Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist Could dry eyes be affecting your active focus? Does your clarity change each time you blink? This may be more apparent during active focus, when clarity of vision is crucial […]
Written By Despina
Contributing Optometrist
Does your clarity change each time you blink? This may be more apparent during active focus, when clarity of vision is crucial and any minute changes are quickly noticed. If you suspect you may have dry eyes, it could be affecting your progress as far as myopia reduction is concerned.
Your tear film is something you have probably never thought about unless it has given you any grief in the past. But I suppose that’s true of many things, that you don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone..
The tear film is what helps keep our corneas clear and healthy, wiping them clean, removing germs and debris and providing them with nutrients. An incomplete tear film will compromise its efficiency at doing this job, causing dry eyes and diminished optical quality, ie. clarity.
The tear film consists of 3, equally important, layers:
the outermost oily, or lipid, layer- this prevents evaporation and overflow of underlying layers, lubricating the eye and creates a clear surface
the middle watery, or aqueous, layer- this flushes and lubricates the corneal surface, delivers oxygen, enzymes and antibodies, and smooths away irregularities
These layers can be affected by the inability to produce sufficient tears, caused by the following factors:
Alternatively, the tear film layers can be affected by increased evapouration due to the following:
As well as transient blurring, dry eyes can lead to increased risk of infection and possibly corneal abrasion or ulceration, which will have a long-term blurring effect.
So if you find yourself blinking away, willing your ciliary muscle to work, and just when you’ve got it it blurs over again, it may be that your eyes are just dry. In a large number of cases the solution can be found in a few simple steps, like decreasing contact lens wearing-time, using extra tear drops, changing your diet and looking at your medication/supplement intake. In cases of infection antibiotic eye-drops may be required. But get it sorted, you don’t want it to slow you down.
P.S.: Your eyes aren't "broken".
It's your lens use and habits that keep making your eyes worse. And the massive hundred billion dollar optics industry loves it. They keep selling you stronger and stronger glasses, and tell you stories of some mysterious genetic "myopia illness".
It's nonsense. Your eyes are perfectly healthy.
Check out Annette's post in our Facebook group. From -5.25 down to the last diopter already:
Exactly.
To find out how Annette did this, grab a copy of my free (yes, darling freeloaders, don't pay me for this one) 7-Day guide. It'll teach you all the basics on how to start getting your eyes back. No sales pitch!
*No eye exercises, no Bates Method, no unicorn farming. Just science and evidence based stimulus and habit changes.
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