While Europe and Asia have had Stellest glasses for years, the FDA finally approved them for the U.S. in 2025.

The only other FDA-approved product to slow myopia are contact lenses made by a company called MiSight. The daily disposable ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized marketing of the first eyeglass lenses in the United States that not only correct nearsightedness in children, they can slow the progression of the ...

Researchers at two West Yorkshire universities are leading a study examining ways to slow the progression of ...

Medically reviewed by Bryan M. Wolynski, OD Key Takeaways Nearsightedness makes it hard to see things that are far away, but ...

Children wearing multifocal contact lenses had slower progression of their myopia, according to results from a clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of ...

There’s a new option for people who suffer from extreme nearsightedness, whose world loses its crisp edge just a few inches from their noses. The first implantable lens for nearsightedness was ...

How the lenses work The FDA says the Essilor Stellest eyeglass lenses have a clear area in the center that is surrounded by rings of tiny raised dots along the periphery of the lens. Those dots can ...

Myopia typically progresses in school-age children when their eyes are still growing and then levels off around early adulthood. Before the Essilor Stellest authorization, there was only one approved ...