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Myopia Treatment: Let’s Call It “Profitable Coincidence”
I get a lot of e-mail from new readers who find the blog by searching for myopia insights on Google. It makes me genuinely sad a whole lot of the time, and also committed to writing the blog on a daily basis.Take a look at this one from today:Poor guy. His right eye has no minus lens in front of it and everything stays normal, and his left eye keeps getting worse as the optic shop keeps increasing his minus [...]
Eye Drop Warning: Avoid Benzalkonium Chloride
Dry eyes. Bane of my existence.I used to have really dry eyes. I don't anymore, but there was a time where I couldn't wear contact lenses, and my eyes felt like sandpaper was rubbing around in them. If you read this blog regularly, you already know about some great strategies to prevent dry eyes.In many cases eye drops are simply abused, and the true cause of dry eyes is ignored.If you have dry eyes because of contact lens use, if [...]
Pile Of Updates Day
Every time I outsource Website related projects, it seems I spend twice as much time fixing stuff that contractors screw up. I don't want to micro-manage, I swear.But might as well do it myself. Today is update-backlog-clearing day. The BackTo20/20 invite system has been a little broken for a while now. Nice for me, since less invites went out. Also half of the payment options weren't really working. Also nice for me, since ... just less things to deal with.And there's [...]
Buying Contact Lenses: -1 (Minus 1 Diopters)
Heads Up: If you're online looking to buy -1 diopter contact lenses, you'll want to read this before ordering a new pack. You'll want to know about what those contact lenses do to your eyes, before you go out and buy them. From potentially inducing progressive myopia, to corneal abrasion, to the question whether you actually even have myopia, this 2 minute read is for you. 1. Did you know that next year the -1 contact lenses won't be enough, [...]
Ryan’s Breakthrough Moment
Ryan posts in the forum: I had a bit of a breakthrough late last week with what I believe to be fully relaxing my ciliary. Some background first. I’ve been using a sign about 30 or 40 feet away from my desk at work as a static test to gauge how my eyes are doing every day. It’s a red rectangle with the words “Fire Extinguisher” in white text on it. For the longest time I’ve had to squint to [...]
Success = Quantified Progress
If you want to be successful at anything that requires a long period effort, you will want to find a way to quantify your progress. This of course, no secret. There are smartphone apps to quantify and track just about anything you might do. People love those apps. Also you might say, Jake, so where's the myopia control tracking app? Patience, I would say. But, quantify. If you don't quantify and track progress, then you will be thrown around by [...]