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!

12 Year Old Boy Beats Myopia

Lots of things occupy your darling eye guru's wee little brain, with this @endmyopia project. How do I get the new reader to stick around long enough to seriously consider natural myopia control?  How do we create credibility and trust?  Do we need to do social media things, make videos, leverage tools to get younger myopes thinking about their eyesight?  And if we do, how do we do it? And sometimes of course, I think ... man, why keep putting all [...]

By |Back To 20/20, Child Myopia, Just With Blog, Low Myopia (2 Diopters & Less), Student Reviews|
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Must Read: Going Outside To Improve Your Eyesight

This is a pro topic.  Assumed that you understand the basics of myopia and natural myopia control.  Get ready for the 'one weird trick' to improve your eyesight, while you're outdoors.  ;)As you probably know, I'm a real-world-scenario, no-nonsense type of guy.I'm not interested in what's possible, if we had an infinite amount of time, infinite resources, and a free range unicorn dairy farm.  Removing reality as a constraint, it's easy to come up with solutions for just about anything. [...]

By |Nearsighted: How To's, Vision Health|
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Down to -1.50 D: Progress, Patching, Observations

* progress chart forum signature: Janna The forum is really very helpful for perspectives and insights and individual experiences with reducing myopia.  I highly recommend reading it regularly (if you're in BackTo20/20), there's much you can learn from the collective experiences there. Here's Matthew's update from yesterday, working on low diopter equalization: I’m almost 30 days into a new normalized of L -1.25 / R -1.50. I have been working on patching for several months now, too. Here’s my observations: [...]

By |Low Myopia, Low Myopia (2 Diopters & Less), Nearsighted: How To's, Nearsighted: Q&A, Student Reviews|
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Did LASIK, Spent $4,000, Horrible Floaters & Headaches

Here's a comment Alex left on our Youtube video on crazy scary LASIK practitioners (if you haven't seen it, click over or read the blog post here): It's a serious gamble, no re-do's, this whole LASIK thing. On a lighter note, did you see the video edit of the story about the Indian boy who beats all of modern optometry?  It's silly of course, but also watch it here: Thumbs up, subscribe to the channel for more videos. Count yourself [...]

By |LASIK, Questionable Therapy, Video|
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He Said WHAT!? Visiting The Daniel Vitalis Podcast

I've been doing recently what people always tell me not to.  I've been reading comments about me, on the Internets.Now ... I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, a) Jake I don't care.  And perhaps b), who cares what people say.  But before you stop reading right here, just stick with me for a moment.  It might be worth it for a moment of your entertainment.The most interesting comments I read were how I wasn't presenting a very professional image.  [...]

By |News|
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Too much Effort

Written By DespinaContributing OptometristSome days, I just can't be bothered to focus.Maybe I'm tired, hot (33 degrees, 95% humidity), or just plain lazy. I'm quite happy walking around in a slight haze on these days. And everything looks quite nice, I have to say. No mess (kids are back from uni for the summer), no dust, no sand on my floors. And, if you read the program, it's OK to have these days off.Eventually though, I come to my senses and [...]

By |Shortsighted: More Guides|
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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!