Helping Your Child See Clearly Today & Tomorrow
Myopia, or nearsightedness, is becoming more common among children every year. If your child struggles to see clearly in the distance, it could affect their learning, confidence, and overall quality of life.
Studies show that almost half of the entire world will have myopia symptoms by 2050. If this is the case, how can you help keep your child’s vision clear and healthy? We can help.
At Belle Vue Specialty Eye Care, our mission is to help slow down the progression of nearsightedness and protect your child’s vision for the future. Early action is key to keeping your child’s eyesight healthy as they grow.
Through control methods like MiSight and personalized vision therapy programs, we can truly make a difference. Don’t wait to take the first step. Book your child’s myopia control appointment today and give them the best chance at clear vision tomorrow.
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What Causes Myopia?
Myopia develops when the eye grows too long or the cornea curves too steeply, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of on it, resulting in blurry distance vision. While genetics play a significant role, other factors are also important, like:
- Genetics: Children with myopic parents are more likely to develop myopia.
- Prolonged near work: Spending long hours on close-up activities, like reading or screens, can increase myopia risk.
- Lack of outdoor time: Spending less time outside reduces exposure to natural light, which may help protect against myopia progression.
Signs Your Child May Have Myopia
Identifying myopia early can make a big difference. Watch for symptoms such as:
- Frequent eye rubbing or squinting
- Excessive blinking or headaches
- Tilting or covering one eye to focus better
- Holding reading materials very close
- Avoiding reading or showing frustration with visual tasks
- Difficulty with distance vision, like trouble seeing the board at school
If you notice any of these signs, schedule a myopia evaluation. You can also try the CooperVision Nearsightedness Assessment Tool to help determine your child’s risk.
Our Approach to Myopia Control
MiSight 1 Day Contact Lenses
MiSight daily disposable contact lenses are specially designed to manage myopia in children. These soft, comfortable lenses use a unique technology with multiple rings of peripheral defocus that gently signal the eye to slow its elongation. This helps reduce how quickly myopia progresses over time.
MiSight lenses are FDA-approved and trusted by eye care professionals as a leading option for effective myopia control.
Vision Therapy for Myopia Control
Children with poor binocular vision or focusing, also called accommodative skills, often experience faster myopia progression compared to their peers. Our vision therapy programs are tailored to strengthen the eye muscles responsible for focusing and eye teaming.
Through personalized exercises and training, we can help your child develop these visual skills, which may slow the advancement of myopia and improve overall visual comfort.
Stellest Lenses for Myopia Control
Stellest lenses are designed to help slow the progression of myopia in children. Using Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) technology, these lenses gently redirect light to signal the eye to reduce elongation, helping manage nearsightedness as your child goes about daily activities.
Stellest lenses are lightweight, comfortable, and FDA-approved. Early use can help protect long-term eye health and reduce the risk of future complications.
Our team can assess whether Stellest lenses are suitable for your child and create a personalized myopia management plan.
Lifestyle Tips to Support Your Child’s Vision
Alongside clinical treatments, specific lifestyle changes can help protect your child’s vision:
- Limit screen time: Encourage regular breaks from close-up screens using the 10/10/10 rule—every 10 minutes, take a 10-second break, and look at something 10 feet away.
- Get outside daily: Aim for at least 1–2 hours of outdoor playtime every day to boost exposure to natural light.
- Balanced visual activities: Mix near work with distance viewing tasks to reduce eye strain.
Learn More About Myopia Control
Myopia control is a growing field with exciting advances. Our team is dedicated to providing myopia control options tailored specifically for your child’s needs. For more in-depth information, check out this article on bridging vision therapy and myopia control from the Review of Myopia Management: How One Optometrist Bridged Vision Therapy and Myopia Control.
From FDA-approved MiSight contact lenses to personalized vision therapy, our expert team is here to help slow myopia progression and support healthy eye development.
Don’t wait for vision problems to affect your child’s future. Book an appointment today and take the first step toward clearer, healthier vision for your child.
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Our Address
- 7117 Highway 98, Suite 30
- Hattiesburg, MS 39402
Contact Information
- Phone: (601) 475-2020
- Fax: (800) 493-5956
- Email: hello@bellevuesec.com
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What Our Patients are Saying
Several years before seeing Dr. Lott our child had surgery to “correct” her particular eye issue. We were told by other doctors she needed same surgery again for the same issue, but instead we decided to try Vision therapy at Belle Vue. Best decision we ever made! Dr. Lott, Dr. Maples, and the staff at Belle Vue have worked wonders with our child’s vision. Wish we would have tried vision therapy from the very beginning. Our child’s vision & grades have greatly improved and now LOVES to read! Belle Vue is the BEST!!
MR
The best combination of professional expertise and caring, individual attention around! Dr. Megan and all the staff were incredibly helpful in providing direction and care for our newly adopted twins from China, and the time they spent making sure the kids felt comfortable was over-and-above what I ever expected. Cannot recommend them highly enough!
