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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!
Another Problem With High Myopia: Cataract
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristWe have spoken about myopia and glaucoma. We have spoken about myopia and retinal detachment. Now I need to mention cataracts. You have all heard of cataracts. Your grandma or uncle or somebody in the family must have had one at some stage. It is the clouding of the lens of the eye, in a waterfall-like appearance, and hence the name: 'cataractis' means waterfall, in Greek. Although most cataracts are easily removed by surgery, under local anaesthetic, [...]
Joel’s Progress: -4.75 Diopters Down To -3.00 Diopters
You don't have to buy anything from me, to improve your eyesight. Everything here is provided without prejudice (but with some sarcasm). Anyone can come, take, use these tools, and never necessarily have to contribute or give anything back.I say this often, and it's even one of the first lines in my e-mail signature. Right now there is the free e-mail course which definitely includes some nudges towards the (paid) BackTo20/20 option. BackTo20/20 is the serious R&D project part of this site. The [...]
Pro Topic: Normalized Glasses Or Full Prescription At Night?
You're outside. The sun is setting. You are wearing your normalized glasses, which were just perfect for clear vision, up until now. You're still walking. Sunset is turning into dusk, it's actually getting dark now. Your blur horizon has been shrinking, double vision image has been increasing, but it's been all a nice, even progression so far. But now, just from one moment to the next, it's too dark. And you just can't get any get any focus at all. [...]
Nadim -10D to -9D Progress: Getting Out Of Double Digit Myopia Danger Zone
Having double digit myopia is almost inevitably pointing your future vision health towards a cliff. Whether it'll be glaucoma, cataracts, or retinal detachment, some long term consequence is bound to catch up with you at some point. If you have high myopia, taking steps towards to reduce this condition is really not optional. I often liken high myopia to obesity. It's not just that you don't look amazing in fashionable clothes that you have to worry about by neglecting your [...]
Did They Mean To Do That?
Jakey is a bit burned out today, on the whole myopia topic. So this is going to be a rather short and insubstantial entry for the daily blog.Here's just one thing I wonder about, inconsequential as it is. Yesterday I posted a somewhat less than flattering ophthalmology comment on Twitter. This one:And later I see this:Is that veird? I'd venture a guess that their social media manager is in dire need of being assigned a new job. Or of course, this [...]
Cut Lens Prescription In HALF! (-6.75 Diopters To -3.00 Diopters in 5 Months)
Almost every day that I go through my e-mail, there's a story like this one.Somebody takes all the content on this site, digs through the science, does the free e-mail course, and gets to work on reducing their own lens prescription dependence. For most people who are determined and reasonably intelligent, it does turn out something like this:Do take this particular vision improvement story with a few grains of salt, because:Centimer, while an accurate measurement, is easy to look at optimistically. Your interpretation [...]