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!
Millions Of Parts: Appreciate Your Beautiful Eyes
Hello, dear #endmyopia readers! It's me, Neha, again for you today. I was putting together an article for a blogger friend, and would like to share some highlights with you.---1. 126.000.000 Rod & Cone CellsThe light from the world around you, focused onto the retina of your eye, is received by 126 million rod and cone cells. A hundred million cells, alive and waiting to share the beautiful world with your mind.Not just beautiful. Complex, sophisticated, and your window to the world. 2. [...]
Your Beautiful Eyes: A Troubled Window To The World
For Carey! :-) Take a moment today, to appreciate your eyesight. Some facts to help: The light from the world around you, focused onto the retina of your eye, is received by 126 million rod and cone cells. 126 million receptors, right now, to take in the light to form the image you can see. The retina is actually an outgrowth of the brain. In the brain itself, neurons devoted to visual processing number in the hundreds of millions and [...]
Lattice Degeneration & Retinal Detachment Risk – Preventative Treatment?
Myopia is the tip of the iceberg of a number of eye illnesses commonly viewed as "degenerative". I recently received a client question about lattice degeneration. Lattice degeneration is a weakening of the peripheral retina that can result in retinal tears, holes, and detachment.The causes are unknown. What is known is that you find very few of these cases in individuals with no myopia. Coincidence?If you happen to find this article while searching about lattice degeneration: No, in most cases the [...]
The Dominant Eye: Don’t Get The Wrong Prescription!
This, an important question, that comes up every so often and likely will be relevant to you:Should I reduce the prescription strength for my weak eye, to force it to work harder and catch up?You likely noticed this with your centimeter measurements - one of your eyes is stronger / can see further, than the other. This is entirely normal. It relates to a phenomenon often referred to as ocular dominance, in vision sciences:The role which the dominant eye plays [...]
Should You Fear The Optometrist? (Or: How To Drop 2 Diopters In 10 Months)
The forum, ever the goldmine of participant insights, most recently with Cadence posting about her unfortunate experience at the optometrist: I went down to the optometrist today where it was a really bad experience. The first shop that I went to is the one that prescribe me my glasses 1 year ago. When I went in, the regular optometrist is no longer there and was replaced by an unfriendly lady. For measurements of my eye she did not offer to [...]
Stem Cell Treatments: The Future Cure Of Corneal Scarring
We focus here primarily on myopia, as the most common ailment of the eye. In that process we may sound less than idealistic about the mainstream treatment options and many of the practitioners advocating surgery or glasses. It's easy to loose track of just how much medical science is advancing, especially in terms of acute symptom treatment of eye related injuries. An example of this that is most promising to those with corneal scarring, corneal burns, or other corneal damage. [...]