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!
Sticky Note: Timing Diopter Equalizing
Today, not so much a casual reader post (apologies!). I need to put this one somewhere though, so it's easy to find and I can refer back to it when students ask about equalizing prescriptions. Equalizing: Reducing the difference between left and right eye diopters. Goal: Reducing prescription complexity. Benefit: Far easier transition between lenses and no lenses. Once fully equalized the only difference between corrected and natural vision is one focal plane for both eyes. Happier visual cortex, better [...]
Michael (-6.50): Optometrist Confirms 1 Diopter Improvement!
Michael posts this update in the forum: Well done! You notice that Michael says, "on the one hand". There's the other hand, which turns into a bit of a discussion about very small astigmatism corrections, and various sorts of optometrists, and things worth reading (if you're a participant, here's the whole thread). That part, another topic for another blog-day. I'm glad to see the many positive notes on my attempts at being gentle, warm 'n fuzzy. It works reasonably well [...]
What Do You Use Your Eyes For?
Above: Monk in Cambodia. I'd pulled over for shelter from the rain, and there he was. --- You ever notice how none of your friends or family really cares, when you tell them that myopia is reversible? Does it make you a bit crazy that nobody shares your enthusiasm? If so, this is for you. Otherwise, it's entirely tl:dr (too long didn't read). I'll shed some light on some ways of thinking, as well as what does potentially serve as [...]
One Amazing Trick For Instant 20/20 Vision (Eye Exercise)
Every day. Every single solitary day, at least one person decides to torture me with an eye exercise question. It'll never stop, so long as I may live. This is my fate, kittehs. "Hey brother Jake, good buddy, what eye exercise can I do, right this minute, to improve my eyesight, you know, like crazy good?" So, here's the truth. Yes, there is one amazing, incredible, totally secret trick, eye exercise, that'll totally make you go all 20/20. Bam, just like that. [...]
(-4.50 Progress) You Can’t Force The Clear Flash
I struggle with the blog articles sometimes, and even with the sessions in BackTo20/20. Some things I really want to convey, just don't seem to quite make it. It's one part of the reason I want to get good at video. There's quite a bit of nuance to work out. There are the aitactual parts of centimeter and reductions and stimulus and diopters. And then there are the less tangible aspects, like finding active focus and the wide range of emotional aspects [...]
Explained: The Diopter Bubble
Ever hear of the anti-vaxxers? Of course you have. Just like the anti-vaccine contingent, there's an anti-glasses fan club on the Internets. Now I'm not here to judge anyone (or just everyone equally). I can't conclusively tell you whether some vaccines aren't a brilliant idea. But the conspiracy theory level of anti-vaccination talk, that's a bit weird. What's also a bit weird, is the anti-glass-ers (as we'll just call them for now). There's far less of them of course, and [...]