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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!

Controversial: Alcohol and Pushing Focus

Since we are still in the Christmas spirit, and soon will be in the New Years spirit, here is a somewhat questionable way to look at focus pushing: I am not recommending this. This is merely a "what if" scenario. Use at your own discretion. You push focus. You have done the Vision Improvement Course for a while. You know all the terms (close-up focus pushing, differential prescription, etc.) And now you are in the holiday spirit, you are having [...]

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4 Rules To Reduce Eye Strain While Using Your Tablet

I keep hearing about tablets as Christmas presents. Everybody is getting them, everybody wants them, they are everywhere!A few tips to keep your eyes from suffering from tablet use:Don't wear your glasses while on the tablet. Odds are that you will be holding it closer than you should anyway, and using glasses meant for distance vision will make the resulting strain significantly worse.If you are using the Vision Improvement Course and are at less than -2.00 diopters for your normalized (distance) prescription, [...]

By |Nearsighted: How To's|
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Vision Improvement: A Good New Years Resolution Project?

This is the time of the year where I frequently get two questions: 1) Is Vision Improvement A Good Christmas Gift For Friends Or Relatives? That question I have no unequivocal answer to, and I won't use it as a sales pitch to get you to sign up someone else for the program. In truth, I think this type of approach works only for those who want it. So as a gift, the program subscription would only suit someone who a) [...]

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Reminder: If You Lower Prescriptions, Use This Strategy

I am sure we have discussed this before, but it bears repeating: Anytime you get a reduced prescription, make sure to limit your mind's point of reference from the previous prescription. If you get new differential (for close-up) lenses, don't start wearing them on the same day that you were wearing your previous, higher differential.  Doing so will exaggerate the sense of blur, and have your experience starting off on the wrong foot. Instead, put the new ones aside (resist [...]

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From The Free Mini Myopa Rehab Course

A few of you have reported that the automatic e-mail sending the promised free installment had some hiccups. You may have received the first installment a second time, rather than the second installment itself! For those of you this happened to, here is the e-mail content you missed: If you go to the optician every year, you may find that your eyesight gets worse by an average of 0.75 diopters per year. From 42 years in this practice, I find [...]

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Winter Installments, Updates

The second Winter Installment should have loaded for you this weekend. It is open for any program participant, though there are some caveats I'd like to point out: You really do want to have made it through the core program already, and ideally have experience with double vision as well.  Also, verbatim the installment should be used only if you are below -2.00 in correction already.  Otherwise you don't want to go without glasses for that time, instead use the [...]

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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!