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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!
Motorcycles, Contact Lens Push-Back, & Some Loves
Some odds 'n ends, bits and pieces today:Poppy is commenting on another student's experience with a change in brand of contact lenses reducing distance vision a bit. While I had taken a more laid back approach, this is clearly a good way to look at it: Love the forum!Then there's this one, I'm always fond of progress reports. Over time they make a great bigger picture, when you can look back at anyone's range of experiences throughout the the course:That [...]
Taking Sides On Myopia Control
Despi, our new BackTo20/20-participating optometrist is an interesting case. She looked at the site, while it was still all "anti-optometrist", and didn't take offense. She read through a bunch of things, and asked intelligent questions. She pointed out that optometry isn't the enemy. I was truly surprised by her attitude.Sure, we have quite a few optometrist friends. But they're all fringe types. They're either into behavioral optometry, or they will let you get lower prescriptions if you ask them. People [...]
Focal Plane (aka Diopter) Tuning
Most optometrist intervention in your eyesight is like applying a sledge hammer. There's not exactly a whole lot of finesse in the common, mainstream approach. You come, you sit, you get cranked to 11.It does accomplish the intended goal, of instantly "fixing" your eyesight.And that's fine. If you care about your eyes as much as you would a disposable Casio watch, then by all means. 11 is perfect. Going to McDonalds if you're hungry solves the food problem quickly and [...]
I Did It Again! All Day Stuck Ciliary
Stuck ciliary muscle. You know when it happens, because everything is stuck in double vision limbo, and your blur horizon is way too close.Happens to you?Definitely happens to me. Sometimes it's just not starting the day out right, and then never taking enough of a break to resolve the issue. It's important to sit back sometimes, realize what happened, and not get overly anxious.Here's me complaining about my focusing muscle woes:Starting out the day with some distance vision, reduced diopter [...]
An Optometrist’s View
Hi, my name is Despina. I am 47-year old mother of two and a qualified optometrist. I was born and raised in London, UK, to Greek-Cypriot parents. I studied Optometry at London's City University and then worked in my family business, a small chain of opticians in London. I moved to Cyprus 13 years ago with my family, and worked part-time as an optometrist here. Three years ago I decided to take a break from the optics world and am [...]
Introducing … Optometrist Notes
People feel better when there is a traditional expert involved in health related topics. To help on that front, we'll shortly start having a bit of proper optometrist feedback on the @endmyopia myopia control approach, and BackTo20/20.This is one of the things that's been in the works for what seems like ages. We do have some optometrist friends, but they tend to all be busy with their practice. Or they might otherwise not have the time or ambition to work [...]