MiSight vs. Stellest: Which Myopia Control is Right for Your Sacramento Student?

If your child’s glasses prescription seems to get stronger every year, myopia management may help address more than blurry distance vision. Myopia, or nearsightedness, often progresses during childhood as the eye continues to grow. At Eyes of East Sacramento, we provide pediatric eye care and myopia management to help Sacramento families monitor these changes and find an appropriate strategy for slowing progression.
 

Why Myopia Control Matters During the School Years

Myopia makes distant objects appear blurry, which can affect how clearly a student sees the classroom board, presentations, sports activities, and other objects across the room. While regular glasses correct the blur, myopia management focuses on slowing how quickly the condition progresses.
 

Eyes of East Sacramento notes that higher levels of myopia can increase the risk of future eye health problems, including retinal detachment, myopic maculopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts. Monitoring progression during childhood gives us an opportunity to take a more proactive approach.
 

How MiSight Works

MiSight 1 day is a daily disposable soft contact lens specifically designed for childhood myopia control. The lenses correct nearsightedness while using specialized optical zones to help slow the eye growth associated with myopia progression. MiSight is FDA-approved for slowing myopia progression in children who are ages 8 to 12 when treatment begins.
 

Because the lenses are replaced every day, there is no nightly cleaning or storage routine. For a Sacramento student who is comfortable learning to insert and remove contact lenses, MiSight can provide clear daytime vision without glasses while also supporting myopia management.
 

How Stellest Lenses Are Different

Essilor Stellest lenses provide myopia control through eyeglasses rather than contact lenses. They look and function like prescription glasses while using highly aspherical lenslet technology designed to create a myopia-control signal in front of the retina.
 

In September 2025, Stellest became the first spectacle lens to receive FDA market authorization in the United States for slowing myopia progression in children. This provides families with an option that does not require contact lens handling or overnight lens wear.
 

For younger students or children who prefer glasses, a spectacle-based option may fit more naturally into their daily routine.
 

MiSight vs. Stellest: Which Fits Your Child?

Choosing between contact lenses and myopia-control glasses depends on your child’s vision, maturity, daily activities, and personal preferences. Factors we may consider include:
 

• Your child’s age and current prescription
• How quickly their myopia has been progressing
• Whether they are comfortable handling contact lenses
• Their school, sports, and extracurricular activities
• Preference for glasses or contact lenses
• Eye health and overall treatment goals
• Their ability to consistently follow the recommended wearing schedule

Neither approach is automatically best for every student. Consistency matters with any myopia management treatment, so choosing an option your child can realistically use as directed is important.
 

Myopia Management Goes Beyond Two Options

MiSight and Stellest are not the only strategies available for childhood myopia. Eyes of East Sacramento also provides myopia management options that include orthokeratology, low-dose atropine eye drops, and certain specialty soft contact lenses. Ortho-K uses rigid lenses worn overnight to temporarily reshape the cornea, while atropine may be prescribed to help slow progression without providing vision correction itself.
 

Having multiple options allows treatment to be based on your child rather than automatically choosing the same method for every patient.
 

Start With a Myopia Evaluation in Sacramento

If your Sacramento student is squinting at the board, needing stronger glasses every year, or has already been diagnosed with myopia, an evaluation can help determine how quickly their vision is changing and which management approach fits their needs. Schedule a myopia management consultation with Eyes of East Sacramento at 3315 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95816, or call (916) 915-0500 to discuss MiSight, spectacle-based myopia control, and other personalized options for slowing your child’s nearsightedness.