Learning Center · Myopia management
Myopia Management for the growing eyes in your practice.
Every option for slowing childhood myopia, sorted by how a practice delivers it, plus the measurement, coding and business pages that turn it into a service. Each page is built from manufacturer, FDA and peer-reviewed sources.
Where most practices start.
Begin with the labeled options your team can already fit, measure every child the same way, then widen the menu.
- Labeled options first
- Measure at every visit
- A written program fee
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Start with what you fit
MiSight uses your soft lens workflow and Stellest uses your optical.
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Add measurement
Axial length biometry makes progress objective and easy to show parents.
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Expand the menu
Ortho-k and low-dose atropine extend care to more children once the program runs.
Treatments
Ways to slow myopia
Optical and pharmaceutical options, with the US regulatory status of each.
MiSight 1 day
Daily dual-focus soft lens approved to slow myopia in children 8 to 12 at the start.
View page ›Myopia control spectacle lenses
Stellest lenslet lenses for children 6 to 12, plus other defocus designs.
View page ›Ortho-K
Overnight reshaping lenses for clear days and slower axial growth.
View page ›Low-dose atropine
Nightly drops studied at 0.01% to 0.05%; no FDA-approved product yet.
View page ›Run the service
Measure, code and grow
The pieces that make myopia care a program rather than a prescription.
Axial length biometry
Biometers with growth curves that show whether treatment is working.
View page ›Coding and fees
Exam and fitting codes, diagnosis choices and program fee models.
View page ›The business case
A six-step launch plan for the myopic children already on your schedule.
View page ›Frequently asked questions
Which myopia treatments are FDA approved?
MiSight 1 day contact lenses (2019) and Essilor Stellest spectacle lenses (De Novo authorization, 2025). Ortho-k lenses are approved for temporary myopia reduction, and no low-dose atropine product is FDA approved as of October 2026.
Does Vision Rescue sell these treatments?
Lenses and devices come from the manufacturers and their labs, and atropine from compounding pharmacies. Vision Rescue supplies OTC care products such as GP solutions.
Where does the information come from?
Manufacturer materials, FDA records and peer-reviewed trials, listed in the references on each page.
Do myopia products earn the participation credit?
Only eligible OTC orders on VisionRescue.com through RescueLink earn the 15% participation credit. Contact lenses and Rx are excluded.
Build your myopia program.
Pick your first treatment, set your measurements and talk to us about the supplies around them.
Product names are trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Review each manufacturer's labeling and, for prescriptions, the applicable prescribing information before use.