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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!
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ian’s -1.50 D Progress: “Dream Of Being Glasses Free By Summer”
What's it like when you can just about see the no-glasses light at the end of the tunnel? Ian is getting close: By this time next year, Ian's going to be all ... "glasses, what glasses". Interesting, how things have evolved. First, back in the day, nobody cared (or knew of, let's be honest) about @endmyopia. Then word got around slowly, and we were getting a lot of haters. If you've been around long enough, you remember the various drama moments with [...]
Val’s Latest Progress Report: -8.00 Now Reduced To -6.25
Let's check in on Val's latest progress report in the support forum, and some interesting details: It’s been a while, but I just made another reduction. Actually, in late August I went down to -6.5 (half diopter drop), and have been there through sept, oct, and half of november. This morning, I decided it was time for a quarter diopter drop. I probably picked a bad day (gray rainy), but I was happy with how well I could see. I also [...]
Adam Compares Bates & Endmyopia: A Must-Read For Curious Myopes
You know I get cranky about various vision improvement methods. Cranky. Especially if you're part of our Facebook group and witness the reactions when people talk about eye vitamins and acupuncture and worst of all, eye exercises. But why do I get so annoyed? Because, I'll tell you why. We'll use Adam as a real life case, as he is currently participating in BackTo20/20. Adam tried all sorts of vision improvement for 13 years prior (without much lasting success) before [...]
