50 Years Young, Making 20/20 GAINS: Shelly Goes -4.00 To -2.75!
Hey, guess what. Progress report time! One of the things that saves Jakey's sanity quite often, is the awesome, amazing, wonderful invention of automatic e-mail scheduling. I have no idea how I'd...
View ArticleThird Normalized!!
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist So I am on my third normalized prescription now, after just over 3 months on the program! From my original contact lens prescription of -5.00D in the right...
View ArticleSingapore Ophthalmologist Insists: Glasses Don’t Cause Myopia
82% of Singapore's youth is myopia. Eighty-two percent! That's shocking. Imagine any physical deficiency, "illness" so major that it requires a permanent prosthetic to be worn, affecting eight out...
View Article20/20 Gains: Mark Reduces From -2.50 To -1.50
Today let's look at an e-mail from Mark, who is getting well and nicely comfortable outside of the mainstream single prescription paradigm. Great to see people learning about their eyes, about optic,...
View ArticleReversing Myopia: How Old Is Too Old?
So let's say you're 40 or 50 or even 80 years old and myopic, is it just too late for you? Can you not reverse your myopia, because, too old? Are you stuck with an ever reducing accommodation range, […]
View ArticleShhh! Don’t Tell Them How To Fix Their Eyes!
I'm not joking. Don't tell anybody how to fix their eyes. Maybe don't even tell them that you're improving yours. The maximum allowable unsolicited eyesight talk has to be one sentence, or less....
View ArticleThe Word Is Getting Out
Doctors, health care professionals, optometrists, ophthalmologists. We get e-mails and comments from all of the official, sanctioned, licensed areas, intrigued by @endmyopia. They're not thousands...
View ArticleToo much Effort
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist Some days, I just can't be bothered to focus. Maybe I'm tired, hot (33 degrees, 95% humidity), or just plain lazy. I'm quite happy walking around in a slight...
View ArticleHe Said WHAT!? Visiting The Daniel Vitalis Podcast
I've been doing recently what people always tell me not to. I've been reading comments about me, on the Internets. Now ... I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, a) Jake I don't care. And […]
View ArticleDid LASIK, Spent $4,000, Horrible Floaters & Headaches
Here's a comment Alex left on our Youtube video on crazy scary LASIK practitioners (if you haven't seen it, click over or read the blog post here): It's a serious gamble, no re-do's, this whole […]
View ArticleDown to -1.50 D: Progress, Patching, Observations
* progress chart forum signature: Janna The forum is really very helpful for perspectives and insights and individual experiences with reducing myopia. I highly recommend reading it regularly (if...
View ArticleMust Read: Going Outside To Improve Your Eyesight
This is a pro topic. Assumed that you understand the basics of myopia and natural myopia control. Get ready for the 'one weird trick' to improve your eyesight, while you're outdoors. 😉 As you […]
View Article12 Year Old Boy Beats Myopia
Lots of things occupy your darling eye guru's wee little brain, with this @endmyopia project. How do I get the new reader to stick around long enough to seriously consider natural myopia control? How...
View ArticleVideo Edit: Outdoor Time To Improve Eyesight
If you're a regular blog reader, you already know all of what the latest Youtube video covers, in quick recap format. In some ways this is me practicing telling the story. It's also what we covered […]
View ArticleNeural Response To Flicker Rates: Artificial Light Causes Myopia?
We're going to go serious on some full-on hardcore science, today. Neural activity and all the whatnots. Pull up your sleeves, for this one. Artificial-anything should be suspect, when it comes to...
View ArticleVideo: Artificial Light Sucks
Yesterday was serious time, with not one, but two studies discussing the potential impact of artificial light on your eyes and brain. Dense and a bit serious, considering how little natural light...
View ArticlePro Topic: Addressing > 1 Diopter Astigmatism For Close-Up
So you have more than one diopter of cylinder correction in your glasses. You figured out that for close-up you don't want to be wearing full minus (bravo!), and now you wonder what to […]
View ArticleSafe Sun
Written By DespinaContributing Optometrist You will all be aware by now of the importance of outdoor time for the purposes of reducing myopia, and getting as much distance vision as possible. Spending...
View ArticleThe Quora Experiment
Of course we're #1. I've been answering questions on Quora for a while, to find out whether it's a good resource for people looking for real myopia answers. The verdict? Not convinced. It's getting...
View ArticlePro Topic: Ciliary Spasm Blur Vs. Axial Elongation Blur
This, a pro topic. Quite a bit of the first month of BackTo20/20 is about starting to get a feel for blur. Blur and clear vision, and the area in-between. Getting a feel for how […]
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