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!
Jaanus’ Optometrist: “Astigmatism Correction Is For Rare, Serious Cases”
Astigmatism correction. Also heads up, huge rant post. If you know your darling eye guru at all by now, you know that he easily gets triggered. Triggered by various words, including 'eye exercises', 'eye yoga', 'palming' (pretend-Bates Internet thing, don't ask), 'genetic myopia', and of course, astigmatism. You know who's got astigmatism? People. People, not including you. At least if you rule out monkey-lens-seller induced astigmatism, the kind you didn't used to have before you started wearing glasses. [...]
Why You Don’t Want To Give Diopter Advice
Let's talk about diopters. Or rather, let's talk about why we don't talk about diopters in terms of advice (one of the few and specific rules of the @endmyopia FB group). This is important and you want to resist the urge to use any diopter numbers if you truly feel comfortable giving advice and suggestions to others (which too, you might want to approach with due caution). So let's dig in: Why no diopter talk? Diopters are the result [...]
Chris: Drivers License Glasses Condition – Removed!
There are a lot of ways to quantify your guru-riffic progress with myopia reduction. One of them, getting the "corrective lenses required" bit removed from your driver's license. Bye-bye state recognized driving handicap and required crutches. Trust your original, real eyeballs again, good to go, even according to the powers in charge. You don't think of this necessarily, when you're used to decades of wearing glasses. You don't have any idea how liberating it is to walk out of that [...]
Ophthalmology Science: “Glasses Cause Myopia.”
Let's do this again, kittehs. For the sake of repetition. Glasses. Cause. Myopia. Glasses. Cause. Myopia. Glasses ... That much isn't a debate. Yes, you could argue that Jake is nuts, you could argue that having too much time and money turned Jakey into a raving lunatic, you could argue that proclaiming yourself an eye guru is a clear sign of mental instability. Jake = Totally unstable, mentally. But that part only concerns how we address stopping and reversing myopia. That part yes, [...]
Eli: -8.75 Down To -6.25, Optometrist “Baffled And Excited”
I think this e-mail from Eli might almost work best without me saying anything: Eli is right up there on guru level 4, with all those 20/20 gains. He's even baffling the professionals! And he is also part of our FB group of rebels and troublemakers, so you can stop over there and congratulate Eli yourself. It's always a wise idea to suck up to the OG kittehs with the serious multi-diopter 20/20 gains, gleam some of their experience and inspiration. [...]
(Low Myopia): 1/2 Diopter Ratio Left – Kellee Almost Equalized
Pro topic. Meaning, ... you know what pro topic means. Equalizing is a big part of reducing focal plane complexity of your glasses. Lots of equalizing posts in the blog, including here, here, here, here, and also here. Tons of actionable research material in the free guides here, all you need is a bit of patience in piecing things together. And of course, equalizing is awesome, as Kellee attests to in the forum: Very awesome, right? (full thread here) Imagine yourself [...]