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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!
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 [...]
Steiner-Friendly Optometrists
Stefanie posts in the forum:They're out there, optometrists who don't crank you to 11.One of them, whose family used to have a chain of 20 optic shops in London, may be about to start writing about her experiences with BackTo20/20 here in the blog soon. Fingers crossed, she just started out as part of the professionals program.Housekeeping Notes: Speaking of professional, if you've known me for a bit here already, you know that I'm not the most ideal professional-type spokesperson [...]
When Should You Reduce Your Normalized?
I finally updated the much neglected FAQ with this question about normalized reduction. Reposted here:James asks in the forum:I was wondering when the best time to reduce the normalized prescription is. I feel like with past reductions I may have done them earlier than necessary, resulting in less enjoyable vision and slower progress.I think I heard from the blog or forum that when you can see 20/20 consistently for two full weeks it is a good time to reduce. Is [...]
Hong Kong Meetup & New Minimum Student Age
Just two housekeeping things, for today:1. I'll be in Hong Kong the last week of January. See the "World Tour" pinned thread for details, I might be able to squeeze in a meetup or two while I'm in town. It'll really be a busy few days with quite a bit going on, though hopefully I'll get to see a few of you.2. The new minimum student age. BackTo20/20 is my way to continue to refine my method for vision improvement. [...]
What You Should Think About: The Overprescription Check
Steve makes a great comment in the forum:I can definitely relate to the cranking it to 11 tactic. Years ago, I always wondered why my optometrist kept going even after I could see the bottom line (20/15) quite clearly already. Of course, that was before I knew about overprescriptions and before I even knew this site existed. But I ate up the minus lens and followed the herd.Now, I let them bring me to 11, then say “ok, so now, [...]