens care required — fresh pair every day
- –97% patient satisfaction rate in clinical studies
- –No rebound effect if treatment is discontinued
- –Backed by 7 years of clinical evidence
Stellest® — by Essilor
Stellest lenses from Essilor offer a contact-free path to myopia control for children who wear glasses. Using patented HALT (Highly Aspherical Lenslet Target) technology, Stellest lenses feature a constellation of 1,021 contiguous aspherical micro-lenslets arranged in 11 concentric rings that signal the eye to slow its growth. In a two-year clinical trial, children who wore Stellest lenses for at least 12 hours a day showed 60% slower myopia progression on average compared to children wearing standard single-vision lenses.
- –Children ages 8–16, myopia between –0.75 D and –6.00 D
- –Slows myopia ~60% in children who wear them as directed
- –No lens insertion or removal — same as regular glasses
- –Comfortable, clear vision through the central correction zone
- –Fits in most standard frames
Schedule a Myopia Consultation
Early intervention produces the best results. If your child is nearsighted or showing signs of worsening vision, call us to discuss whether MiSight or Stellest is the right fit.