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!
Ryan’s Breakthrough Moment
Ryan posts in the forum: I had a bit of a breakthrough late last week with what I believe to be fully relaxing my ciliary. Some background first. I’ve been using a sign about 30 or 40 feet away from my desk at work as a static test to gauge how my eyes are doing every day. It’s a red rectangle with the words “Fire Extinguisher” in white text on it. For the longest time I’ve had to squint to [...]
Success = Quantified Progress
If you want to be successful at anything that requires a long period effort, you will want to find a way to quantify your progress. This of course, no secret. There are smartphone apps to quantify and track just about anything you might do. People love those apps. Also you might say, Jake, so where's the myopia control tracking app? Patience, I would say. But, quantify. If you don't quantify and track progress, then you will be thrown around by [...]
Video Comparison: Lens Coatings
Yes, we're at it again. My ridiculous face, on hackishly produced YouTube videos. If you're among the small minority who watches these thing, this one's for you. This one is all about anti reflective lens coatings. Need them? Don't need them? See for yourself! This is a bit of a follow-up to the lens-coatings post from yesterday. Do click that "like" button! I keep doing these videos believing that one day, in the far distant future, they'll actually be good. [...]
$5 Anti-Reflective Coatings & 4 Diopter Improvement
Craig just sent me this e-mail: Hi Jake, This article inspired me to get off my butt to get the anti-reflective coatings. I got the new lenses yesterday and have been walking around in amazement.. I had tried anti-reflective coatings when they first came out (many years ago) and didn't care for them. Apparently, they've improved since then or I'm looking at them differently. In any case, they make a huge difference. Where I really find value is when driving. [...]
First Time I Saw Perfectly Clear (No Glasses)
I remember the moment vividly. A stunning, jarring moment, of truly perfect vision. It's one of those things you won't forget as long as you live, seeing clearly without glasses for the first time. I was riding my motorbike through rush hour traffic, 11AM on a nice, sunny day. I'd been wearing a -1 diopter lens for the past 4 months. I was still a total noobie in the scheme of things. It took me a very long time to [...]
What’s First? Equalize Or Reduce Spherical
Pro topic. Best used after some BackTo20/20 or otherwise advanced experience. There is a question that will be floating around this sphere, perhaps many years from now, after the whole idea of holistic myopia control becomes more mainstream. That question will be, whether to equalize or reduce your spherical correction first, when you start on the road to improving your eyesight using lenses to create positive stimulus. You can't do everything at once, you have to either reduce spherical, or [...]