Myopia Management London
Most parents are told their child's prescription will change every year and that not much can be done about it. That is not the full picture.
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At Aristone Optical, we offer myopia management in London that slows how fast a child's myopia progresses, using treatments that are clinically proven and fit naturally into daily life.
What Is Myopia and Why Does It Keep Getting Worse
Myopia, or short-sightedness, develops when the eyeball grows too long. This changes where light focuses inside the eye, so distant objects appear blurred. Standard glasses and single vision spectacle lenses correct that blur, but they do not slow eye growth itself, so the prescription keeps worsening year on year.
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Myopia typically starts around age five and progresses through childhood and adolescence, with younger children often seeing the fastest rate of change. Genetics play a part, but so do environmental factors. Children who spend less time outdoors face a higher risk of earlier onset and faster myopia progression. Screen time, reduced outdoor time, and the way a myopic eye responds to close work all contribute to how quickly the prescription climbs.
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High myopia, broadly a prescription of -6.00 dioptres or more, carries a significantly increased risk of conditions affecting the retina and long-term sight. Every diopter matters. Slowing progression during childhood keeps the final prescription lower and reduces that risk considerably in later life.
What Myopia Control Actually Does
Myopia control treatments go further than correcting blurred vision. They use optical designs that create defocus signals around the retina, which reduces the stimulus driving the eyeball to keep elongating. The result, shown across multiple clinical trials, is a meaningful reduction in how fast a child's myopia worsens each year. Standard glasses correct myopia but do nothing to slow it. These treatments do both.
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Laser eye surgery is not suitable for children whose eyes are still growing. The treatments we offer at Aristone Optical are built for daily use, and most children adapt to them quickly.
Treatments We Offer
We offer the following myopia control treatments at our Fulham practice.
Essilor Stellest Lenses
Stellest lenses are spectacle lenses designed specifically for myopia control. They create a volume of myopic defocus in front of the retina across a wide field, which slows the signal driving eye growth. Clinical trials showed Stellest lenses slowed myopia progression by an average of 67% compared to single vision spectacle lenses when worn for at least 12 hours a day.
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Stellest lenses are worn exactly as ordinary glasses, which makes them well suited to younger children who are not yet ready for contact lenses. Essilor Stellest lenses start from £249.
CooperVision MiSight 1 Day Contact Lenses
MiSight 1 day lenses are daily disposable myopia control contact lenses for children and the first soft contact lens to receive FDA approval for myopia management. They use a dual focus design that corrects distance vision and creates peripheral defocus at the same time, which slows the rate at which the myopic eye continues to grow. In a three-year clinical trial, MiSight lenses reduced myopia progression by an average of 59% compared to standard single vision contact lenses.
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MiSight lenses suit active children and those who prefer not to wear glasses for sport and other daily activities. Most children adapt to them quickly, and as daily disposables they are straightforward to manage. MiSight lenses are priced at £56 per month.
Zeiss MyoCare Lenses
MyoCare is the first myopia management spectacle lens designed around age-related eye growth patterns. It uses Cylindrical Annular Refractive Elements technology to slow axial length increase and is available in two designs to suit different prescriptions and face shapes.
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For families who already use Zeiss lenses, MyoCare is a natural step. The optical quality is the same, and the myopia control is built in without any change to how the glasses look or feel. Zeiss MyoCare lenses start from £229.
Orthokeratology (Ortho-K)
Coming Soon
Ortho-K is an overnight myopia control treatment that uses specially designed rigid contact lenses to gently reshape the cornea while the child sleeps. The lenses are removed each morning, and the child sees clearly throughout the day without glasses or contact lenses. It has a strong and well-established evidence base for slowing myopia progression and works particularly well in younger children, making it one of the most effective options available for early intervention.
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We are introducing ortho-K in London at Aristone Optical shortly. If you would like to be among the first to access it, get in touch, and we will add you to our list.
Book a Myopia Management Consultation in London
If your child's prescription has been getting stronger year on year, a consultation is the right place to start. We see families from across London at our practice on North End Road in Fulham.