Different types of glasses lens that have been shown to slow progression of myopia

The Essilor Stellest lens (middle) and Hoya MiYOSMART lens (right) are specially designed for myopia progression and have been shown to offer the highest currently possible efficacy for myopia control, ranking alongside ortho-k and some soft contact lens designs for myopia control.

There are currently a few specialty myopia control spectacle lens designs available to optometrists and eye doctors depending on country and region. These lens designs are relatively new to the market and yet to be released in some countries. The Essilor Stellest and Hoya MiYOSMART have been shown in research studies to have among the highest efficacy across all myopia control treatment options.

New spectacle lens designs for myopia control incorporate either ‘lenslet’ or ‘diffusion’ technology. Lenslets can be thought of as tiny, 1mm diameter mini-lenses which are distributed across the lens surface, helping to send a specific type of signal to the myopic eye to slow down eye growth.

The Essilor Stellest spectacle lens adopts Highly Aspherical Lenslet Target (H.A.L.T.) Technology. It features 11 concentric rings of highly aspherical lenslets. Each ring features lenslets of a different power, and within a ring the lenslets are contiguous (touching). There is a 9mm clear central zone, and spaces between each ring, for sharp distance vision.

The Hoya MiYOSMART spectacle lens adopts Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) Technology. The lenslets in this lens are all of the same power, and are not touching, instead in a honeycomb array. It also has a clear central zone of 9mm and there are spaces between each lenslet for sharp distance vision.

In all lens designs, the lenslets or diffusers work to create a slow-down signal for eye growth, to control myopia. The clear central zones and spaces between lenslets provide for clear distance vision.