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!
Lens Induced Myopia (Investigative Ophthalmology)
Let's go all straight science today. No fluff, no saucer eyes. Title of today's science exhibit: Imposed Peripheral Myopic Defocus Can Prevent the Development of Lens–Induced Myopia Brought to us courtesy of IOVS, the Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science Journal. Wait, wait. Don't click out, don't fall into a narcoleptic slumber. I'll give you a bit of easy to understand background, to make sense (and even enjoy) this one. It's worth it, I promise! Ready? Here we go: The core [...]
Dangerous: Cosmetic Contact Lenses
Today, a little topic on ways to screw up perfectly good eyes. Or, "look what the kids are into". Good times ahead! Odds are that if you're over 30 and living in a Western country, you haven't even heard much about cosmetic contact lenses. You're thinking right now, what, Jake. Nobody I know wears cosmetic contacts. But if you are a 20 year old girl in a major city somewhere in Asia (though odds are 99% you aren't), you very [...]
Cataract Eye Surgery Through The Ages
The Centre For Sight, a London-based eye surgery facility, posted this rather interesting cataract surgery infographic on their Twitters: And before you ask, no, we're not now shilling for laser surgery clinics. This is just me playing nice with the mainstream, credit where it's due. Between this and my link over on Twitter to studies for eye drops that may dissolve cataracts, this kind of infographic is still just a snapshot of our collective progress towards a cataract-free future. If [...]
Fara: -4.00 To -2.25 In 2 Months
Topic of today's post had already made it over to Twitter a couple days ago. (and apologies, the title is a wee bit glamorizing reality) I get a fair amount of e-mail, of two varieties. There are the ones who ask tons of questions about glasses and myopia and process, that a quick search of the blog would answer. And then there's the other ones, which grab the bull by the proverbial horns, and figure things out. Quick aside: I [...]
23 Billion Euros
My morning Twitter contributions (which you are so totally missing out on if you're not following) include Justin Bieber, a Monsanto match made in heaven, and ... wait for it. A little explainer first: Essilor is a lens manufacturer. One of the biggest in the world. They make the minus lenses you wear for instant clear vision, which a lot of scientific studies have suggested create the progressive myopia that millions of people suffer from. Essilor is celebrating 40 years on [...]
Troubleshooting Uncomfortable Blur
There's a long-ish thread in the forum right now, titled "first normalized experiences, can anyone relate". Topic of the thread, uncomfortable blur when moving from the full prescription to the first reduced distance prescription (the "normalized" prescription). It's not always easy to relate the subject of feelings, emotional subtext, into words that translate to others. What might be uncomfortable blur to one person, is just a welcome challenge to the next person. It took me some years to start working [...]