CooperVision is a global leader in myopia control and management for children and has a strong track record of supporting the needs of young patients, parents and eyecare professionals in having conversations about the important option of managing myopia. In the UK, CooperVision offers both MiSight 1 day soft contact lenses and EyeDream orthokeratology contact lenses (the latter available from No 7 Contact Lenses – see later).

MiSight 1 day contact lenses are backed by the longest-running soft contact lens study among children2-4. The clinical trial has proven that MiSight 1 day works for nearly all children with myopia, cuts the worsening of myopia by half, works at any age a child starts treatment (ages eight plus), works for as long as the child wears them – and that myopia management benefits from MiSight 1 day are retained after treatment.

Available up to -10.00D, MiSight 1 day covers 99.97 per cent of prescriptions for Asian children – and 99.97 per cent for Caucasian children – who have myopia and less than 1.00D of astigmatism.

“Every dioptre matters, particularly for children whose worsening myopia may have already placed them at a higher risk for conditions such as myopic maculopathy and glaucoma,” says Elizabeth Lumb, director of global professional affairs, myopia management, CooperVision. “While early treatment is best, it’s never too late to start. Even older children starting with MiSight 1 day have seen the worsening of their myopia cut by half.”