Myopia Control Glasgow

If your child’s eyesight is getting worse each year, myopia control can slow that progression. Peter Ivins Eye Care, based in Bearsden, Glasgow, launched Scotland’s first dedicated myopia management clinic in 2013 — since then we’ve helped hundreds of children reduce how fast their short-sightedness progresses, using contact lenses, spectacle lenses and orthokeratology.

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What Is Myopia Control?

Myopia control (also called myopia management) is treatment aimed at slowing the progression of short-sightedness in children, rather than simply correcting it. Left uncorrected — or corrected with standard single-vision glasses alone — myopia tends to keep worsening year on year, increasing a child’s risk of eye health problems in adulthood. A dedicated myopia management assessment looks at your child’s age, prescription and rate of progression to recommend the right option

Our Myopia Control Options

We offer one of the widest ranges of clinically evidenced myopia control options in Scotland, fitted only after a proper myopia assessment.

Myopia Control: Contact lenses

• MiSight 1 Day — daily disposable lenses using ActivControl technology. Peter Ivins Eye Care was amongst the first dozen practices in the UK to fit MiSight back in 2016.
• MyDay MiSight 1 Day — CooperVision’s newest daily disposable, combining the same proven ActivControl technology as MiSight 1 Day with MyDay’s silicone hydrogel material, for children who need a more breathable, comfort-focused lens.
• Mylo contact lenses — Mark’ennovy monthly-replacement multifocal lenses, offering myopia control for children who prefer or need a reusable lens.
• Mylo Toric contact lenses — the toric version of Mylo, for children with myopia and astigmatism who wouldn’t otherwise have a myopia control contact lens option.
• NaturalVue Multifocal 1 Day — an EDOF (extended depth of focus) daily lens available across a wide range of powers, useful where other designs haven’t been well tolerated.
• SEED 1dayPure EDOF and Menicon Bloom Day — further daily disposable multifocal and EDOF options we were early UK adopters of.
• Be Free and Be Free Toric — multifocal daily lenses, with the toric version covering children with astigmatism alongside myopia.
• OrthoK (Menicon Bloom Night and other orthokeratology designs) — worn overnight to reshape the cornea, correcting vision without daytime lenses or glasses while also slowing progression.

Myopia Control: Spectacle lenses

• Hoya MiyoSmart — uses D.I.M.S. (Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments) technology. Studies show MiyoSmart slows both myopia progression and axial eye growth by approximately 60%. We were amongst the first UK practices accredited to fit these, from launch day in February 2021.
• Hoya MiYOSMART iQ — Hoya’s newer DIMS TED (Triple Enhanced Design) lens, built on the original MiYOSMART technology. We’re amongst the first practices in the UK to fit MiYOSMART iQ. Early clinical trial data presented at ARVO 2026 reported no average myopia progression at 6–12 months in the trial group, versus continued progression in the single-vision control group — though this is still interim, shorter-term data compared with the longer track record behind the original MiyoSmart.
• Essilor Stellest — uses H.A.L.T. lenslet technology. In Essilor’s clinical trial, 9 out of 10 children wearing Stellest had eye growth similar to or slower than non-myopic children after one year, and 2 out of 3 had a stable prescription.
• Essilor Stellest 2.0 — the next generation of Stellest, currently in further clinical study. We’re amongst the first practices in the UK to fit Stellest 2.0; we’ll confirm specific trial figures for this newer version once published data is available.
• Zeiss MyoCare and MyoCare S — use C.A.R.E. (Cylindrical Annular Refractive Elements) technology, with MyoCare designed for children under 10 and MyoCare S for children 10 and over. Clinical trials in Europe and China showed a significant reduction in myopia progression compared with single-vision lenses.
• SightGlass Vision DOT (Diffusion Optics Technology) — a different approach to the lenses above, using light-scattering rather than defocus; based on the theory that lowering retinal contrast can help slow progression. We’re amongst the first practices in the UK to offer SightGlass Vision DOT lenses.

Suitability for any of these depends on your child’s age, prescription, corneal health, astigmatism and lifestyle, which we assess in clinic before recommending a specific lens. As with all myopia control treatments, these may help slow progression — none can guarantee it will stop.

Scotland’s First Dedicated Myopia Management Clinic

Our optometrist and director Craig McArthur began fitting off-label multifocal and OrthoK lenses to slow children’s myopia progression back in 2010. The idea for a dedicated clinic took shape after a chance dinner with the late Prof Brien Holden — a world-renowned myopia researcher and long-time friend of Peter Ivins’ from 30 years on the conference and golfing circuit. The pair had been speaking on separate stages at the inaugural 100% Optical conference in London; that evening, Holden shared his knowledge of myopia control over dinner. Craig went home, spent months researching, and within a few months had launched Scotland’s first Myopia Management Clinic.

Craig has since lectured across the UK, Europe and the Far East on myopia control, published articles in both Optician and Optometry Today, and delivered a lecture at the BCLA conference in 2020. Craig and is recognised Key Opinion Leaders in myopia management in the UK, regularly invited to trial new lens designs before they reach market. He was awarded the Myopia Management Optometrist of the year at the 2024 Opticians Awards ceremony in London.

How to Book a Myopia Control Assessment

Making an appointment within our Myopia Management Clinic is easy. Simply call our reception team on 0141 943 3300 or CLICK HERE to use our online appointment system.

If you have questions about myopia control email Craig directly at craig@peterivins.co.uk.

Myopia Control: Common Questions

Is myopia control available on the NHS?

No — myopia management is a private service. Standard NHS eye tests correct vision but don’t include the specialist assessment needed to fit myopia control lenses.

What age can my child start myopia control?

Most children start between ages 6 and 12, when myopia typically first appears and progresses fastest, though suitability is assessed individually rather than by age alone.

Can myopia control stop my child’s eyesight getting worse?

It may help slow progression significantly, based on the clinical trial evidence for each lens type, but no treatment guarantees a stop to myopia progression — we monitor and adjust the approach at regular reviews.