Pro Tip: Notes On Diopter Equalizing
Today the blog is more of a just-for-students topic. This one is for those of you who already have made real progress with prescription reductions, improving your eyesight, and are now getting into reducing prescription complexity. I posted this in the forum the other day in response to a patching question, worth a quick read here: Obviously, this is a pro topic. If you're new to all this, don't go monkeying around with your prescriptions. Given the option, a holistic myopia control friendly optometrist should [...]
World Tour Travel Schedule: January – Singapore
It's perhaps a bit grandiose, the title "world tour". Intended to be a bit tongue in cheek (much like "eye guru"), it's really just my usual trips to go visit students. Mostly it's an excuse to go see new places and not get stuck in endless routine.Usually the world tour is pretty simple, since I end up having a home base somewhere central to upcoming months of visits. So I might be staying in Berlin or Budapest for a few months to cover all of [...]
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 prescription. Oh wonder the coincidences, kittehs. [...]
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 you have dry eyes because [...]
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 been a major Wordpress update [...]
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, and you'll need an even [...]