Refractive Error Explained (CORRECTLY, for once!)
Refractive error is a common term used in the 'medical' community when discussing myopia. The whole premise is a ridiculously stupid as it is flawed, and in this most eloquently scientific and unbiased article we'll find out exactly how and why. Battlestations! Jake, the unholiest of holiness has an idea today, darling kittehs. An idea, for you. An idea specifically for content for our esteemed video sermon pulpit, the endmyopia Youtubes. While the title sort of already gives it away, here's more of the temptingly delicious [...]
Science Confirms: Human Eye Axial Length Growth – In 60 Minutes!
Bet your optometrist hasn't told you this little story.
Optometrist: Not Going To Increase Your Prescription
Some days the Facebook group is a great place. Days when new members post stories about their myopia journey, how their diopters kept increasing, and in many cases how the mainstream may just play the key role in creating these high diopter scenarios. Even better, the scenarios where an interesting optometrist casts doubt on the whole premise of more and more (and more) diopters. Here's Alexandra: The truth is out there, kittehs. Of course as a regular reader here, you already know what's up. That [...]
Melissa: 18 Months Progress Report
Continuing the streak of progress reports, today is Melissa's turn. This one is in centimeters which of course you can also directly convert into their diopter equivalent. You'll note that I often recommend that you measure at least three dimensions, including close-up via centimeters, as well as eye chart, and a real outdoor distance landmark. Here's Melissa's progress update: We get spoiled with all of these updates. The main piece of excitement for Melissa here is that her eyes equalized, showing no more noticeable diopter ratio. [...]
Karen’s -3 D: 1 Diopter Of Natural Focal Plane Gains!
Getting back to the roots here, posting more of the daily incoming improvement reports. Karen is on track with initial improvements, which can be as high as a full diopter in the first ninety days in some cases. Of course from there things settle into a more measured pace, but the initial boost is a great place to start! That's 25% less diopters! This is where you want to be. Imagine being able to lose (or gain) 25% of your weight so easily. Or living [...]
D.B.: -3.50 To -2.50 Progress Report
Today, a nice e-mail progress report from Dan. As you read, note his progress rate which is right around the figures most eye gurus suggest. Handy also his access to online shopping options, circumventing the massive markups and often condescending attitudes of local chain store outlets. Patience and reading the blog before getting started with diopter changes is key to success. Unless you are doing the structured BackTo2/20 approach, take the time to learn the basics and read plenty of these kind of progress reports [...]