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Best Fonts For Astigmatism
I recently received an interesting e-mail: Since I just read the topic about asigmatism in your forum, i am interested in designing the suitable font for them in need. However, i do not suffer...
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The Swirling Myths Around Alex
I don’t know what it is exactly, and perhaps it’s just that time of the year. While many months may go by, and thousands of e-mails with questions specific to myopia, suddenly now I get messages of an...
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New Rules: Forum Membership
So far there has been no firm rule on who can get onto the forum to contribute, ask questions, and to get support. The problem with non-participant forum members is that many questions that come up...
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How To Improve Eyesight: 20/40 to 20/15 in 3 Months
On the subject of how to improve eyesight, I recently received this e-mail from Kevin, a reader of the site: Hi Alex, I know you are busy so i try to keep this short. My father had a -1/-0.75 his v/a...
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Reader Questions: 20/20, Then What’s Next?
Shawn sends an e-mail, asking: So what happens when I get through 12-16 months of your program. I get to 20/20, then what’s next? Like does my vision stay there? Does it need maintenance? I’m 22, would...
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Reader Questions: Plus Lens Therapy
Kevin writes: Hi Dr Frauenfeld, your website emphasizes active focus/focus pulling (preferably outside). and also working at the blur horizon with a differential prescription. But i am surprised that...
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Alex’ Secrets: My Favorite Kind Of Glasses Frames
This is not a serious topic, rather just some shopping fun for you to consider – maybe while pushing a bit of focus, while browsing. I get asked the question frequently, and sometimes it makes me wish...
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Logs vs. No Logs & Snellen vs. Natural Impression
I advocate the use of a log for your eyesight improvement project. This practice helps makes the progress more tangible, and eliminate subjective concerns. It also helps me provide you with some...
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A Reduced Prescription Could Make Your Day
Sara writes in the forum: My new normalized glasses arrived! I wanted to see what a 0.5 diopter drop would be like, so I ordered them with OS -4 and OD -4.25. I put them on this evening when I came...
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Troubling Facts: Commercial Interests Driving Medical Science
This is a bit of a departure from our usual discussion about vision health – but nonetheless relevant and important for you to consider. It’s a different sort of myopia, in a figurative sense. Dr....
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Progress: Improving Centimeter from 62 to 90
And once again, a note here from Sara with lots more details: 11 months ago, I had just received my differential prescription of -3/-3. At the time, I could see anywhere from 55 to 62 cm clearly with...
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Personal Note: You Are All In My Thoughts
It is a bit of a dreary Monday morning here, with spring still struggling to assert itself. There is quite a bit of construction noise outside, the gray skies are not providing the best ambient light...
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Healthy Eyes: The Difference Two Months Can Make
Karen posts a two month review in the forum: I started about 2 months ago, in early January. All in all, it has not been a particularly good start to the year. I’ve spent about 3 or 4 weeks either...
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Tricks for Using The Tape Measure
Liam, kindly sharing some of his strategies, posts this in the forum: Regarding the tape measure thing here’s what I do: I can hook the tape measure on the edge of my laptop and measure as far as I...
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Depression, Anxiety? You Might Want To Avoid These Frames
The style of your glasses frames might subtly affect your mood. Certain types of frames that limit your field of vision can lead to an indistinct sense of unease or depression. There are many...
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The End Of The Free Mini Course
Flora writes in an e-mail: Hi, Alex,Yes, that’s exactly what I feel about frames. I went from frame, half frame to frameless and they’re actually much lighter and more confortable on the face.Another...
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Detached Retina – Can It Be Prevented?
A Detached Retina Has Three Common Causes High degree of myopia (near sightedness) Eye injury or cataract surgery Genetic / family history Retinal tears happen before detachment, usually, with symptoms...
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LASIK’s Very Serious Risks To Vision Health
Magda writes in an e-mail: I was given glasses at age 2yrs. By age 35 I was -14 in my left eye (lazy eye) and -12 in my right. At this age I had two lasik surgeries per eye which brought the left down...
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Eye Vitamins – Eye Health In A Bottle?
James asks via e-mail: It seems that our modern diet causes a lot of deficiencies in our bodies. And doctors and medicine seem to agree that taking vitamins can help with some of those problems. So...
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Jodi: Initial Progress Report
Today is supposed to be “behind the scenes” day. This is when you don’t see new blog articles or much else in the way of Alex. It’s the days dealing with administration, broken code, and all the...
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