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!
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 [...]
The Ortho-K Nightmare (Oops, Side Effect: Permanent Corneal Scarring)
Ortho-K. *jedi hand wave* Ortho-K. That's the magic word(s) you need to whisper conspiratorially, for anyone in the mainstream to acknowledge the possibility of myopia control. If they're not selling ortho-k (side effects glossed over) then myopia is an incurable genetic medical condition. If they are selling ortho-k then well, you can spend a few thousand dollars on that option (per year, darling, of course) and myopia control is suddenly an option. Et voila, mes cheres kittehs. C'est le fric [...]
Marie: Eliminated -2.50 Diopters Of Astigmatism
File this one under "just with the free guides". This is a great story (and potential motivation). Starting at -3.50 and -2.50 astigmatism correction (yikes, the latter part), Marie makes it all the way down to just -1.75/-2.25 spherical. Best part, zero cylinder (astigmatism) is left, from the initial -2.50. That's a truly huge improvement, from high astigmatism to zero astigmatism. Here is Marie's e-mail: That's how you go to heaven - sending Jake e-mail progress updates. And [...]
An Avoidable Childhood Fate: Bullied Because Of Glasses
Imagine a piece of glass. Imagine a pebble hitting the piece of glass. Slow motion. It's a single point of impact. The glass cracks. But it doesn't just crack where the pebble hit it. The crack spreads, like a spiderweb, moving outward in all directions, moving through the entire surface. One small pebble, a singular point of impact, affecting so much more than where it hit. What, Jake, you say, sipping your coffee. What are you on about, [...]
Despina: Update
Written by Despina Contributing Optometrist Touching down in London always fills me with a sense of excitement, however often I travel back here. Those of you that know London will get what I mean. Flying over the city centre as you come in to land is like nothing else..the London Eye, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, the River Thames and its bridges, all sprawled below, illuminated, welcoming visitors, new and old. It's breathtaking. I will be spending the coming [...]