Children's lens options

Choosing children's lenses

All of our children's glasses are made to the highest standards of safety and come with scratch-resistant lenses as standard. Often a child's prescription or lifestyle makes trading up to a speciality lens a much better option.

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Extra Safe lenses

From £10 with an NHS voucher

These lenses provide the complete package of clear vision, comfort, strength, and protection. For safety they are made from PolyCarbonate. Ideal for active children who love playing sport.

Benefits include:

10x more impact resistant than regular plastic lenses.
Thinner and lighter than standard lenses.
100% UV protection.

Anti-Reflection Plus lenses

From £15 with an NHS Voucher

These lenses reduce reflections and improves appearance.

Benefits include:

Better cosmetic appearance – great for photos!
Scratch resistant.

Anti-Reflection Plus Blue lenses

From £25 with an NHS Voucher

These lenses feature all the benefits of Anti-Reflection Plus lenses, including a blue filter. Ideal for gamers and influencers.

Benefits include:

Blue light filter – reduces light emitted by computers, tablets, and mobile phones.
Better cosmetic appearance – great for photos!
EasyClean – means you’ll spend less time cleaning your glasses.
Scratch resistant.

Essilor® Stellest® lenses

Price £360

Stellest® lenses are Essilor®’s game-changing innovation to slow down myopia progression in children¹.

Essilor® Stellest® lenses slow down myopia progression by 67% on average, compared to single vision lenses, when worn 12 hours a day².

Benefits

Using Highly Aspherical Lenslet Target technology, Stellest® lenses create a signal that acts as a shield to slow down myopia progression.
Gives your child vision as sharp as single vision lenses¹
Slow down myopia progression by 67% on average²
Aesthetic and simple.

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Transitions® lenses

From £50 with an NHS Voucher

These lenses change colour from indoor to outdoor whilst providing 100% UV Protection.
Transitions® lenses are they are ideal for children playing outside, and saves swapping between glasses and sunglasses.
They are available in 7 colours.

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Thin & Light 25 lenses

From £40 with an NHS voucher

These lenses are great for children with high prescriptions.

Benefits include:

Better cosmetic appearance – 25% thinner than standard lenses.
Extremely light and comfortable to wear.
Anti-reflective coating.
UV protection.

Thin & Light 35 lenses

From £70 with an NHS voucher

These lenses are great for children with high prescriptions.

Benefits include:

Better cosmetic appearance - 35% thinner than standard lenses.
Extremely light and comfortable to wear.
Anti-reflective coating.
UV protection.

References

1. Two-year prospective, controlled, randomized, double-masked clinical trial results on 54 myopic children wearing Stellest® lenses compared to 50 myopic children wearing single vision lenses. Results based on 32 children who declared wearing Stellest® lenses at least 12 hours per day every day. Bao, J. et al. (2021). One-year myopia control efficacy of spectacle lenses with aspherical lenslets. Br. J. Ophthalmol. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-318367.

2. Compared to single vision lenses, when worn by children at least 12 hours per day every day. Bao, J., Huang, Y., Li, X., Yang, A., Zhou, F., Wu, J., Wang, C., Li, Y., Lim, E.W., Spiegel, D.P., Drobe, B., Chen, H., 2022. Spectacle Lenses With Aspherical Lenslets for Myopia Control vs Single-Vision Spectacle Lenses: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. 140(5), 472-478. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0401.

3. Compared to single vision lenses, when worn by children at least 12 hours per day every day. Bao, J., Huang, Y.,Li, X., Yang, A., Zhou, F., Wu, J., Wang, C., Li, Y., Lim, E.W., Spiegel, D.P., Drobe, B., Chen, H., 2022. Spectacle Lenses With Aspherical Lenslets for Myopia Control vs Single-Vision Spectacle Lenses: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. 140(5), 472–478. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0401.

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