Stellest for myopia control

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Also here's a paper that reviews the existing literature including the first 2 years of the Stellerest 3 year study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076805/

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We just do the eye drops. Our doc said we could do the contacts but the drops and contacts have the same efficacy.

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Anonymous wrote:I just looked up Stellest. They are new since my DS started MiSight 2-3 years ago. The clinical data look good, and they got breakthrough approval from FDA.

How much are they quoting for these lenses? FWIW, MiSight was $1k the first year and $700 a year afterwards. Prices might change depending on the office you go to.

IMO, MiSight has been like a miracle. My DS' prescription hasn't changed since he started wearing them. He was a little young at 7 yo, so if Stellarest had been around, I might have done that first and then MiSight later if he got sick of glasses as he got older. The technology is the same - concentric circles of different refraction - it's just glasses vs. contacts. I can see how fitting the glasses could be more difficult because there are differences in head shape, where the glasses sit, etc. Whereas with contacts, they sit on the eye surface so there is less variability between people.

Let us know how it goes, OP. As someone with -12 contacts and -14 glasses, I am fascinated by this technology.

What! MiSight was $1k the first year and $700 a year afterwards!?

MiSight works for my DC well, too, but I pay $2,000 at the doctor's office in Chevy Chase, MD. Jealous! Which doctor do you go?

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I don’t know a lot about the technology but I’m a -8 and if I could spend $1k a year to spare my child a similar outcome there is no question I would find the money somewhere.

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We did the overnight contacts for myopia control starting when my son was 7. He’s now 20 and they still work well for him. He sees 20/20 during the day and sleeps in the contacts overnight. I’m extremely myopic and so glad to have spared him the worst of it.

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Anonymous wrote:hi. My eye doctor said my 8 year old now needs glasses and because the change over the past year is dramatic, suggested Stellest lenses.

They are incredibly expensive and the pressure from the doctor to get them immediately from Lenscrafters gave me a wierd vibe....(the doctors office is next to lenscrafters).

Please let me know if your child has worn these and what your experience was.

Any other options for myopia control?

Thanks.

Is this a pediatric ophthalmologist/MD? If not I would definitely see one first.

We use atropine eye drops very successfully (prescribed by a pediatric ophthalmologist at a major children's hospital).

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Anonymous wrote:Also here's a paper that reviews the existing literature including the first 2 years of the Stellerest 3 year study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076805/

OP: Thank you! I was looking for something like this.

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Anonymous wrote:I just looked up Stellest. They are new since my DS started MiSight 2-3 years ago. The clinical data look good, and they got breakthrough approval from FDA.

How much are they quoting for these lenses? FWIW, MiSight was $1k the first year and $700 a year afterwards. Prices might change depending on the office you go to.

IMO, MiSight has been like a miracle. My DS' prescription hasn't changed since he started wearing them. He was a little young at 7 yo, so if Stellarest had been around, I might have done that first and then MiSight later if he got sick of glasses as he got older. The technology is the same - concentric circles of different refraction - it's just glasses vs. contacts. I can see how fitting the glasses could be more difficult because there are differences in head shape, where the glasses sit, etc. Whereas with contacts, they sit on the eye surface so there is less variability between people.

Let us know how it goes, OP. As someone with -12 contacts and -14 glasses, I am fascinated by this technology.

I was quoted $600 for just the lenses but there is a 6 month followup at which point I would presumably pony up another 600 for the next prescription.....

Thank you for the very reassuring datapoint about your child. That is plan B for me (assuming the second opinion confirms this is what I need to do).

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Anonymous wrote:We did the overnight contacts for myopia control starting when my son was 7. He’s now 20 and they still work well for him. He sees 20/20 during the day and sleeps in the contacts overnight. I’m extremely myopic and so glad to have spared him the worst of it.

Thanks. My child is also very young so I think I will try the glasses first and then go to contacts if needed. It is good to know that there is a decades long track record to back the contact lenses up.....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just looked up Stellest. They are new since my DS started MiSight 2-3 years ago. The clinical data look good, and they got breakthrough approval from FDA.

How much are they quoting for these lenses? FWIW, MiSight was $1k the first year and $700 a year afterwards. Prices might change depending on the office you go to.

IMO, MiSight has been like a miracle. My DS' prescription hasn't changed since he started wearing them. He was a little young at 7 yo, so if Stellarest had been around, I might have done that first and then MiSight later if he got sick of glasses as he got older. The technology is the same - concentric circles of different refraction - it's just glasses vs. contacts. I can see how fitting the glasses could be more difficult because there are differences in head shape, where the glasses sit, etc. Whereas with contacts, they sit on the eye surface so there is less variability between people.

Let us know how it goes, OP. As someone with -12 contacts and -14 glasses, I am fascinated by this technology.

What! MiSight was $1k the first year and $700 a year afterwards!?

MiSight works for my DC well, too, but I pay $2,000 at the doctor's office in Chevy Chase, MD. Jealous! Which doctor do you go?

PP here - that was just for the contacts and includes our vision insurance. He also had lots fittings and checkups, which were expensive, so the whole package was probably closer to $2k for the first year and then $1.2k for the subsequent years. But I think we would have been paying for those checkups one way or another, so I didn't include them in my original amounts. When I was little, I was at the eye doctor every 6 months needing a new prescription.

Also, FWIW, our eye doctor has an exchange so that if his prescription changes, we just trade the old contacts for new ones and don't have to pay extra. Dr. Hannah Yecheskel at All Eyes On Rockville. We love her!

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Anonymous wrote:OP: Thank you. I cannot find anything online about Stellest except for one study out of China only 2 years ago....Will get a second opinion and use another store.

back in the 90s they had me get gas permeable lenses for that.

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In my opinion, Dr. Vike Vicente is one of the best pediatric opthamologists in our are. He is also an incredibly nice person.

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Where is offering stellest lenses? I thought they weren't available in the US yet.

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Anonymous wrote:OP: Thank you. I cannot find anything online about Stellest except for one study out of China only 2 years ago....Will get a second opinion and use another store.

back in the 90s they had me get gas permeable lenses for that.

yeah I had those in the 90s too. They worked until I switched to longer wearing soft lenses in college. I'm at -9 now. I'm fascinated by the new technology.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is offering stellest lenses? I thought they weren't available in the US yet.

OP: interesting. We are visiting my family in Canada. Now I am back to thinking this is a money grab. Will get a second opinion back in the US. Thank you.