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!
Bates Method Eye Exercises
Hey, look. It's time for a Bates Method (and eye exercises) rant. Or is it? I should put a standard disclaimer on all Bates Method posts. I'm not anti-Bates Method at all. In fact, if optometry back in those old-timey, we-don't-know-much-about-biology times would have gone the Bates direction, I'd say we wouldn't have a myopia problem today. At all. Millions of people would be having other jobs, besides in optometry and lens making, and LASIK surgery selling, and retinal [...]
Ismail 280 Days Progress: -5.00 Diopters Down To -2.50 Diopters
Heads up: Some unrestrained adult language in this following e-mail to House Van Jakerstein. As you read below e-mail, resist the temptation to ask me how Ismail did it. Because kittehs, I don't know. Giant overprescription plus lots of ciliary spasm myopia? Maybe. Is he overstating his -5 into a -7 because of the close-up distance? While that's actually not entirely inaccurate, it's also twisting the numbers a bit. Anyway, here it is: What do I say to this? [...]
Scientist vs. Guru vs. Teacher/Trainer
Over in the Groups of Faces, I created a little poll the other day. Here's what that was all about: Does this site make my butt look big? :D Seriously though, I often wonder how all this is doing for you. I worry: 1) That I'm boring you with the sheer simplicity of the approach. I don't throw a bunch of heavy biology terminology at you, I don't justify everything with reams of science jargon (hey did you know [...]
Glasses Making You Depressed?
Every so often we talk about glasses and depression, here in the blog. (Some of the previous articles, 1) anxiety, depression, weight gain, 2) headaches, depression, overprescriptions) I like sticking to natural myopia control and not stray off the path too far, too long. It's easy to get lost in what-ifs and possible related symptoms, and going to blame glasses for everything, or improving eyesight as 'cure' for lots of other ailments. That's a red flag when any one particular thing is [...]
Two Very Different Optometrists (And A Child’s Eyesight In The Balance)
Do you care about your child's eyesight? Do you think that all optometrists are going to give you good advice? Do you worry that by looking at the size and retail location of their 'practice', there could potentially be a profit motive, a conflict of interest (of money over vision science) even? Before we go there, let's cover some important facts: First, your darling eye guru is some weirdo you found on the Internet. Don't go trust anybody you [...]
Active Focus: It Was Clear A Second Ago
Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist Could dry eyes be affecting your active focus? Does your clarity change each time you blink? This may be more apparent during active focus, when clarity of vision is crucial and any minute changes are quickly noticed. If you suspect you may have dry eyes, it could be affecting your progress as far as myopia reduction is concerned. Your tear film is something you have probably never thought about unless it has given you any [...]