Optometrist Forced To Admit: She’s Legal To Drive!
This is a bit of a crazy story, that Stefanie is telling. Strap in, because she went from, what, 20/70 to 20/40 in a month? Legal to drive with a 1.5 diopter lowered prescription? Is […]
View ArticleVirtual Reality: The Next Myopia Tsunami?
A reader sends this e-mail: Hey Jake, Coming from a long-time blog reader, I believe this will interest you. VR technology is creeping into the mainstream. With Rift expected to ship this month, […]
View ArticleOptometrist Review: Retinal Detachment in Myopes
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist We have learned in this program that increasing axial length of the eye, caused by the effects of wearing minus lenses, results in increasing myopia. But...
View ArticleLacking Eye Health Literacy About Retinal Detachment
We talk quite a bit about retinal detachment here, on the blog (here, here, here, here, here and quite a few other posts). It's one of those conditions that you might be able to avoid […]
View ArticleHas It Gone Too Far?
Bad Jake! Much like a graffiti artist defacing corporate art, you will find @endmyopia's brush on more and more outlets where people might go to get real answers on eyesight health (title image,...
View ArticleIt Was Just One Glass
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist So it's graffiti now, really? Will he stop at nothing?? I'm just glad that wasn't my shop.. Anyway, enough about Jake. The point of today's post is alcohol,...
View ArticleWas The Bates Method Right All Along?
Bates Method time! Palming, gazing, eye rolling times, just ahead. This site has hosted various fun posts on the subject of Bates Method in the past (like the Bates Method time machine and a slightly...
View ArticleCut Lens Prescription In HALF! (-6.75 Diopters To -3.00 Diopters in 5 Months)
Almost every day that I go through my e-mail, there's a story like this one. Somebody takes all the content on this site, digs through the science, does the free e-mail course, and gets to […]
View ArticleDid They Mean To Do That?
Jakey is a bit burned out today, on the whole myopia topic. So this is going to be a rather short and insubstantial entry for the daily blog. Here's just one thing I wonder about, inconsequential […]
View ArticleNadim -10D to -9D Progress: Getting Out Of Double Digit Myopia Danger Zone
Having double digit myopia is almost inevitably pointing your future vision health towards a cliff. Whether it'll be glaucoma, cataracts, or retinal detachment, some long term consequence is bound to...
View ArticlePro Topic: Normalized Or Full Prescription At Night?
You're outside. The sun is setting. You are wearing your normalized glasses, which were just perfect for clear vision, up until now. You're still walking. Sunset is turning into dusk, it's actually...
View ArticleJoel’s Progress: -4.75 Diopters Down To -3.00 Diopters
You don't have to buy anything from me, to improve your eyesight. Everything here is provided without prejudice (but with some sarcasm). Anyone can come, take, use these tools, and never necessarily...
View ArticleAnother Problem With High Myopia: Cataract
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist We have spoken about myopia and glaucoma. We have spoken about myopia and retinal detachment. Now I need to mention cataracts. You have all heard of...
View ArticleTurn Any Writing Into Your Own Impromptu Eyechart
Val posts her latest status update in the forum (-8.50 to -.7.75, pretty good!), and with it, some awesome MacGyver math. Instead of putting up an eye chart like basic guru Jake usually suggests, Val […]
View ArticleNeurosurgeon And Also A Completely Lunatic
It's Sunday. Let's start it off with this juicy quote: Anything with excessive blue light spikes increases the color temperature of the light source. This means contacts, sunglasses, and glasses are...
View Article(Pro Topic) Are You Getting Double Vision With Reduced Diopters?
This, absolutely a pro topic. If you're a casual reader, skip this one! As you start practicing active focus with reduced diopters, you realize that your environment doesn't fade straight to blur,...
View ArticleOptometrist Experiences Myopia Reduction First Hand!
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist OK, so he could brush up on his spelling (that lady is right, but I was too polite, like most of you, to mention it). And he continuously insults my...
View ArticleThe Brien Holden Institute Needs Your Help
Be positive, Jake. Say nice things to your darling readers, today. Deep breath! So there's the Brien Holden Instiute, which for those of you not keeping track is another one of these organizations...
View ArticleBoris: Started At -4.25, Reduced To -3.75 (in 40 days!)
Boris put the first 40 days of his vision improvement journey in BackTo20/20 to some excellent use. Rather than me spoil it for you, here is all that, straight from him: Nice! (original forum thread, […]
View ArticleThe Bionic Eye
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist An article in the British optical press caught my eye today. The world's first bionic eye, Argus 2, is waiting for approval by the National Health Service. In...
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