MiSight® to Correct and Protect Your Child’s Vision

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Commonly Asked Questions About MiSight 1® day

Have you noticed your child’s nearsightedness getting worse, especially with increased screen time and indoor lifestyle? For age-appropriate* children, MiSight® 1 day can help. It’s the first and only†  FDA-approved soft contact lens to slow myopia progression in children aged 8-12 at the initiation of treatment.

Getting started with MiSight® 1 day has never been easier. Schedule an exam for your child today and be sure to ask about this incredible, life-changing program!

1. What is myopia (nearsightedness)?

  • The eyes of a child with nearsightedness grow faster and longer than they should, causing far away objects to appear blurry. If untreated, the eye becomes weaker and vision often gets worse as the child grows older.
  • When parents have myopia, their genetic risk may be passed along to their children.
  • Modern lifestyle may also influence the development of myopia.

2. Why haven’t I heard about myopia management before?

  • In April 2021, the World Council of Optometry passed a resolution that declares support for myopia management as the standard of care.1
  • MiSight® 1 day launched in the United States within the past 5 years, and we are now a certified MiSight® Practice.
  • We are excited to finally have a treatment in our practice proven to slow the progression of myopia in age-appropriate children with MiSight® 1 day!†2

3. Why does MiSight® 1 day cost more than other contact lenses?

  • MiSight® 1 day contact lenses with ActivControl® Technology are dual-purpose: they help your child see clearly and help to control the progression of myopia in age-appropriate children.†2

4. How long will my child have to wear MiSight® 1 day?

  • Myopia often gets worse in growing children and is irreversible, so the sooner we start age-appropriate kids in myopia control, the better the long-term eye health outcomes.‡3-8 Kids grow at different rates and stabilize at different ages.

5. Is it still necessary for my child to wear glasses?

  • MiSight® 1 day should be worn at least 10 hours per day, 6 days per week to give your child the best chance at getting a favorable outcome when considering the 6-year study results.*§|9,10
  • All contact lens wearers should have a pair of glasses to wear when they’re not wearing contact lenses.

6. Are you able to bill my insurance for MiSight® 1 day?

  • Insurance contributions are plan dependent, but you have access to the contact lens allowance for your MiSight® 1 day supply.
  • CooperVision (the company that manufactures MiSight® 1 day) offers a $200 national rebate on an annual supply of MiSight® 1 day with purchase.

7. What happens if the MiSight® 1 day contact lenses tear or rip?

  • MiSight® 1 day are single use daily disposable contact lenses. If a lens rips, please throw the lens away and start with a new lens for your child.
  • If this is a consistent issue, please let us know – we can schedule additional lens handling training for your child.
  • We can provide additional trial lenses if needed.

8. If we run out of MiSight® 1 day contact lenses, how can we order more?

  • Please notify our practice to order more.
  • It is important that we see your child every 6 months to assess response to treatment, meaning any potential prescription changes. If necessary, we can provide additional trial lenses if you run out before your next visit.

9. What if my child’s prescription changes prior to the completion of my purchased supply?

  • CooperVision, the manufacturer of MiSight® 1 day soft contact lenses, will accept the return and refund the unopened boxes through their Simply Satisfied guarantee.

10. How often does my child need follow up appointments?

  • New patients will come back in 1 week to evaluate lens wearing experience, vision, comfort, fit, eye health, and compliance to treatment.
  • After the 1-week visit, the next appointment will be a myopia evaluation at 6 months.

11. Are MiSight® 1 day contact lenses safe for kids?

  • Across the 6-years of the MiSight® study, there were no serious adverse events related to contact lens wear.11,12
  • Results suggest that children this age can successfully wear daily-disposable hydrogel contact lenses with minimal impact on their eye health.¶**2,9,11-12

12. If my child can’t insert and remove their contact lenses by themself, can I do it for them?

  • Children as young as 8 can confidently insert and remove contact lenses on their own.††2
  • In the beginning, you can train with our team and your child to assist with insertion and removal, but we are happy to set up additional training to ensure they can do it on their own!

13. Instead of purchasing MiSight® 1 day today, can we wait and see how my child is doing at our next visit?

  • We can’t go back in time, and prior change doesn’t predict the future.
  • Myopia is progressive and irreversible3, but MiSight® 1 day contact lenses have been shown to reduce the rate of myopia progression by nearly 60% on average for children ages 8-12 at the initiation of treatment.†2
  • As myopia worsens, it also increases the risk for eye health complications down the road, so it’s important to start treatment as soon as possible.3,5-8
  • There’s no other eye or body disease that we would wait to get worse before treating, but if you prefer to wait and see let’s schedule your child for a follow-up in the next 1 to 6 months at the latest.

Don’t wait! Click here to schedule an exam today and see just how easy it is for you to positively impact your child’s sight.

 

 

 The above information was modified from MiSight® 1 day marketing materials provided by CooperVision.

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*Indications for use: MiSight® 1 day (omafilcon A) soft (hydrophilic) contact lenses for daily wear are indicated for the correction of myopic ametropia and for slowing the progression of myopia in children with non-diseased eyes, who at the initiation of treatment are 8-12 years of age and have a refraction of -0.75 to -4.00 diopters(spherical equivalent) with ≤ 0.75 diopters of astigmatism. The lens is to be discarded after each removal.

† Only FDA-approved soft contact lens designed for myopia control in the U.S.

  • Compared to a single-vision 1-day lens over a 3-year period.

‡ Children ages 8 to 15 when starting MiSight 1 day treatment experienced a slowing of myopia progression.

§ Using measured and modeled data, pooled across ages (8-17), MiSight® 1 day slowed myopia progression by an average of approximately 50%.

| Myopic children fit with MiSight® 1 day contact lenses ages 8-15 continued to experience slowed myopia progression as long as they remained wearing the lenses as prescribed.]

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