Diopters. We stopped calling glasses “prescriptions” a while back, since we don’t believe a reasonable educated individual needs a so-called professional to tell them which piece of clear, curved piece of plastic to buy. (or conversely, keep you from making your own diopter choices)
If anything, we believe that most of the mainstream will give you more diopters than you need, causing progressive myopia and all sorts of long term risky side effects. We feel strongly about education you on the subject of testing your own refraction, of making your own diopter choices. Glasses are far less dangerous than lots of over-the-counter drugs! Read this section for all things related to diopters, learn about the fascinating world of bending light (to your will).
Addicted to Lenses
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristJake's recent blog entitled, "Shh, don't tell them how to fix their eyes," got me thinking. You can take a horse to water but you really can't make him drink. There really is no point preaching about anything, reversing myopia included. Yes, limiting your enthusiasm to one sentence sounds about right.Think of smokers. They know the health risks, potentially life-threatening ones at that, but may do nothing about it, either because they don't believe it will actually [...]
How Many Diopters Do You Need?
In the top three questions I get consistently, is definitely some variation of, "how strong should my glasses be".How much should I get, Jake? HOW MUCH!! TELL ME RIGHT F%#@IN MEOW!!!To more easily answer this question, this very blog post. If you find yourself here because I just sent you this link as reply to an e-mail you sent me, you're in the right place. Find the answer the "how much diopter" question, here. Ready?Your first question should not be [...]
Time to say Goodbye?
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristAs I keep saying, I love my contact lenses. They have served me well for over 30 years now. All types. I started with hard lenses, that's how desperate I was to be rid of glasses, the permanent redness winning hands down. I then progressed to gas permeables, and then, comfort at last with soft and disposable lenses. They have seen me through life until middle age quite successfully with no major hiccups or interesting stories.Recently, though, [...]
Reduced Prescription By 1.5 Diopters, Can See 20/15 – Why??
You stop by @endmyopia, read the blog. You wear your regular glasses, from the friendly optic shop. You read about rampant overprescription. What, you think, are they talking about? I'm not overprescribed. My glasses are just right! I can see fine, so what's all this fretting about?If you're that guy, wondering, I'll show you exactly what the fretting is about. Take a quick read at Tim' form post, here:Wow. Just ... wow.Above isn't because Jake waved his magic camel over [...]
Pro Topic: How To Reduce Prescription Complexity
Super quick today, the roadmap of how you want to untangle your complicated lens prescription.Note: Don't go monkey around with lenses if you don't know exactly what you're doing. A friendly optometrist can be a great asset. Local laws, be aware of those, and this of course isn't medical advice (because, your eyes aren't sick or broken). A little background, first:You are starting out your vision improvement with what's a complicated mess of a prescription. There's going to be a diopter ratio [...]
Pro Topic: Switching From Contacts To Glasses (For Close-Up)
As you probably already know, the single prescription paradigm of mainstream optometry is the #1 contributing cause of progressive myopia. Glasses intended to correct the focal plane for distance, cause all sorts of problems when used for close-up (not the least of which being hyperopic defocus, stimulating unwanted axial elongation). But that's not news to you, if you visit here regularly. You know that you need to account for close-up, with the correct focal plane change for the distance. [...]