Is Your Child a Candidate for Essilor Stellest Lenses?

Nearsightedness can affect how clearly children see the board, recognize faces from a distance, and participate in school or sports. For families in South Florida, Essilor Stellest Lenses offer a glasses-based approach that can provide clear vision while helping manage childhood myopia.

Why Myopia Control Is Important

Myopia, or nearsightedness, often begins during childhood and may continue to progress as the eyes grow. Traditional single-vision glasses correct blurry distance vision, but they are not designed to slow the underlying progression of myopia.

Myopia control focuses on managing how quickly a child’s prescription and eye length change. Slowing progression may reduce the likelihood of developing high myopia, which is associated with a greater risk of eye health concerns later in life. Early evaluation is important because younger children may experience more years of progression.

What Are Essilor Stellest Lenses?

Essilor Stellest Lenses are prescription spectacle lenses designed specifically for children with myopia. They correct distance vision while also providing a specialized myopia-control treatment signal. Essilor Stellest became the first FDA market-authorized spectacle lens in the United States clinically proven to slow myopia progression in children. Because they are worn like regular eyeglasses, Stellest Lenses may be a practical option for children who are not ready for contact lenses or prefer the convenience of glasses.

How HALT Technology Works

Essilor Stellest Lenses use Highly Aspherical Lenslet Target, or HALT, technology. The center of each lens provides the child’s full prescription for clear vision. Surrounding that area is a pattern of highly aspherical lenslets that creates a targeted signal intended to help slow excessive eye growth.

The lenslets are designed to work throughout the day while the child reads, learns, plays, and completes normal activities. HALT is the name of the lens technology and does not mean that myopia progression will completely stop.

Signs Your Child May Be a Good Candidate

A comprehensive myopia evaluation is necessary to determine whether Stellest Lenses are appropriate. Your child may benefit from an evaluation if they:

•          Have been diagnosed with myopia

•          Need stronger glasses at frequent eye exams

•          Squint or struggle to see distant objects

•          Sit close to the television or classroom board

•          Have parents or siblings with myopia

•          Prefer glasses over daytime or overnight contact lenses

•          Are young and likely to experience continued eye growth

Our South Florida myopia control team will review your child’s prescription, age, eye health, lifestyle, and history of progression before recommending a treatment plan.

Benefits of Stellest Lenses for Kids

Stellest Lenses provide clear distance vision and myopia control in one pair of glasses. Children can wear them during school, homework, sports, and everyday activities without adding contact lens care to their routine.

They also look similar to standard eyeglass lenses, allowing children to choose frames that match their personality. Regular follow-up visits allow us to monitor vision, prescription changes, lens fit, and myopia progression over time.

Schedule your child’s myopia evaluation with OK Love Myopia Control Experts to learn more about Essilor Stellest Lenses and discover whether this innovative myopia control option is right for your child. Contact our office in South Florida, by calling (954) 544-7790 to book an appointment today.