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!

Eye Doctor Left Speechless: Eli’s (-8.00) Progress

Eli reports his progress in the forum: I just got back from the eye doctor. He had ordered me a trial pair of -7.00 contacts (I guess he was not expecting much after I put them in). To his amazement I was able to get to 20/20 (without squinting) with the new lowered script. He was almost speechless. When he did talk he said “whatever you are doing, keep doing it”. I said “I plan on it, order me a box [...]

By |8 Diopters, Student Reviews|
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Things To Do With Natural 20/20 Eyeballs – DIVING

I'm going to start asking you a question more often.  I want you to think about this question more often. What will you do, with your own 20/20 eyesight? Because really, what's the point in doing all this work, if you're just going to live in front of screens. You want to have a goal, a dream, a thing that'll carry you through all the learning and work and milestones of digging out from those artificial diopters.   Start with a goal [...]

By |20/20 Life|
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Q&A: Too Many Focal Plane Changes + What’s This Double Vision?

It's not unusual for me to spend about as much time on a single forum question as I do on an entire post here for the blog.   No wonder you say, Jake, that the blog is such a wind blown shack then. You get what you pay for.  That's why I only do 10 invites every month, otherwise I'll end up completely fretting about whether I'm providing decent support.   That's why you see consistent low volume of support [...]

By |Nearsighted: Q&A|
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Netflix Is Killing My Distance Vision

Netflix.  Jake is going blind.  Netflix, what did you do?! If your eyesight sucks and isn't getting better, I may just have stumbled into your problem. Terrifying Netflix.  Seriously, I'm almost squinting at the screen right now, typing you this last plaintive warning, from the edge of the grave of my wrung out eyeballs. This should really be a quick video edit.  I can't properly emphasize the gravity of this latest discovery, with just words on a page.  (but then [...]

By |Myopia, Vision Health|
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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 [...]

By |Bates Method, Questionable Therapy|
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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? [...]

By |4 Diopters, 5 Diopters, Just With Blog, Student Reviews|
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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!