Myopia Control · Stellest
Eyeglass lenses designed to slow your child's myopia — not just correct it.
Stellest lenses correct clear vision today while working in the background to slow how fast your child's myopia progresses.
What Are Stellest Lenses?
Stellest lenses look like ordinary glasses, but the design does more than correct blurry vision. A ring of more than a thousand microscopic lenslets surrounds a clear central zone, and that pattern is what sets these lenses apart from standard single-vision glasses.
The center of the lens works like a typical prescription lens, correcting distance and near vision. The surrounding lenslets — 1,021 of them, arranged across 11 concentric rings — create a defocus signal that appears to influence how quickly the eye continues to grow, which is the process behind worsening myopia.
What the two zones do
- —The center corrects everyday vision, much like a standard lens would.
- —The surrounding rings are designed to send a signal that may help slow the eye's growth over time.
Stellest lenses received FDA market authorization in December 2025 for children ages 6 to 12 at the start of treatment — the age range when myopia most often develops and accelerates.
What the Research Shows
Backed by FDA-reviewed clinical data
Average reduction in myopia progression (spherical equivalent refraction) over 24 months, per the FDA-reviewed clinical trial.
Average reduction in axial elongation — the physical lengthening of the eye — over the same 24-month period.
Of children adjust to wearing Stellest lenses within three days; nearly all do within a week.
Who It's For
Worth a look for children who
- —Squint or struggle to see the board at school
- —Keep needing a stronger prescription at each visit
- —Have a family history of myopia
- —Spend a lot of time on screens or close-up work
- —Get limited time playing outdoors
Factors linked to faster progression
- •An existing myopia diagnosis
- •A parent with myopia
- •Heavy near work — reading, phones, tablets
- •Little time spent outdoors
If your child's prescription keeps changing or myopia runs in the family, it's worth discussing whether Stellest lenses make sense for their care plan.
How We Approach It
A fitting process built around your child
A fit specific to their eyes
We look at your child's prescription, eye health, and daily habits before recommending Stellest lenses, so the fit actually matches their needs.
A full myopia workup first
Before prescribing, we measure how quickly your child's myopia has been progressing and go over the options that fit their situation.
Care that looks past the current prescription
Rather than only updating the prescription each visit, we focus on the underlying progression — since myopia is linked to future risks like retinal detachment and glaucoma.
Consistent follow-up
We recommend wearing Stellest lenses as your child's primary pair most of the day, with a check-in shortly after fitting and regular visits every few months after that.
We see patients at both our Northvale and Palisades Park offices — schedule a myopia evaluation to find out if Stellest lenses are a fit for your child.