Questions & Answers.  You have questions.  And Jake has answers, especially if they haven’t been covered in one of the other sections of the blog / free guides.  

Many of the topics here originate from your e-mails, or from Quora, or threads in our Facebook group, or even YouTube comments on occasion.  Natural myopia control is a wide ranging and complex subject, and this might be the section to find answers to some of your questions.  Browse and discover!

One Million YouTube Subscribers!

What you say?  One thousand, not one million? Whatever, don't be a buzzkill.  Besides, one thousand is completely a stepping stone on the surefire way to one million.  Every single channel with a million subscribers once had a thousand, therefore endmyopia = one million subscribers. Despite that infallible bit of logic, numbers are just a small part of the story. As in, there's not much reward in chasing numbers.  The real motivation is in individual interactions, and individual moments of success.   [...]

By |News|
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SUPER BATES 2.0

Oh, kittehs.  Let's just come to terms with one thing:  It'll never, ever end, the "Jake-why-not-Bates" questions. Bates fans often think I'm just a disagreeable asshole (which is accurate of course).  I'm opposed to it though at the peril of my own popularity or potential for making all that Bates money.  I'm NOT opposed to it for your own disadvantage. I leave out the palming and sunning, because I don't believe it's an effective use of time.  See my comments [...]

By |Bates Method, Questionable Therapy|
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Buy Your Next Glasses Here (Coupon Code)

Update:  All of the article below is no longer relevant.  If you're looking to buy glasses online, do a search, read reviews, pick what works best for your case. --- This, a trial run project.  Whether we keep it or not will depend entirely on your feedback. If you are working on improving your eyesight, you need a lot of lenses for your glasses. First you have your close-up (differential glasses), second you have your distance (normalized glasses). Then you [...]

By |Differential Glasses, Glasses, News|
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Optometrist Improves: No Longer a High Myope!

Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist This week has been quite momentous for me. A major milestone. I am no longer a "High Myope".  In March this year, I started out with a contact lens prescription of R -5.00, L -5.50. That's about -5.50 and -6.00 in a spectacle prescription, plus a bit of astigmatism. Definately high myopia, from the age of about 12. Two days ago, I am thrilled to report, after a good 20 minutes of no prescription on, [...]

By |Optometrist Confirmed, Student Reviews|
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Alisa: 0.75 Diopters Improvement (Just Over The Summer!)

People ask what happened to the e-mails.  Do you still get e-mails, VanderJakenhausen? Yes. Gainsville. A little tweaking there seems apropos, with the close-up habits. See how simple it is to diagnose where you're going off course?  Your eyesight shouldn't get worse with more close-up.  Improvement may slow, sure.  But you shouldn't actually be sliding back up to higher diopters.  If you are, some tweak action is in order. Housekeeping:  December is coming up, which means dealing with accountants and [...]

By |Just With Blog|
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In Response to Jake’s Most Extreme Anti-Optometry Blog So Far

Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist "There's IKEA furniture that requires more effort and reading and brains to assemble than measuring refraction." Is that so.... AND "If you were to buy a lens test kit and spend an hour or two on the basics of refraction, you could measure your myopia, without fail, perfectly, every single time." Indeed. These are quote from Jake's blog, 'Do. Not. Measure. Your. Eyesight'. So, by the same logic, surgeons can skip medical school, someone just [...]

By |Myopia, Questionable Therapy|
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All contents on this site should be considered research material only.  We are not offering medical advice or treatment or cures for any illnesses. The reduced lens method is strictly experimental. Before considering taking steps to control your own myopia, you should definitely visit a qualified ophthalmologist for a comprehensive eyesight checkup.   Specific diagnoses illnesses aside,  most) myopia may be considered to not be an illness at all.  Most myopia is likely just a matter of environmental strain, and excessive prescription use.  You yourself may be able to control and reduce your own myopia by 1) managing eye strain, 2) conservative prescription lens use, and 3) targeted positive stimulus. We recommend finding a prevention minded optometrist to supplement your journey with professional advice and prescription management help.  While not a requisite, a supportive optometrist may make your journey that much more enjoyable! Potential Side Effects: (1) You may experience astigmatism-like symptoms, especially if you reduce too fast or without paying attention to this (transient) symptom. Search our Youtube channel or Website for 'transient astigmatism'. This can easily be prevented or managed. (2) Some people report an increase in eye floaters when practicing active focus. In general floaters are considered harmless but a sudden increase in floaters should be evaluated by a medical trained professional, as they could be a sign of retinal detachment or other serious medical condition. Generally taking it easy, not over straining, practicing gently and with patience should help. (3) Headaches. You're taking on a very much unsanctioned self-experiment changing diopters. Anytime you overdo things or change too much or aren't educating yourself first, you may expose yourself to strain symptoms. You should be experiencing no pain, headaches, or discomfort if you do things correctly!