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!

Yulia: 3 Diopters Of Astigmatism – Eliminated!

You hear me talk about 'junk' diopters and about prescription complexity and about using only as much focal plane change as you actually need. Sorting all that out, a big initial part of your road to improving eyesight. Take a look at Yulia's experience, as she updates us in the forum.  For reference Yulia came in with -2 diopters of cylinder (astigmatism) in the left eye, and -1D cylinder in the right eye.  That's a total of three diopters of [...]

By |Astigmatism, Student Reviews|
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Eye Strain Awareness: Prevent Pseudo Myopia

Eye strain.  It's what put you on the path to myopia in the first place. It's insidious because you're eyes are like the slow boiled frog.  You don't notice the eye strain as it's been building up over the years.  You were doing really fun things (computer games, books) or really challenging things (school tests or job assignments) and before you knew it, your eyes were already strain habituated.   And also you probably had pseudo-, or near-induced transient myopia. [...]

By |Low Myopia, Nearsighted: How To's|
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Akira (-6.00): “I’m Only 21, Already Have Floaters And High Myopia”

Today, about a 21 year old taking action to keep his eyes.  A great story! I look at Youtube like the puppy the kids brought home, the one that looks like he's for sure going to bite somebody (or everybody) before the day is over.  Also, that doesn't even look like a puppy, kids.  He's at least what, a half dozen years into a maingey existence? But so far the Youtube has been fairly well behaved.  Occasionally even giving us something quote-worthy: Ak [...]

By |6 Diopters, Just With Blog, Student Reviews|
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Casey: “How Clear Can I Get With The Lasiks?”

Some days I find my finger is stuck, just hovers over the delete button.  I feel like if I press down once now, I'm not sure if I can stop.  Just keep hitting the button over and over deleting e-mails till everything marked 'reader inquiry' is gone.  Just a blank, white screen, task complete. Imagine the moment of peace.  All questions averted.   Everything I would answer anyway, can be found in the blog.  Questions that couldn't be sorted with a search, [...]

By |LASIK, Nearsighted: Q&A|
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(-4.00 Progress) Eye Exam Confirms: 63 Year Old Cuts Myopia In HALF

Can we brag a little bit, kittehs?  No, not the post picture.  That's just lacking creative ideas today. Go ahead, Jake, you say.  Probably no worse than your Instagram. So some days I've got the most awesomest e-mail inbox.  It's been overcrowded one lately (since I managed to break myself with an especially dumb self experiment, lucidity to answer e-mails has been lacking).  But as I keep digging through the backlog, so much of what I read is like Christmas, over and over.  Take a [...]

By |4 Diopters, Just With Blog, Optometrist Confirmed, Presbyopia Reversal, Student Reviews|
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Optometrist (-5.50 Progress): “Eyes Gone Back To An Older Prescription”

There's one key premise that made me moderately successful in my previous career:  Never take anyone's word for things that will be critically important to your decision making. An example:  I wasn't an accountant (I'd be the worst accountant, seriously).  We'd get these in-house accountant summaries of financials, a neat few pages covering dozens of boxes of paperwork.  Everybody was using the summaries.  Everybody but Jake.  I'd kept an eye on the in-house accountants, and I didn't trust them.  I had my own guy (kid in school [...]

By |5 Diopters, Just With Blog, Optometrist Confirmed, 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!