Specsavers UK: (Maybe) A Place To Go For Eye Friendly Optometrist Visits
James posts in the forum:I’m back. Had an eye test today.Firstly, I’m amazed. I went to Specsavers (the standard high-street opticians in the UK) and the optometrist was fully supportive of myopia reduction and even said there’re a lot of scientific studies now supporting it (whereas in the past I’d always been told science says it’s not possible). She understood the idea of focus pulling and the blur horizon, and doing regular Snellen tests, and realised that the test she gave me was very artificial [...]
20/50: The Brilliant & Super Simple Rule For Improving Eyesight
I'm getting to be a bit enamored by the video bits.Though it's far more work and writing a blog post. And it takes endless hours to encode and upload something. And then it still sucks. Nevertheless, if you want my 20/50 rule to improve your eyesight, you must suffer through it. ;-)[iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LI9JphYXQ6A?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen] The short version of the 20/50 RuleIf you understandably prefer not to watch my face talk, here is the quick written version:20/50 is the ideal normalized prescription.It's not the ideal [...]
The Role Of Contrast Adaptation In Myopia Development & Reversal
After a string of recent posts all shanti-shanti and fluffy, let's get back to some hardcore science.Vision science is an amazing field. Truly, retail optometry doesn't do any semblance of justice to the depth and breadth of research being done on the subject of human (and animal) vision. The sheer quantity of data and analysis available to you right now, today, is a testimony to human curiosity and ingenuity.One of the eyeball topics you might find interesting is contrast adaptation.It's particularly interesting because it's a) [...]
Taking Breaks For Happy Eyes: 20 Min, 45 Min, 3 Hours
We talk a whole lot about taking breaks both in BackTo20/20 and here in the blog.There is no benefit whatsoever in messing with prescription lenses or any other activities, until you have a solid habit of taking breaks. Once you know the 20 minute, 45 minute, 3 hour ways for best breaks, you're well on your way to better habits.Getting those habits is something most people struggle with.The trick to getting a good close-up habit?Rewire your sense of strain awareness.If you're new to eyesight health, this is [...]
Now In the Program: Differential Glasses Prescription How-To Video Guide
The glasses your optometrist sold, correct your vision for far distance. You can see as far as possible, as clearly as possible with those glasses. If you wear that high correction while looking up-close, at your screen or smartphone, or reading a book, you notably increase your risk of more myopia. Long focal plane correction + Close distance = Myopic stimulus. Not ideal. Much can be done to help your eyesight health, by not wearing all that correction while you're focused up close. But how do [...]
Hippie Alert: The True Cost (Documentary)
It's Friday. You, the one person who found this site, stopping by for a quick read.Millions of people, right at this same moment, stepping into an optometry shop. Oh doctor, wise doctor, my vision is blurry. Whatever can I do?Fear not, the millions are told. We have medical prescription glasses. They will fix everything!Measure eyes, pick frame, cut lenses, swipe credit card.Done. Crisis averted. The doctor saves the day.Well done, say the shareholders of the 60 billion dollar a year French lens manufacturer. Time for a fine [...]