A Zillion Requests For Free Consults
A lot of e-mails every day, from blog readers. Always nice to read encouraging progress reports and the blog being put to good use. Here's Marjeta: Pretty well done! Note that I can't possibly provide case specific suggestions to non-students. It always turns into an endless e-mail circus, I end up explaining half of what's in the BackTo20/20 sessions (and in the blog, for grrr-sakes) anyway. And for whatever reason, the non-supporting contingent is always least stingy with my time. Of course I know how [...]
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Take a look at this brief abstract of a monkey myopia study published in 2013 in Investigative Ophthalmology: Negative lens-induced myopia in infant monkeys: effects of high ambient lighting. Smith EL 3rd1, Hung LF, Arumugam B, Huang J. Author information Abstract PURPOSE: To determine whether high light levels, which have a protective effect against form-deprivation myopia, also retard the development of lens-induced myopia in primates. METHODS: Hyperopic defocus was imposed on 27 monkeys by securing -3 diopter (D) lenses in front of one eye. The [...]
Off-Topic: A Big Thank You, Osteopathy, Malaysia, & The Osmo
Above: A restaurant on a boat, in Laos. Great fish lunch spot! --- I've been meaning to post an official thank you, to all you darling kittehs. For why? One, for being so supportive and positive throughout all of everything here. BackTo20/20 and some of you running into the session loading bug. The never-ending eccentricities of our payment solutions, first forever being PayPal only, and then the newer one having various little bugs. And of course the very limited invites - I know, the system [...]
Sticky Note: Timing Diopter Equalizing
Today, not so much a casual reader post (apologies!). I need to put this one somewhere though, so it's easy to find and I can refer back to it when students ask about equalizing prescriptions. Equalizing: Reducing the difference between left and right eye diopters. Goal: Reducing prescription complexity. Benefit: Far easier transition between lenses and no lenses. Once fully equalized the only difference between corrected and natural vision is one focal plane for both eyes. Happier visual cortex, better perceived natural vision, and easier [...]
Michael (-6.50): Optometrist Confirms 1 Diopter Improvement!
Michael posts this update in the forum: Well done! You notice that Michael says, "on the one hand". There's the other hand, which turns into a bit of a discussion about very small astigmatism corrections, and various sorts of optometrists, and things worth reading (if you're a participant, here's the whole thread). That part, another topic for another blog-day. I'm glad to see the many positive notes on my attempts at being gentle, warm 'n fuzzy. It works reasonably well with your support. And I [...]
What Do You Use Your Eyes For?
Above: Monk in Cambodia. I'd pulled over for shelter from the rain, and there he was. --- You ever notice how none of your friends or family really cares, when you tell them that myopia is reversible? Does it make you a bit crazy that nobody shares your enthusiasm? If so, this is for you. Otherwise, it's entirely tl:dr (too long didn't read). I'll shed some light on some ways of thinking, as well as what does potentially serve as motivation. Because yes, myopia reversal [...]
