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Essilor® Stellest® Lenses

Essilor® Stellest® Lenses

Essilor’s best solution to slow down myopia progression

  • Correct myopia: giving a vision as sharp as with single vision lenses¹
  • Control myopia: slow down myopia progression by 67% on average²
  • No compromises: aesthetic, safe and simple
How does Stellest ® lenses work?

ESSILOR® STELLEST® TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY​​

 

Essilor® Stellest® lenses are designed with 2 ingeniously complementary parts that, when combined together, have a powerful effect.​

Correct​

With a large single vision zone​

​Control ​

With the H.A.L.T (Highly Aspherical Lenslet Target) Technology​

1021 aspherical lenslets that slows down myopia progression.​

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Recommendations

 
Already myopic


Today, most myopic children wear standard ophthalmic lenses, which only correct short sightedness. Essilor® Stellest® lenses not only correct myopia but also control its progression.

Starting to get myopia


The younger a child develops short sightedness, the further it evolves and the stronger it becomes. You can correct and control myopia progression with Essilor® Stellest® lenses to help them now and in their future.

 

Efficacy

A state-of-the-art 3-year clinical trial demonstrated strong evidence for the efficacy of Stellest® lenses

  • Essilor® Stellest® lenses slow down myopia progression by 67% on average²
  • For children, a vision as sharp as with Single Vision lenses¹
  • 100% of children are fully adapted within a week¹

 

Essilor® Stellest® Lenses with Sun Tints ​

Offer Essilor® Stellest® lenses with Sun Tints to children and teenagers with the option to continue to wear Essilor® Stellest® lenses for outdoor activities.​

 

 

 

Benefits

  • UV and glare protection 
  • Comfortable vision outdoors
  • Fun and cool colors, easy to match with frame choices

 

 The Essilor® Stellest® lens 2-year clinical trial results show that there is a greater efficacy when Essilor® Stellest® lenses are worn more than 12 hours per day, than when worn less than 12 hours per day.*1,2 ​

 

Why is time outdoors important for children?

  • Research has demonstrated that an important strategy to reduce the development of myopia is encouraging children to spend more time outdoors.3,4​
  • The International Myopia Institute (IMI) advises increasing time outdoors as a first-choice lifestyle recommendation in potentially reducing myopia development.4
  • Furthermore, spending more time outdoors may also reduce the amount of time children spend on near work activities indoors, which has been associated with myopia progression.5,6 ​

 

 

Why is time outdoors with eye protection from sunlight important for children? ​

  • While visual acuity is an important measure of visual function, it does not fully incorporate all aspects of vision quality and ocular comfort.7 Children, like adults, can suffer from glare sensitivity and its associated symptoms, particularly outdoors.7,8 Tinted lenses can decrease glare and decrease sensitivity to light.9 ​
  • Children’s eyes are also more susceptible than adults to damage from UV light.10 So just as we need to protect children’s skin during time spent outside, their eyes must also be protected.11​
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  1. Two-year prospective, controlled, randomized, double-masked clinical trial results on 54 myopic children wearing Stellest® lenses compared to 50 myopic children wearing single vision lenses. Results based on 32 children who declared wearing Stellest® lenses at least 12 hours per day every day. Bao, J. et al. (2021). One-year myopia control efficacy of spectacle lenses with aspherical lenslets. Br. J. Ophthalmol. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-318367. 
  2. Compared to single vision lenses, when worn by children at least 12 hours per day every day. Bao, J., Huang, Y., Li, X., Yang, A., Zhou, F., Wu, J., Wang, C., Li, Y., Lim, E.W., Spiegel, D.P., Drobe, B., Chen, H., 2022. Spectacle Lenses With Aspherical Lenslets for Myopia Control vs Single-Vision Spectacle Lenses: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. 140(5), 472–478. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0401.
  3. Dhakal R, et al. Time spent outdoors as an intervention for myopia prevention and control in children: an overview of systematic reviews. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2022 May;42(3):545-558  
  4. Jonas JB, et al. IMI prevention of myopia and its progression. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2021;62(5):6  
  5. Guan H, et al. Impact of various types of near work and time spent outdoors at different times of day on visual acuity and refractive error among Chinese school-going children. PLoS One. 2019;14(4):e0215827. 
  6. Huang HM, et al. The association between near work activities and myopia in children—a systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one. 2015;10(10):e0140419 ​
  7.  Lakkis C, Weidemann K. Evaluation of the performance of photochromic spectacle lenses in children and adolescents aged 10 to 15 years. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 2006;89(4):246-52 ​
  8. Shapiro S, et al. The Unmet Challenge of Diagnosing and Treating Photophobia in Children. Neurology. 2023;2-9.010. ​
  9. Shaik M, et al. The effect of tinted spectacle lenses on contrast sensitivity and colour vision. African Vision and Eye Health. 2013 Dec 8;72(2):61-70 ​
  10. Behar-Cohen F, et al. Ultraviolet damage to the eye revisited: eye-sun protection factor (E-SPF®), a new ultraviolet protection label for eyewear. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2013:87-104. ​
  11. Prevent Blindness. Children’s Eyes are More Susceptible to Long-Term Damage from UV Rays. 2011. Available at: https://preventblindness.org/childrens-eyes-are-more-susceptible-to-long-term-damage-from-uvrays/ (Last accessed 08/09/2023) ​