PRO TOPIC: Diopter Equalizing / Patching (Video)
Pro topic, Holmes. Don't monkey with diopter unless you know how all the pieces work together. Diopters themselves, what the number means and how to track your own, now have one page: diopters, explained. If you do, here are some worthwhile posts on equalizing / patching: https://endmyopia.org/pro-tip-notes-on-diopter-equalizing/ https://endmyopia.org/whats-first-equalize-or-reduce-spherical/ https://endmyopia.org/pro-qa-equalize-differentials-first/ A lot of these scenarios are best evaluated case-by-case so be sure to learn all about diopter equalizing before trying things. Supportive, myopia control friendly optometrist also likely great to have around. And as always, there's quite a [...]
Reducing Diopter Ratio: DIY Patching Solution (PRO TOPIC)
Diopter Ratio: The percentage difference between your left and right eye spherical diopter values. People sometimes refer to it as weak eye and strong eye, although I prefer not to use those terms - it is entirely normal biology for one of your eyes to be dominant (ocular dominance). Diopters themselves, what the number means and how to track your own, now have one page: diopters, explained. We also talk about diopter ratio and ocular dominance here in the blog. Here, here, and here. [...]
DIY TOOLS: How To Measure Your Astigmatism Diopters
Now updated with vector graphic PDF to print.
Almost There! First Full Diopter Reduction
Let's look at another quick e-mail and improvement report. Michael writes: Quick and to the point. He includes a chart of his progress. Note that this one shows diopter reduction, though without the usual 0.25 increments. While often we're looking at centimeter charts where improvement equals more centimeters, in this case we're looking at diopters going down as myopia reduces. Diopters themselves, what the number means and how to track your own, now have one page: diopters, explained. Logs. Highly recommend! That's almost a diopter [...]
Chelsee: Optometrist & Autorefractor Confirm -2.5 D
Let's look at a nice, solid vision improvement update from Chelsee. Before we get there, note that while I mention the "optometrist confirmed" and "autorefractor results", I don't want to give that old timey myopia exam charade a whole lot of power or meaning. The optometrist confirming improvements isn't the ultimate victory - look at that checkbox as one more way to look at your 20/20 gains. Something even the interestingly rigged eye exam can't deny. The real measurement is what you yourself have in your log. [...]
Plus Lens Therapy: READ THIS BEFORE TRYING
Maybe you've been looking for solutions to your myopia online. You probably found a zillion eye exercise sites. Sounds less than credible to you, the hippies, plus who's got the time for all those exercises. You probably found eye vitamins. But you looked for studies on those on Google Scholar and found it's just fluffy B.S. You saw eye yoga and snickered derisively, thinking about all the poor saps who fall for that lightweight Internet marketer nonsense. And then. Then you find plus lens therapy. A light [...]
