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Essilor® are committed to offering a wide range of state-of-the-art vision care solutions. Every Essilor® lens is inspired & approved by real people in real life situations, using the latest technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to continuously invent the lenses of tomorrow. #1 in spectacle lenses worldwide1, Essilor® has 100% of vision care needs covered, even the most complex.2
Varilux® has been leading varifocal lens innovation for over 60 years, supporting people as their vision begins to change around the age of 40. The No. 1 varifocal brand worldwide1, Varilux lenses are designed to reduce eye strain and provide smooth, natural vision at all distances: whether you’re reading, working, or on the move. The Varilux® XR series™ is our best lens ever3, using cutting-edge technology, adapted to how your eyes move. Helping you stay active and enjoy life with confidence.


✓ Minimise distortion and help to eliminate feeling of swaying.
✓ Provide smooth, uninterrupted vision from 30cm to infinity, across various distances.
✓ Enhance confidence and deliver fast, first-day adaptation.
With Crizal® Sapphire™ HR coating, your lenses are protected against light pollution, inevitable accidents and the unpredictable environment that you face every day. The best anti-reflective coating overall.4
| Absolute transparency > 360° reduction of reflections, resulting in excellent aesthetics and visual clarity. | |
| Durable resistance > Enduring scratch resistance against everyday handling such as wiping or dropping your eyeglasses. Up to 70% more scratch resistant compared to its previous generation5. | |
| Easiness-to-clean > Repels water & dust and resists to smudges, so your lens stays clear for longer. Crizal® Sapphire™ HR is 3 times easier to clean after extensive smudging when put in comparison to other premium competitors4. | |
| UV protection > Offers full protection against the invisible and often irreversible day-to-day dangers of UV reflection6. |


Eyezen® lenses are the new generation of single vision lenses that relax and protect the eyes. Essilor® Eyezen® lenses are optimised to relax your eyes so you can keep up in a connected world.


Essilor® Stellest® lenses create a light signal into the eye that acts as a shield against eye elongation and therefore effectively slows down myopia progression. Essilor® Stellest® lenses are safe, aesthetic and simple.10
| Correct myopia – Giving your child vision as sharp as with single vision lenses11 | |
| Control myopia – Slow down myopia progression by 67% on average12 | |
| No compromises: Aesthetic, simple and safe10 |


1. Euromonitor, Eyewear 2024 edition; Essilor International company; worldwide retail value sales at RSP.
2. Thanks to Essilor® Special Lenses laboratory.
3. Essilor – Varilux® XR series-in-life consumer study –Eurosyn–2022 –France (n=73 varifocal lens wearers).
4. External laboratory test – 2020 – compared to the competitor most known lens-brands by consumers (2019 external brand tracking in 11 countries).
5. Internal R&D measurement – 2020 – compared to Crizal® Sapphire™ 360°.
6. Compared to lenses with E-SPF25™ index in the same measurement conditions. Back-side UV reflection is weighted by the UV risk function W(ƛ). E-SPF35™ index means that 97.2% of the UV reaching the back-side of the lens are not reflected; a tolerance of -0.5% is applicable
7. Compared with regular single vision lenses Eyezen® in-Life consumer studies – [Eyezen® Boost Crizal® Prevencia® – 2015 – FR – n=76 / Eyezen® Boost EPS – 2016 – FR – n=51]
8. Eyezen® in-Life consumer studies – 3rd Independent parties – [Eyezen® Boost Crizal® Prevencia® – 2015 – FR- n=76 / Eyezen® Boost EPS – 2016 – FR – n=51.
9. UV protection and filters blue-violet light. Blue-violet light is between 400 and 455nm as stated by ISO TR 20772:2018.
10. Essilor® Stellest® lenses are made from AIRWEAR® polycarbonate which provides impact-resistance and blocks 100% transmission of UV. In terms of visual performance, research has demonstrated the Essilor® Stellest® lens does not impact central and peripheral visual functions. Gao Y, Lim EW, Yang A, Drobe B, Bullimore MA. The impact of spectacle lenses for myopia control on visual functions. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2021;41(6):1320-1331.
11. 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. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-318367.
12. 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.