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!
Optical Delusion – You Can See Much Better Than You Think Possible
There is a very powerful factor in medicine, therapy, and medications. One that does not rely on any practice or specific substance. One that no matter what medication you take, makes you feel better. It is such a common factor, that it is included in almost all therapy effectiveness studies. It is part of most new medication trials, as well. It is this effect that may be keeping you from reaching your full eyesight potential. You know the factor I [...]
Guest Post: Jake’s Latest Fashion Frame Adventure
Hi, I'm Jake. I'm addicted to fashion frames. Alex invited me to guest post. I started the eyesight recovery journey with a -4.00 prescription, currently down to -2.25 (most of the time). I spend quite a bit of time sweet talking optic shops, making deals, getting custom things made. Playing with auto refractors, all the eye checking gear, shopping for glasses on multiple continents and more than nine countries, so far. For me, the key to ongoing progress is active [...]
Core Concepts of Eye Health: Focal Plane Switching
If you are participating in any of my Vision Improvement Courses offered here, this is a familiar topic to you already: You can't have healthy vision, if you rely on a single, static focal plane (ie. your glasses). The reason you have a stronger than -1D prescription, is that -1D prescription that you started with. You need glasses, because you wear glasses. Of course the reality is a bit more complex than that, and there is no miracle myopia cure. [...]
Eyesight Health Insights: Why You Respond Emotionally to High Resolution Displays
At the #endmyopia project we'd always been sticklers about the optical quality of any sort of close-up focus displays.TVs, computer screens, being the ever increasing primary driver of myopia (shortsightedness), I used to watch with horror at the increasing mobility of computers, and the terrible display quality that came with them. I remember distinctly the early models of the Macbook (150, 165c, etc). You could take a centimeter measurement of your eyes before, and two hours into looking at those [...]
What is Astigmatism Adding to Harmful Prescription Complexity?
We touch on the subject of what astigmatism is adding in prescription complexity, in the Adult Web Myopia Rehab Program (Installment #53, Week 15). This is well past the core program of the web myopia rehab program. We are now well into discussing all the tweaks in really getting the most out of improving your eyesight. The core work was to eliminate the harmful single-prescription world view created for you by the optic shops. Understanding how to manage eye strain, [...]
What You Should Achieve: The First Month of Myopia Rehab
This is a relevant subject if you are either considering the myopia rehab program, or are currently in the first or second month.The question is: Where should you be, at the end of the first thirty installments?It takes most participants about six to eight weeks to make it to the key installment that wraps up the 'first month'. Installment #30 discusses the normalized prescription, which is the culmination of all the learning, measurements, and insights you have gained from the [...]