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!
Funny Bits: Mike Seems To Enjoy BackTo20/20
As you hopefully know by now, I try to give you as many ways as possible to improve your eyesight.There is of course the blog. I cover forum stories, I bring you how-to guides, clinical studies, and optometrist thoughts and advice. There is also YouTube, and a bit of social media (honestly, not feeling the social media - so it's just half-heartedly reposting blog bits). Lots of options besides BackTo20/20, which is the only option that might involve spending money.It seems [...]
Hugh (-2.50) Reduces Myopia 40%, Nobody Believes Him
I'm about to get huge trapezius muscles, from all the shrugging I do while reading e-mails (and now also various Youtube and Quora comments - thanks ya'll, talking me into doing Youtube). Here, what I'm talking about: You know how much that sucks, for Hugh? Imagine you find a possible fix for your pesky myopia. You go out on a limb, against all of what the mainstream says, and you try it. You go through the trouble of reading this blog and [...]
Can Alcohol Cause Myopia?
New laptop is all set up, and thus the video productions resume. Yay.Today's topic, myopia and alcohol. I cover this topic in a whole session just about myopia and alcohol over in BackTo20/20. It's that much of a subject!If you don't feel like reading, or watching Jake's face on Youtube, here's the short answer: Alcohol doesn't cause myopia. It can however affect your vision to a degree that doing an eye exam the next day after drinking can result in [...]
First Ever: Optometrist Confirms OWN Vision Improvement
Above: Excerpt of my recent Skype chat with Despina (her update posted here of course with approval). At least it's the first ever for here online at @endmyopia, this story. Despina, our resident contributing optometrist, went to her optometrist (all Escher-like) and confirmed that her vision has improved by 0.75 diopters. Now of course this is not an absolute surprise to you, frequent blog reader. But it's great nonetheless, having a properly licensed and mainstream connected professional try BackTo20/20 (and [...]
Atikur: Optometrist Confirms Lower Prescriptions!
Here is a nice reader e-mail, once again showing that the blog is full of eye guru powers for you to leverage. Take a look: Hi Jake I emailed you recently asking if I could get forum access to help with my myopia, you then kindly pointed me towards the free version the blog. So I started, I had a pair of old glasses -4.00 which I wore and stuck a snellen chart in my living room. Every [...]
Pro Topic: Correlation Of Close-Up Strain & Improvement Rate
You probably have seen a wide range of student vision improvement rates and diopter reductions. Very generally, if you look at the big picture, there's a first burst of improvement that falls into the 1 diopter reduction range, somewhere within the first 90 days (very, very generally speaking). Mostly that's reduced close-up strain, sorting out over-prescription, and reducing ciliary spasm. I sometimes refer to this diopter as the "junk diopter(s)", since what you get rid of in those first few months [...]