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).
Depression, Anxiety? You Might Want To Avoid These Frames
The style of your glasses frames might subtly affect your mood. Certain types of frames that limit your field of vision can lead to an indistinct sense of unease or depression. There are many interesting little details one may find over the years, when working with thousands of myopia sufferers. The type of frames used in glasses didn't cross my mind for a very long time - in retrospect, it is something that fairly obviously can impact your experience of [...]
Alex’ Secrets: My Favorite Kind Of Glasses Frames
This is not a serious topic, rather just some shopping fun for you to consider - maybe while pushing a bit of focus, while browsing. I get asked the question frequently, and sometimes it makes me wish I was in the vision retail business. The profit margins on frames are incredible (or terrible, if you are the consumer), and all the options are staggering. The single most budget friendly way is probably to buy glasses online. But over the long [...]
Reader Questions: Plus Lens Therapy
Kevin writes: Hi Dr #endmyopia, your website emphasizes active focus/focus pulling (preferably outside). and also working at the blur horizon with a differential prescription. But i am surprised that you did not focus specifically on print pushing with plus lenses . Do you think that active print pushing (with blinking, eye movements to try to clear the image) for few hours a day would yield, say a +0.5D/year? That is a great question. Myopia rehabilitation is still a tiny speck [...]
When You Should Not Quit Wearing Glasses
Teal observes in the forum: I have noticed that I have become very lazy with focusing. It’s like I have just gotten used to the blur and don’t even try. Or maybe it is the fact that I have relied on glasses for so long. The push focusing has definitely made me more aware of my ability to focus. The other day I was looking putting away some of my earring (no glasses on) and realized that even though I [...]
Adjustable Focus Lenses – A Good Idea?
A question about adjustable focus lenses came up again in the forum, today. The idea here is that you can buy a pair of glasses, that are not a fixed focus, but instead can be adjusted. So depending on how much correction you want, you can increase or decrease the strength of your glasses. A number of companies make them, like SuperFocus, EyeJusters, or Ad Lens. Superfocus - Adjustable Focus Lenses Great idea, at [...]
Reminder: If You Lower Prescriptions, Use This Strategy
I am sure we have discussed this before, but it bears repeating: Anytime you get a reduced prescription, make sure to limit your mind's point of reference from the previous prescription. If you get new differential (for close-up) lenses, don't start wearing them on the same day that you were wearing your previous, higher differential. Doing so will exaggerate the sense of blur, and have your experience starting off on the wrong foot. Instead, put the new ones aside (resist [...]