hnsighty

At least you looked at it. :)

Did you read the PDF with a whole lot of the interesting research on the subject? Pretty brilliant stuff there, and not related to selling of anything. Can't comment on Steiner consults, didn't see any way to actually buy or pay - looked to me more like a way to say "go ask somebody else", if I remember.

Also gettingstronger isn't very much out there on the myopia topic at all. Check out scholar.google.com and just type in the keywords that Todd talks about. That's some pretty established premises, that hardly anybody is arguing against.

My point was to suggest some ways to work out the myopia problem. I for one used to depend on -3.00 glasses that I haven't needed in a few years, thanks to the ideas on those and other sites like it. It is fascinating how often it's more about being right, than looking into options (which can't really point at you there, you clearly looked at the sites). Pseudo myopia, near-induced transient myopia, lens-induced myopia, those are all very key pieces to the puzzle. The concept of the "dynamic eye", which changes specifically based on sight and focal plane, is another.

Put it all together, and you aren't necessarily stuck with glasses forever. :)

Heh. Yea no offense taken. I made the account specifically to comment on this topic.

Myopia.org is not pretty, but scammy, I dunno. And gettingstronger.org, look around there. It's not even a site about myopia, but he has some very relevant insights. Forum with a zillion posts discussing the topic. Also he sells nothing on there. So where's the scam potential? And Frauenfeld on "about myopia" has a ton of clinical research references. There is a giant PDF on that page with just about everything worth knowing about myopia.

If it matters most what the sites "look" like, sure. Not Apple.com, no quick fix answers. This topic does require some reading to find meaningful insights.

Oh boy. Go on scholar.google.com and search for "lens-induced myopia", "axial elongation eyeball", "near induced transient myopia", "pseudo myopia". How myopia happens has already been figured out, hundreds of times over, over the past 4 decades. It's in the major ophthalmology journals at least a few times a year. Researching what caused myopia, low light, just plain silly in 2015. ;-)

See gettingstronger.org, frauenfeldclinic.com, myopia.org, etc. Absolutely reversible. No economic benefit. How is it going to be popular if there's nothing to sell? :) Pills, more pills, that's how most non-acute conditions are dealt with.

Kaisu. She's a bit nutty perhaps, but knows what she is talking about. Only works before you start to get into more than pseudo myopia (since at that point you just can't see anything with a plus lens).

All right. What you don't want to do is increase artificial light intensity. A big part of the issue is the light spectrum and distribution of it. There is a pretty easy way to test / verify this, if you have an eye chart handy. Compare your acuity in outdoor, shaded light, to a solely fluorescent lit environment. Once you get to where you can barely make out the line, note the difference in acuity natural vs. artificial light.

Also, the minus lens creates focal plane stimulus inside the eye that prompts axial elongation. Lots of studies on this subject, it's basically uncontested. What you really don't want to be doing is wear a lens that gives you sharp distance vision, while working up close. You want to have a specific reduced prescription for close-up, that just gives you correction to the distance you need.

Breaks, also. Initial myopia is a ciliary (focusing muscle) spasm. Lots of studies there too, look for pseudo myopia or NITM (near induced transient myopia). Part of your current deficiency is ciliary, part is axial elongation. Take an hour break every three hours. Get outside. Focus at a distance. Your ciliary muscle isn't meant to be all tensed up (close-up use) all day.

For more on the subject, take a look at www.frauenfeldclinic.com, those guys are fairly awesome.