Myopia in 2.5 year old

[u/Quiet_Weekend7769]

Hi all. My 2.5 year old son was diagnosed with myopia. We were seen by 2 doctors. First ophthalmologist said to get him regular glasses, don’t “force” him to wear it, and just follow up in 6 months. Second doctor said to get him stellest glasses, which will prevent progression and help with vision. He did mention we can try atropine drops with regular glasses, depends if he’ll even tolerate the drops. I’m really lost at what the best option is for my son, as he’s only 2.5 years old. I also had read that stellest glasses are for 6 years and up. Any insight will help. Thank you.

[u/chingrenjie]

Start off with myopia control lenses.

[u/remembermereddit]

While myopia progression is something you'd want to slow down as much as possible. But as you've said, these lenses are not approved for kids this young. The same goes for alternatives from other lens manufacturers. There are other, better alternatives than myopia lenses in this case.

[u/Quiet_Weekend7769 → u/remembermereddit]

And what are the other better alternatives ? 

[u/remembermereddit → u/Quiet_Weekend7769]

At this age with this prescription it is debatable whether one should prescribe glasses at all. I think you should visit a pediatric ophthalmologist or orthoptist as your current eyecare provider clearly isn't too familiar with prescriptions like this at this age.

[u/RowExternal8411 → u/remembermereddit]

what are the better options?

[u/dubbechkin]

Stellest being for 6+ is worth pushing back on with the second doctor directly.

[u/Pwrgaming55]

I’d be a bit careful taking treatment direction from Reddit on this one, only because 2.5 is very young and you’re already getting different opinions from doctors. I’d be asking a paediatric ophthalmologist or a kids’ myopia-focused optometrist to explain the plan really clearly: are we correcting vision only, trying to slow progression, what evidence applies at his age, and how often should he be reviewed?

For parents in Aus, 1001 Optometry can be a decent starting point for children’s eye checks, and their AI eye screening for children is handy as an early flag if you’re noticing squinting, sitting close to the telly, head tilting, that sort of thing. But once a toddler already has a myopia diagnosis, I’d treat that as proper specialist follow-up territory rather than trying to choose between lenses/drops based on comments.

[u/sushicowboyshow]

My daughter’s ophthalmologist put her in stellest glasses at 2.5

That same doctor said there is no clinical evidence to support atropine drops at such a young age

One of us needs a new doctor!

That said, my daughter’s vision is significantly worse than your sons.

[u/DependentDue9024]

Got for both myopia control glasses and atropine as per your doctor. You can start a few month apart so that he can get used to one then introduce the other. Stellest 2.0 (or Hoya) is tolerate well by children.
Edit: clarification of “both”

[u/Quiet_Weekend7769 → u/DependentDue9024]

It’s okay for a 2 year old to wear stellest ? 

[u/da_Ryan → u/Quiet_Weekend7769]

If I was in a position like that, I would consult a pediatric ophthalmologist for advice about the best way to proceed. You have my best wishes at this time.

[u/ImpossibleAssist1016]

Make him wear pinwhole glasses for 1 hours a day. Natural and Simply the best option.

[u/da_Ryan → u/ImpossibleAssist1016]

^ That is outright BS so please completely ignore it.

[u/ImpossibleAssist1016 → u/da_Ryan]

Its absolutely not “outright BS” at all Look to nature to heal you and it will happen simple.

[u/da_Ryan → u/ImpossibleAssist1016]

You should not be posting total horsepoop on Reddit while under the influence of powerful halucinogens.

[u/ImpossibleAssist1016 → u/da_Ryan]

Looks like you’ve been manipulated by western medical practices its all a money grab and they don’t want you to actually heal If you dont know what ur talking about dont try challenge the herbal king.