Essilor
Stellest 2.0
Essilor's refined H.A.L. lenslet technology, now available in plano power, letting at-risk, pre-myopic children access protective optics before myopia even begins.
Essilor's refined H.A.L. lenslet technology, now available in plano power, letting at-risk, pre-myopic children access protective optics before myopia even begins.
Stellest 2.0 builds on the concentric Highly Aspherical Lenslet, H.A.L., design behind the original Stellest, refining the lenslet geometry for the next generation of the lens. The core principle stays the same: a clear central zone for distance vision surrounded by rings of tiny lenslets creating continuous myopic defocus.
What makes Stellest 2.0 particularly significant is its plano power option, a version with no distance correction at all, that lets pre-myopic, at-risk children access the protective optical effect before any measurable myopia develops.
The same refined H.A.L. optics can be prescribed in plano for prevention, or in a correcting power once myopia has developed.
An updated lenslet design building on the original Stellest's decade of optical research.
No distance correction needed, protective optics for at-risk children before myopia starts.
Available across typical myopic prescriptions once myopia has developed.
We identify preventive candidates using hyperopic reserve and axial length tracking from first presentation.
Axial length growth accelerates in the year before myopia onset, exactly when plano Stellest 2.0 can help.
Historically, myopia control lenses could only be prescribed once a child already had a measurable prescription. Stellest 2.0's plano option changes that.
We track hyperopic reserve and axial length from a child's first visit, watching for the acceleration that tends to precede myopia onset.
At-risk children can be fitted with the plano lens, no distance correction, purely for its protective H.A.L. optical effect.
If myopia does emerge, the same H.A.L. platform continues the child's treatment in a standard correcting power.
One of the only ways to access peripheral defocus optics before myopia develops.
Built on the same H.A.L. principle behind the original Stellest's published results.
Especially valuable for children with a rapidly depleting hyperopic reserve.
The lenslet rings are subtle at typical viewing distance, plano or correcting power.
Candidacy is based on objective axial length and hyperopic reserve tracking, not guesswork.
Prevention and active treatment share the same refined optical design.
We use Stellest 2.0 both as a preventive option for at-risk children and as an active treatment once myopia has developed.
We measure hyperopic reserve and axial length at first presentation to identify children at elevated risk.
We fit either the plano preventive version or a correcting power, based on your child's individual profile.
We review at regular intervals, tracking axial length and refraction to confirm the right pathway is being followed.
Book a comprehensive myopia assessment and we'll talk through Stellest 2.0, including the plano preventive option, and how it compares with our other treatment options.
Individual results and candidacy for preventive use vary. Stellest 2.0 availability should be confirmed at consultation. This page is general information, not medical advice, please speak with one of our optometrists about whether Stellest 2.0 is suitable for your child.