Some say that Jakey may occasionally seem like a bit of a tyrant eye guru. Guru VanCrankypants.
Most of that though, just predictably appropriate responses to various types of questions. For instance if you were to […]
A Jake talks a lot.
Raves a lot, you may say. Ravings of a madman.
And sure, you might take what I say to any number of mainstream sanctioned professionals, and they will scoff. Foolish nonsense, […]
Diopters, schmiopters.
Let’s talk important stuff, today.
Let’s talk goals and enjoying life and victories and all those sweet, sweet 20/20 gains you are hopefully making. Because perspective is key, and it’s all too easy to […]
A contact lens, specifically marketed to children, said to prevent high myopia?
Coopervison MiSight contact lenses present a complete paradigm shift in commercial, mainstream myopia control. They should be making news worldwide for their break with […]
… repost from endmyopia Facebook thread:
You might one day find yourself creating myopia myth-busting related content. Random posts. Or even better, quick videos. Right now reading this you might think, nah Jake. […]
Written By Despina
Contributing Optometrist
I have recently been reading about a certain well-known contact lens manufacturer’s latest innovation, named the “Myopia Management System”.
It is described as a holistic approach to minimizing myopic progression, and is […]
How’s that post title for a loaded question?
It’s actually a question from our darling Facebook group, one that warrants a repost here. The truth is, I myself avoided optometrists for quite a while once I […]
Some time ago I responded to somebody asking on Quora, whether myopia can be cured.
The other day I revisited the question, and the results were rather quite surprising. Thirteen people had responded to the […]
Written By Despina
Contributing Optometrist
“There’s IKEA furniture that requires more effort and reading and brains to assemble than measuring refraction.”
Is that so….
AND
“If you were to […]
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 […]