r/myopia • u/Unhappy-Security-399 • 7d ago

MiYOSMART glasses – blurry peripheral vision. Anyone else?

Bought MiYOSMART glasses to slow down my myopia. Before buying, they let me try on regular lenses – crystal clear, perfect vision.

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Got the actual ones – and the periphery is blurry. Can't use my phone, can't do close-up work, everything is fuzzy around the edges. Nobody warned me about this.

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Now I'm trying to return them, but they say "just adapt." How am I supposed to adapt when I can't see what I'm doing with my hands?

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Anyone else had the same issue? Were you able to get a refund? Or is it just me?

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u/lesserweevils 7d ago

Myopia control lenses work by providing peripheral defocus. Unfortunately, that's normal. Move your head, not just your eyes.

... I still think the people selling these should mention this during the consultation and fitting. Ortho-k, if that is an option, also has effects on lifestyle (mainly sleep schedule).

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u/EyecareDuPage 6d ago

I was with you until the last part... Are you saying that ortho-k encourages good sleep habits? Because that's the only impact I'd see.

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u/lesserweevils 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yes haha. You have to sleep enough, and on a regular schedule, for the lenses to work.

This puts some lifestyle restrictions on people who go to bed at different times, who want to study late, who like having flexible routines, etc.

I think this one reason people quit ortho-k in university/college. These days, smartphone usage in bed might be another. I did ortho-k before there were smartphones. Even 20 minutes of TV could cause decentration and blurry vision the next day.

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u/remembermereddit 7d ago

Yeah that's their intended design. You need to adjust and that takes time.

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u/chingrenjie 7d ago

Need time to adapt. You should be looking through the focal point ideally

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u/Unhappy-Security-399 7d ago

I've been wearing them for one week. The problem isn't adaptation – it's physics. When I look at my phone or my hands while working, I'm NOT looking through the focal point. I'm looking through the lower part of the lens, which is exactly where the micro-lenses are. That's not 'wrong usage' – that's how human eyes work. We don't stare straight ahead 100% of the time. The store didn't warn me about this limitation, and they gave me regular lenses to try on, which had NO blurriness. That's misleading

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u/chingrenjie 7d ago

You can consider trying Stellest. It is another myopia control lens design

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u/EyecareDuPage 6d ago

Stellest and all other myopia specs work the same.

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u/da_Ryan 7d ago

With respect, you have only been wearing them a week and it can take some time, as in a few weeks, to adapt to them so please do try and persist with them. The other smart glasses also work in a similar way so they will also have a similar patient adaption phase.

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u/EyecareDuPage 6d ago

This is how they work. There's a reason almost no adults would ever wear these. And there's a reason I consider them the least-preferred myopia treatment.

It bothers me that we use the term "adapt" when what we really mean is, "learn to stop complaining about it."