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!
Your Child’s Glasses: Excessive Prescriptions
The forum is becoming a increasingly good resources for blog subjects. Here is one recent topic, that fundamentally and significantly contributes to the cause of almost all myopia. Priya asks: Below are the vision test results for my daughter (5.5 yrs) from her school. Mar ’12 Right -> 6/30p Left -> 6/38pPrescription -> -1.75Apr’13 Right ->6/30 Left 6/48Prescription -> -1.75/2.00 At that time we had no clue on interpreting those results. But now I understand the above Snellen corresponds to [...]
Liam’s Success Story: -5.25 to 20/20
This particular story is interesting for two reasons: 1. It shows a case where the individual managed to reverse a notable degree of myopia in a short period of time. 2. You don't necessarily need my method specifically, but just the core principles, to improve your eyesight. Here is Liam's story: I joined the web program in July this year after already getting some small improvements on my own. I had some good habits in placed mainly because of all [...]
The Trick Is To Keep Reading
Just a quick note from me today, for those of you working on either close-up or distance vision. You may notice that I always talk about reading. Even in the advanced installments, where we discuss the difference between recognizing blur vs. double vision, we always look at writing - rather than pictures or shapes. Most of the eye charts you will see, share this trait. It is usually letters, and if not letters, than shapes that mimic the concept of [...]
Participant Progress Report: 30 Day
Let's look at a client account after using the Vision Improvement Program for 30 days. While there is no formula for expected progress, and individual results vary widely, a good expectation might be what you will read about here. This particular client also highlights very nicely how to take advantage of all the recommendations in the first 30 days of the program - mainly, the various ways to track progress to help your motivation, and give you definite data to [...]
Astigmatism: The High Fructose Corn Syrup of the Vision Industry
If you missed the previous installment, click here: How Astigmatism is Measured. So we discussed why it is rather difficult to correctly measure astigmatism in a meaningful way. We figured out that the astigmatism correction in your lenses is probably not representative of any real vision deficiency you might have. The problem of course, is that the first time you got an astigmatism correction, it was probably not necessary (or accurate). Since then though, your eyes acclimated to that correction. The [...]
Do You Need High Index Lenses?
The index question comes up, every so often, in my e-mail and sometimes in the forum. There are several factors to consider, how much you want to spend on lenses. Always keep in mind that higher index = better optical quality (thinner lenses, less distortion) - and lower index, conversely, is always cheaper. First, there is the question of how often you will change your prescription: If this is your first ever prescription change, you may want to keep things [...]