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Ian’s -1.50 D Progress: “Dream Of Being Glasses Free By Summer”

What's it like when you can just about see the no-glasses light at the end of the tunnel? Ian is getting close: By this time next year, Ian's going to be all ... "glasses, what glasses". Interesting, how things have evolved. First, back in the day, nobody cared (or knew of, let's be honest) about @endmyopia.  Then word got around slowly, and we were getting a lot of haters.  If you've been around long enough, you remember the various drama moments with [...]

By |Just With Blog, Low Myopia (2 Diopters & Less), Student Reviews|
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Val’s Latest Progress Report: -8.00 Now Reduced To -6.25

Let's check in on Val's latest progress report in the support forum, and some interesting details: It’s been a while, but I just made another reduction. Actually, in late August I went down to -6.5 (half diopter drop), and have been there through sept, oct, and half of november. This morning, I decided it was time for a quarter diopter drop. I probably picked a bad day (gray rainy), but I was happy with how well I could see. I also [...]

By |7 Diopters, 8 Diopters, Student Reviews|
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Adam Compares Bates & Endmyopia: A Must-Read For Curious Myopes

You know I get cranky about various vision improvement methods.  Cranky. Especially if you're part of our Facebook group and witness the reactions when people talk about eye vitamins and acupuncture and worst of all, eye exercises. But why do I get so annoyed?  Because, I'll tell you why.   We'll use Adam as a real life case, as he is currently participating in BackTo20/20.  Adam tried all sorts of vision improvement for 13 years prior (without much lasting success) before [...]

By |Bates Method, Student Reviews|
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Yikes, Twitter. Why Did We Just Dump 33.000 Followers?

Hello there, Twitter.  You got me all used to feeling angry, or anxious, and usually bewildered by my fellow humans, whenever I let you tell me what I should read today. Which is odd since it's just an account related to natural myopia control. Is it odd, or perhaps ... ironic? Either way.  We started our Twitter account because or then-social media expert said we needed it.  We followed her advice on Twitter things and follower things.  The account grew, she [...]

By |News|
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Even Mild Myopia Linked to Poor Quality of Life

Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist People with milder cases of visual impairment, such as low degrees of myopia, still suffer significant, negative impacts on their quality of life, new research in the UK finds. Myopia is the most frequent cause of distance impairment in the world and is creating an alarming global epidemic which affects the quality of life and economic health of individuals and nations as a whole. In addition to being immediately disadvantageous, myopia increases the risk of [...]

By |Myopia, Vision Health|
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Not All Optometry Business Is Created Equal: How To Choose Wisely

Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist I have been reading Steve's post in the forum entitled 'The Dark Side of the Vision Industry',  and it brought back memories of the good old days in the optics business. The family-run business, providing a professional service to loyal patients that came back year after year, the child patients that grew into adult patients, and the ones that came in just for a chat. Sometimes they needed new prescriptions, sometimes they didn't. Perhaps we [...]

By |Questionable Therapy, Vision Health|
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All contents on this site should be considered research material only.  We are not offering medical advice or treatment or cures for any illnesses. The reduced lens method is strictly experimental. Before considering taking steps to control your own myopia, you should definitely visit a qualified ophthalmologist for a comprehensive eyesight checkup.   Specific diagnoses illnesses aside,  most) myopia may be considered to not be an illness at all.  Most myopia is likely just a matter of environmental strain, and excessive prescription use.  You yourself may be able to control and reduce your own myopia by 1) managing eye strain, 2) conservative prescription lens use, and 3) targeted positive stimulus. We recommend finding a prevention minded optometrist to supplement your journey with professional advice and prescription management help.  While not a requisite, a supportive optometrist may make your journey that much more enjoyable! Potential Side Effects: (1) You may experience astigmatism-like symptoms, especially if you reduce too fast or without paying attention to this (transient) symptom. Search our Youtube channel or Website for 'transient astigmatism'. This can easily be prevented or managed. (2) Some people report an increase in eye floaters when practicing active focus. In general floaters are considered harmless but a sudden increase in floaters should be evaluated by a medical trained professional, as they could be a sign of retinal detachment or other serious medical condition. Generally taking it easy, not over straining, practicing gently and with patience should help. (3) Headaches. You're taking on a very much unsanctioned self-experiment changing diopters. Anytime you overdo things or change too much or aren't educating yourself first, you may expose yourself to strain symptoms. You should be experiencing no pain, headaches, or discomfort if you do things correctly!