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!
Human Tetrachromat! This Woman Sees 99 Million More Colors Than You
Interesting story:Scientists have found a woman whose eyes have a whole new type of colour receptorShe sees 99 million colours more than the rest of us.FIONA MACDONALD25 JUL 2016After more than 25 years of searching, neuroscientists in the UK recently announced that they've discovered a woman who has an extra type of cone cell - the receptor cells that detect colour - in her eyes.According to estimates, that means she can see an incredible 99 million more colours than the [...]
Pro Topic: Ciliary Spasm Blur Vs. Axial Elongation Blur
This, a pro topic. Quite a bit of the first month of BackTo20/20 is about starting to get a feel for blur. Blur and clear vision, and the area in-between. Getting a feel for how that space between clear and blur isn't set in stone, how you can move that space either passively closer to you (by lots of close-up eye strain) or farther using focal challenge activities.That's key for a number of reasons, not the least of which to give [...]
The Quora Experiment
Of course we're #1.I've been answering questions on Quora for a while, to find out whether it's a good resource for people looking for real myopia answers.The verdict?Not convinced. It's getting very repetitive, which isn't so exciting. Reading what some of the other writers say, especially the licensed, endorsed, 'official' medical types, is sometimes funny and often enlightening as to the (sad) state of retail medicine affairs.Also the relatively low curiosity of humanity about a health condition they're facing, relative [...]
Safe Sun
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristYou will all be aware by now of the importance of outdoor time for the purposes of reducing myopia, and getting as much distance vision as possible.Spending time outdoors and getting away from our screens benefits us in many other ways too: filling our lungs with fresh air; getting more exercise, be it walking, cycling or jogging; experiencing real life and improving our social skills, particularly important for our young ones.Also vitally important is the free supply [...]
Pro Topic: Addressing > 1 Diopter Astigmatism For Close-Up
So you have more than one diopter of cylinder correction in your glasses. You figured out that for close-up you don't want to be wearing full minus (bravo!), and now you wonder what to do about that astigmatism. You read me state that less than 1 diopter, you can often just eliminate, for close-up glasses. But what about if you have more than 1 diopter?You know how I always and forever say, it's all in the blog, free?It's probably the worst ever strategy [...]
Video: Artificial Light Sucks
Yesterday was serious time, with not one, but two studies discussing the potential impact of artificial light on your eyes and brain. Dense and a bit serious, considering how little natural light exposure many of us get. Today we'll take it easy with just a bit of short video experimenting:Stop on over at the channel, leave a comment, say hi. ;)Cheers,-Jake