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!
5 Billion Myopic People By 2050
This, from Medical Daily: By 2050, an increase in myopia, or nearsightedness, may reach epidemic proportions, potentially blinding up to one billion people worldwide. After examining studies of trendssurrounding myopia globally, researchers at the Brien Holden Vision Institute are encouraging us to act now to prevent widespread vision loss from becoming a reality. The researchers have also found that half the world’s population, or an estimated five billion people, will likely be myopic by 2050, with one-fifth falling into the high myopic category, meaning they are at [...]
Overcoming Improvement Plateaus
One of the great benefits of the structured approach of BackTo20/20 is the built-in "plateau prevention". With data from thousands of recovering myopes over quite a few years, and having a consistent process for everyone made it possible to predict plateau risks. This means that if you are making consistent improvements and are following the sessions correctly, your odds of long plateaus is greatly reduced. Here are some of Jon's observations on the subject, in a recent forum thread: I’ve [...]
Night Blindness: The Half Diopter Rule
Night blindness as a symptom can have several causes. Since we deal with myopia here, what we talk about usually goes back to the subject of how well you can see. Often times new students are confused about the impact of light on their eyesight. Note that there are several other causes of what's described as "night blindness", which we aren't discussing in this article. With an otherwise healthy eye, you still will notice that you can see notably less [...]
Jon’s Progress Update (-6.25)
Jon posts a brilliant rehab progress update in the forum: I find students who track their progress methodically, almost always do very well with the program. More of Jon's update: Even with graphs! (Left side is the second number of 20/*) And here is the updated (longer) projection: Nice work, Jon. We'll have to see if he might be inclined to share his brilliant Excel setup with us, it looks like a great progress tracker. Lots more good stuff in the [...]
1/2 Diopter Improvement In 90 Days – Not Enough?
From the entirely overflowing e-mail inbox: I've been wondering if even a low myope like myself, who has -1.5 and -1.75 loses one diopter in the first 90 days? It's been about 60 days and I've lost a quarter to half a diopter This inquiry, most likely based on the "1 diopter in 90 days" premise in various parts of the site. I guess some of the long time click-bait-ey site statements need asterisks and clarifications, for some of our readers. Asterisks [...]
The Industry Looks Forward To Your Retinal Detachment
The retinal detachment surgery market is growing at a rock solid 7% per year. In 2015 it's going to surge past 2 billion dollars in revenue for the first time, much to the excitement of surgeons and device manufacturers. Well done, optometry, creating such a profitable sales funnel! Money, money, money money money. It's not just retinal detachment though, which is a direct and primary consequence of axial elongation from lens-induced high myopia. There's also retinopathy, driving the surgery market to [...]