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!
Was The Bates Method Right All Along?
Bates Method time! Palming, gazing, eye rolling times, just ahead. This site has hosted various fun posts on the subject of Bates Method in the past (like the Bates Method time machine and a slightly more level headed Bates Method explainer). It's worth bringing Bates up every so often, since on a daily basis thousands and thousands of people go online, Google vision improvement related keywords, and find Bates. Bates is the low hanging fruit for bro-science types (or rather, for superfood [...]
It Was Just One Glass
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristSo it's graffiti now, really? Will he stop at nothing?? I'm just glad that wasn't my shop..Anyway, enough about Jake. The point of today's post is alcohol, and that one glass of wine. It really was just one. In spite of carnival week out here, I really have been very good, with Jake's session on alcohol and myopia (you know the one) ringing in my ears every time I even think about enjoying a glass of the [...]
Has It Gone Too Far?
Bad Jake!Much like a graffiti artist defacing corporate art, you will find @endmyopia's brush on more and more outlets where people might go to get real answers on eyesight health (title image, obviously photoshop). Whenever you sell a bad bill of goods to a large enough group of people, sooner or later somebody is going to ask questions. I can't tell you why exactly, but it makes me personally happy to be this particular graffiti artist. Maybe it's the anti-corporate [...]
Lacking Eye Health Literacy About Retinal Detachment
We talk quite a bit about retinal detachment here, on the blog (here, here, here, here, here and quite a few other posts). It's one of those conditions that you might be able to avoid by practicing good eye health habits. It's also one of those scenarios you can't put off "for a few days", if you ever experience symptoms. You do seriously risk going blind, irreversibly, if you do.Last month a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology highlighted the notable [...]
Optometrist Review: Retinal Detachment in Myopes
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristWe have learned in this program that increasing axial length of the eye, caused by the effects of wearing minus lenses, results in increasing myopia. But perhaps the more serious aspect of this increasing axial length are the longer-term sight-threatening consequences associated with it, such as glaucoma, cataract, and retinal detachment.As far as retinal detachment is concerned, it may be considered the most serious of the three, in that it is a medical emergency and needs urgent [...]
Virtual Reality: The Next Myopia Tsunami?
A reader sends this e-mail:Hey Jake, Coming from a long-time blog reader, I believe this will interest you. VR technology is creeping into the mainstream. With Rift expected to ship this month, it's highly likely for us to see widespread use as early as this year. The promise of experiencing an immersive virtual environment is great. It's unprecedented and it's exciting. But there's just one massive catch - the way it works is by placing a screen under 15 centimeters from your face. [...]