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As soon as myopia is diagnosed, we would recommend speaking to an optometrist about the options available. To be considered for MiSight daily disposable contact lenses, children must currently have a prescription of no higher than -6.00D with very little astigmatism. Night lenses work best for prescriptions of less than -5.00D, again with little astigmatism. The MyoLens spectacle lenses are a great option for those who want an alternative to contact lenses. There are however other options if you have a higher prescription or astigmatism so please contact our optometrists to discuss this further.
Children as young as seven-years-old wear myopia management contact lenses. Parents/carers will be the best judge of whether they would be able to care for them. We are often surprised just how capable young children dealing with their lenses. Our incredible team of handling experts help build their confidence handling, inserting, cleaning and teaching them how they would handle them out the home e.g. if they got something in their eye during the day.
We ensure they are totally confident before allowing them to take them home and then monitor their progress closely. Interestingly, research shows that the risk of infection to children wearing contact lenses is no higher than that of adults and in fact the youngest age group of children may have the lowest risk altogether.
In early 2021, the first spectacle lens for myopia management became available in the UK. The MyoLens works in a similar way to the contact lenses in giving clear vision through the centre of the lens and a variation in the power of the lens away from the centre to create defocus on the peripheral retina helping reduce the eye’s desire to grow. Soft lenses have multiple powers in them and slow the progression of myopia in children by focusing light at the centre of the retina for good vision while creating defocus on the surrounding parts of the retina to slow the eye’s desire to grow.