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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!

Great Optometrist in Switzerland

You probably know how hard it is to find an optometrist to work with you, on healthy lens prescription choices. So many of us have to resort to a bit of guessing, centimeter measurements, and eye charts.  They are all great tools and I highly recommend learning about them.  Still, it's nice to have the option to stop in at the optometrist, and double check your results. If you like open minded optometrists and happen to be near Bern, Switzerland [...]

By |Glasses, Vision Health|
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Cindi’s Update: From -2.75 To Astigmatism Completely GONE!

Would you like to see a by-the-book approach to curing your own astigmatism completely?  How about really high astigmatism, and in a pretty short period of time? Behold, a brilliant status update from Cindi in the forum: I started this process in Dec 2014. Decades ago I had done vision therapy with a behavioral ophthalmologist, and had a big improvement in my prescription. It might have been Bates method, I’m not sure, but I did use biofeedback to learn how to relax my [...]

By |Astigmatism, Nearsighted: How To's, Student Reviews|
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She’s Biking Around The World

It's raining. It's been raining all morning.  Gray skies, the roads are soaked, a few raincover clad backpackers are sulking around otherwise abandoned coffee shops. If you wanted to define gray in three dimensions, this would be it.  This right here. In this entirely gray world, me.  I just bought a ten ringit umbrella from a little sales shop woman just back around the corner.  I had merely slowed my pace to gaze at the umbrellas in the shop, and [...]

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Improve Eyesight With Sunglasses?

I've been promising this one for a while. The Q&A video isn't perfectly clear on a few key points.  I blame the giant ants.  The main way to address blur horizon is always diopters.  Lux is just "fine tuning" blur horizon, in some scenarios. This works best in the 300-1,200 lux range.  Higher lux is too bright, and sunglasses are just bringing light down to a manageable range in the first place.  Any lower and it's just too dim, creating [...]

By |Glasses, Nearsighted: How To's, Video|
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How Fast Can I Improve My Vision?

This has to be the #1 question I get in e-mails. How fast, Jake! Do it, do it right meow! Here's the thing. There are two answers to the question of how fast vision improvement can happen. The answer that people are looking for, is an answer to what might be not the perfect question.  But in the interest of not being annoyingly Buddhist proverb-ey, I'll give you all the optional comments here. Let's use a question from the forum today to cover the [...]

By |Nearsighted: Q&A, Vision Health|
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Gold In The Forum, Penang Trip Q&A #13

A lot of gold has been piling up in the forum.  Where to start? First perhaps, the Q&A. This one from the airport during the ride out to Malaysia.  A bit rambling, but I want to get you more than just text on a page. Thumbs it if you likes it: Next, the forum. I won't post all of the questions here, head over for a visit if you haven't been in a while.  Lots of good topics that merit a quick read. Shannon:  #dryeyes [...]

By |Nearsighted: How To's, Nearsighted: Q&A, Video|
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All contents on this site should be considered research material only.  We are not offering medical advice or treatment or cures for any illnesses. The reduced lens method is strictly experimental. Before considering taking steps to control your own myopia, you should definitely visit a qualified ophthalmologist for a comprehensive eyesight checkup.   Specific diagnoses illnesses aside,  most) myopia may be considered to not be an illness at all.  Most myopia is likely just a matter of environmental strain, and excessive prescription use.  You yourself may be able to control and reduce your own myopia by 1) managing eye strain, 2) conservative prescription lens use, and 3) targeted positive stimulus. We recommend finding a prevention minded optometrist to supplement your journey with professional advice and prescription management help.  While not a requisite, a supportive optometrist may make your journey that much more enjoyable! Potential Side Effects: (1) You may experience astigmatism-like symptoms, especially if you reduce too fast or without paying attention to this (transient) symptom. Search our Youtube channel or Website for 'transient astigmatism'. This can easily be prevented or managed. (2) Some people report an increase in eye floaters when practicing active focus. In general floaters are considered harmless but a sudden increase in floaters should be evaluated by a medical trained professional, as they could be a sign of retinal detachment or other serious medical condition. Generally taking it easy, not over straining, practicing gently and with patience should help. (3) Headaches. You're taking on a very much unsanctioned self-experiment changing diopters. Anytime you overdo things or change too much or aren't educating yourself first, you may expose yourself to strain symptoms. You should be experiencing no pain, headaches, or discomfort if you do things correctly!