Rodenstock MYCON
Rodenstock MyCon™ Lenses
Counteracting short-sightedness with children's spectacles
Whether it's tablets, computers or homework, today's kids focus more on things right in front of them rather than spending time outdoors. This behavior is leading to more and more children developing myopia - also known as short-sightedness. By 2020, more than one-third of the world's population was short-sighted. This means that there has been a sharp increase within just two decades.
The experts at Rodenstock have developed a solution: Rodenstock MyCon™. These children's lenses are precisely designed to correct myopia, ensure sharp vision and counteract the progression of myopia*
What is behind MyCon™ lenses?
Myopia is a consequence of the eye being slightly too long. Conventional single vision lenses can correct myopia, but they are not designed to slow it down. Rather, when corrected with these lenses, light in the periphery is projected behind the retina, causing some children's eyes to grow excessively long and exacerbating short-sightedness.
Rodenstock MyCon™ lenses feature market-proven** HAPD™ Technology. This technology refracts light so that it strikes the periphery in front of the retina rather than behind it. This can slow down eye-length growth. The areas that control myopia progression in a MyCon™ lens are arranged laterally. This ensures sharp vision not only in the center of the lens but also above and below.
To be effective, Rodenstock’s MyCon™ lenses features market-proven** HAPD™ Technology (Horizontal Asymmetrical Peripheral Defocus). Unlike single vision lenses, this approach offers two benefits in one: it ensures sharp, clear, and comfortable vision as well as effective myopia progression control.** To this end, a “focal area” with your child’s prescription is used, along with asymmetrical “progression control areas” in the horizontal lens periphery, combined with a gentle transition.