Here’s Dodgy-Town. A whole category on questionable myopia therapies, ideas, snake oil sales, and various shortsighted treatments that warrant a closer look (and probably some derision by a certain indisputably wise and considerate eye guru).
Whether it’s Atropine drops (poison!) being advocated by “doctors” for your kid’s eyes, or Ortho-K to temporarily flatten (and possibly permanently damage) your cornea, or using subconscious sales tricks to get you to buy glasses, this category has it all. You’ll see it all, you’ll marvel and wonder how you may have missed out on all the ways you could be getting screwed. Enjoy!
LASIK: Should Be An Epic Scandal
From Straigtstimes Singapore: Mr A was an unusual patient. I had just completed an operation and was walking into my clinic when a boyish-looking man dressed in office attire stood up and followed me from the lift lobby into my consultation room. There was a look of trepidation on his face and his brows were knitted with worry. Even before I could sit down, he started telling me there was a shadow in his field of vision that would not [...]
Cruel, Cruel Winter
Perhaps you've noticed that there haven't been a whole lot of coherent words from me in the last few days, here on the blog.I left sunny, warm Bangkok with the slightest bit of a bug of some kind.Whatever the tiny bug was, it sure likes Japan. And the cold. And me, being a dumba** as usual, insisting on spending entire days outdoors, despite howling winds and low single digit temperatures. My logic for not even buying a hat? I'd only [...]
Ocular Dominance: Your Dominant Eye & Haphazard Lens Prescriptions
Jakey needs a deep breath before starting on topics like ocular dominance.We're friendly to mainstream optometry. Om, shanti, ommm. Natural myopia control, it's just another way to look at myopia. There's nothing wrong with cranking that phoropter like it's the wheel at the titanic, giving everybody every last ounce of mad crazy sharpness. Nothing wrong with it at all. It's just ... old school. The ideals from days long past. Hey if you're into that, old school, that's totally cool. [...]
A Fun Way To Quantify Overprescription For Yourself
Kellee posts an interesting experiment in the forum. As a bit of background on this, she went to the optometrist, who gave her a much higher prescription than her own centimeter measurements would suggest. Confused about this, she went home and did this:Neat, right?You can just convert the optometrist prescription numbers back to centimeters, and then see how clearly you can see at that exact distance.Everything is pin sharp, no matter the ambient lighting? Stays sharp even if you move [...]
Should You LASIK, Or Shouldn’t You?
There is an interesting post in the forum today, from a new student. He signed up, giving this a shot, while also thinking about getting laser surgery for his high myopia. I always get the trying-to-talk-you-off-the-ledge feeling, when I get this question. From years and years and many, many first hand accounts from laser surgery patients who later came to me, I have strong opinions about LASIK and related procedures. Yes, in some cases, low myopia in particular, it's worked [...]
Myopia Treatment: Let’s Call It “Profitable Coincidence”
I get a lot of e-mail from new readers who find the blog by searching for myopia insights on Google. It makes me genuinely sad a whole lot of the time, and also committed to writing the blog on a daily basis.Take a look at this one from today:Poor guy. His right eye has no minus lens in front of it and everything stays normal, and his left eye keeps getting worse as the optic shop keeps increasing his minus [...]