Miyosmart glasses

[k80pie]

Hello, my DS (8) was complaining about not being able to see the cricket score on the tv, so I took him for an eye test - turns out he is shortsighted enough to need glasses all the time! Trying to digest all the information as there’s a lot. They’ve recommended the Miyosmart lenses to slow the progression of his sight worsening - I’ve looked at them, and am wondering how your kids adjusted to the blurry/honeycomb bits on the lens, and if this was even an issue for them? Keen to do whatever is best for my son but just wondering if these are going to be awful for him to wear in the short term?!

My child was a similar age and he adjusted very quickly with no complaints. My teen took a few days to get used to them. No idea if they are working yet

My DC has had them for 4 years and they have been fantastic. In that time there has only been a .5 deterioration in vision so its almost stopped it

My son has been on the myopia management scheme with specssavers, as he was becoming short sighted. I myself are extremely short sighted so we wanted to prevent the severity of his, incase he was following my poor eyesight. He had the glasses around 18 months ago. I took him for an eye test a couple of weeks ago, as he had been having headaches. I was fully expecting his eyes to be worse. So, I was very surprised when they said the glasses were now too strong for him, and it reveresed it at this point. He's having a normal pair of glasses this time, for occasional use when he's at the back of the class for example, with a very small prescription. They will review him again in 6 months, just to make sure everything is still ok, as he's 12 he's still growing. The glasses are a bit funny to look through (and expensive), but my son was fine and got use to them really quickly. I'm so glad he's had them and I would definitely get him another pair if he needs them in the future. I've got complications from being short sighted. I would love to wake up and just be able to see properly. I wish this had been a possibility when I was child. I'd go for it OP.

Thanks so much for your responses everyone! Glad to hear your kids have had positive experiences! And that is amazing @Alwaystired23 that the glasses reversed it, and that he can wear occasional normal glasses!

Out of interest - how shortsighted are everyone's kids? My son's eyes are -1.50 and -0.75. No major shortsightedness in our family. So I'm still not convinced we need to go in heavy with the Miyosmart - unless your kids have a similar script?

(The optometrist suggested that we could try normal glasses and re-test in 6 months to see if his prescription had worsened - but by then I feel like he would hate the transition to Miyosmart after clear/normal lenses! I know it sounds like I'm overthinking it - maybe I am - just want to do the right thing!)

My 6yo DD went from 0 last year to -2.5 this year, the same as me. She took the Specsavers brand myopia lenses to try to slow it down.

I can see the difference with flat lenses but she's never worn glasses, is very happy with the improvement.

I’m not sure I’d jump into miyosmart with just one prescription. My eldest has them and he transitioned from normal glasses to them fine.

My DD has had the Miyosmart glasses and she never noticed the bumps/honeycomb pattern. They did seem to work well and her sight barely changed while using them.

She has now changed to myopia control contact lenses (can’t remember the brand name) and her myopia has increased a little since changing, but that could be due to puberty/growing.

Either way her sight is nowhere near as bad as mine was at her age, so I’m happy.

My 11yo was told she was short sighted 2 years ago, we had an eye test last week where a woman out the front was trying to pitch Miyosmart to me, when we went in to have the eye test her actual optician said she would not be concerned at the stage my daughters at (mild prescription but does have to wear them all of the time), I asked her for her honest advice and she said that right here and now she advised us to hold off on the lenses. She said if by next eye test (1y time) she’s had a drastic change to her prescription then we’ll go for them. I was grateful for her honest advice as they’re certainly not cheap- and I am of the opinion we only have one pair of eyes therefore look after them and we’re more than willing to pay but she actually advised against at this point.