LM
My kids love coming here! They are very kind, caring, patient, and friendly. Love the staff and Dr. Lott!!!
BM
If your child has been struggling in school, I encourage you to bring them here before you do anything else. My daughter had vision issues beyond the usual 20/20 that were inhibiting reading comprehension, writing, and focus. When Dr Lott had measured tests with a plan to treat and improve each one my daughter’s challenges, I knew we had come to the right place. She just did her final evaluation, and her progress over twelve weeks of therapy was astounding. I’m so very grateful for the wonderful therapists at Belle Vue.
KW
Dr Megan Lott is amazing! My daughter has multiple disabilities and she did not once hesitate to treat her. We had been to two other pediatric ophthalmologists, one which wrote her off and one which advised us to go to the Low Vision clinic, before we found Dr Lott. Dr Lott understood what my focus was for my daughter’s vision and worked to come up with a plan to help her have the best use of her functional vision. We got her glasses this afternoon and she hasn’t stopped looking around and smiling and giggling since! Thank you from this mama’s heart for giving my daughter a whole new world!
CD
My son was struggling in school and had very little confidence in himself. Dr. Lott and the staff at Belle Vue were the help that he needed! The results of his vision therapy amaze me! Homework is no longer an ordeal and he is now an honor roll student. He is now very confident and doesn’t approach things with an “I can’t” attitude. I honestly believe that the vision therapy he received at Belle Vue will help him succeed in life!
AC
Dr. Lott and her staff at Belle Vue Specialty Eye Care are extraordinary. Along with being professional and very knowledgeable, they have such a sincere concern for all of their patients. I cannot thank Dr. Lott and her staff enough for what they have done for my family. The Hattiesburg area is so extremely fortunate to have them treating our children. I will always be grateful!
We love Dr Lott and everyone who works there. They are so nice!! Both of my boys went through vision therapy and the progress they made was remarkable. We can not thank them enough!!
NT
BVESC staff is always so welcoming to my children – even though having my children in the office can be chaotic. Beyond that, they provide in depth exams that go further than do you need a glasses prescription but to try to get to the root of the matter. They provide in-house therapy and refer out for therapy. My son no longer needs glasses due to their services!!!!
BH
Dr. Megan Lott is amazing! Her knowledge and expertise as an eye care specialist is second to none. We are so very grateful for the way she has helped our entire family. She spent countless hours preparing a plan for one of our grandsons and pouring encouragement into his heart and mind to help him overcome dyslexia. Dr. Meagan has our highest recommendation and support.
DR
My son was provided a thorough eye exam and vision testing per Dr. Lott. Outstanding, professional, knowledgeable service combined with superior excellence in listening, assessment and critical thinking skills. The entire staff is great with children (and mom 😉 ). As a mom of 4 kids (oldest is 23y.o., youngest is 9y.o.) and RN background, I admit this is super rare find! Very impressed with Dr. Lott and office staff. Thank y’all so much for caring!!
AM
If you are looking for exceptional service and expertise, this is it. Very knowledgeable, professional, and helpful! Our little guy had a great experience, and the service and eyeglass selection is phenomenal!
KV
Dr. Lott is amazing. After 2 other pediatric ophthalmologists simply dismissed my daughter and her vision deficits, we found Dr. Lott. She believed in Addison’s potential to increase her functional vision. Not only did Addison’s eye tracking improve but her head control all improved because she had a reason to look up now! Dr. Lott does whatever it takes to help a child see!
CD
The most amazing people work in this clinic. My son has been a patient with them for 6 months. He has Autism.
They have been a miracle for us. He is no longer on seizure medication, he wasn’t he having seizures. He couldnt see. His reading on a 8.2 reading level. He is 7. He is more social. ODD and OCD are not as bad.
They found what numerous Dr’s and therapist had missed.
LH
We thought my son had dyslexia because he had so many symptoms that pointed in that direction. Then we heard about Dr Lott! We immediately had him tested and started on therapy. I could see vast improvements in confidence and interest in physical activity. We just finished a second round of therapy and we were shocked at the difference in his testing. He had improved in so many areas.
My favorite thing to date is that he has almost finished reading a 150 page chapter book since yesterday!! He always hated reading before therapy. I couldn’t recommend Bellevue Specialty Eye Care enough!
KR
Dr. Lott was so thorough and took the time to sit and explain everything to me. It was well worth the 85 mile trip one way! There’s gonna be a 10 year old little girl that will see the best in her life from now on. Everyone was very welcoming and polite. Would definitely send people to her.
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About Us
Vision Therapy Programs
Children’s Eye Care
Eyewear & Lenses
Our Location
- 7117 Highway 98, Suite 30
- Hattiesburg, MS 39402
- Phone: (601) 475-2020
- Fax: (800) 493-5956
- Email: hello@bellevuesec.com
Southern Low Vision Therapy Location
1500 N I-55, Highland Village Suite 245
Jackson, MS 39211
Phone: (601) 487-1089
Email: hello@bellevuesec.com