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!
Eye Vitamins – Eye Health In A Bottle?
James asks via e-mail:It seems that our modern diet causes a lot of deficiencies in our bodies. And doctors and medicine seem to agree that taking vitamins can help with some of those problems. So what about vitamins for eyesight? I see eye vitamins advertised online, and wonder if they might help."I learned about an Internet term not long ago. They call it, "trolling".And while I was reading the full e-mail (which included a few more questions), I did wonder. Is James [...]
LASIK’s Very Serious Risks To Vision Health
Magda writes in an e-mail: I was given glasses at age 2yrs. By age 35 I was -14 in my left eye (lazy eye) and -12 in my right. At this age I had two lasik surgeries per eye which brought the left down to 20/40 and the right to 20/20 Dr. Mark Speaker performed the surgeries, one of the best in the business, although I've since heard that lasik can cause permanent damage to the cornea. Over the last [...]
Detached Retina – Can It Be Prevented?
A Detached Retina Has Three Common Causes High degree of myopia (near sightedness) Eye injury or cataract surgery Genetic / family history Retinal tears happen before detachment, usually, with symptoms including seeing 'floaters' (specks of light), flashes of light, and potentially darkening of your peripheral vision. If you experience any of these symptoms, you want to see a doctor immediately. Every minute counts, since only very quickly executed surgery can re-attach your retina. You absolutely do not want to delay [...]
The End Of The Free Mini Course
Flora writes in an e-mail:Hi, Alex,Yes, that's exactly what I feel about frames. I went from frame, half frame to frameless and they're actually much lighter and more confortable on the face.Another thing is I've read Liam's impressive progress from -5.25 to 20/20 and he mentioned his breakthrough is the installment #61 - dealing with double vision.I wonder if you can send me the installment 61 as I'm a self leaner just like Liam and wish to figure out that [...]
Depression, Anxiety? You Might Want To Avoid These Frames
The style of your glasses frames might subtly affect your mood. Certain types of frames that limit your field of vision can lead to an indistinct sense of unease or depression. There are many interesting little details one may find over the years, when working with thousands of myopia sufferers. The type of frames used in glasses didn't cross my mind for a very long time - in retrospect, it is something that fairly obviously can impact your experience of [...]
Tricks for Using The Tape Measure
Liam, kindly sharing some of his strategies, posts this in the forum: Regarding the tape measure thing here’s what I do: I can hook the tape measure on the edge of my laptop and measure as far as I need to. If you use a desktop some blue tack should be fine as long as you guesstimate how much of the tape measure you’re going to need to use first. The full thread is here. There are lots of creative [...]