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TL;DR: Read for 2-4 hours a day with glasses that are 1-2 prescriptions less then yours, you should be able to focus with a bit of effort, but without squinting.
We all know that wearing glasses is a major looksmin* [ISPOILER]maybe with a good frame and low prescription you can hide eye area failos (low zygos, upper eyelid exposure, lack of undereye support, etc. maybe. /theory[/ISPOILER]
If you have a high prescription, it even deforms your face making you extra subhuman.
So step 0 is get contacts, they work well and work immediately. Okay? Good.
But wear them long enough and you'll see that contacts are also kind of a pain - to store, clean, place, sleep with (it happens), swim, etc. I've worn top grade gelatinous hydrophillic whatever contacts for over 2 years and they sucked, just less than glasses, or being legally blind.
Now if you Google "myopia cures" you'll find either:
1) Surgery (LASIK, PRK, etc) fine print: you might not end up with zero correction, and will almost surely need to wear correction again in the future
2) Buy this guide for just $199.95 (so you sunken-cost-fallacy yourself into the delusion that it's working)
I had surgery in like... 2010? Can't remember
Now it's 2020, and did you read the fine print of option #1? Yeah that happens.
But the weird thing is that even though my myopia got a little bit worse after the surgery, it stopped getting worse for the last 3 years or so. In fact, it got better! Ever since I had setup new screens at home on my computer, that were just a tad bit farther than where the older ones used to be, I had to consciously focus from time to time. Now I focus on them no prob.
Some time ago I stumbled across this video (skip to 18:00 if the timestamp doesn't work):
It all made too much sense, especially considering my own experience post-surgery. I have been print-pushing without knowing what it was.
This also rings true with people that I know that have "given up" on upgrading their prescription, and have since stopped worsening their myopia.
Now I've gone the extra mile, and bought cheap frames with PLUS 1 lenses. I wear them at home, when on the computer (easy 2 hours minimum every day, more like 6) and lo and behold, I now need to consciously focus (still can do), but when the glasses come off the world is crystal fucking clear. Shit's mind blowing.
It's been about a month I've been using these lenses, but I'm thoroughly convinced this works, I can read traffic signs more clearly, building numbers when driving, those overhead menus on fast food joints... The final test was when I printed out a Snellen chart and tested myself - result: 20/30
I'll continue to wear these lenses for about 4 more weeks, then I'll buy some +2 lenses and try to master them as well.
You must keep things in that sweet spot when it starts blurry then it sharpens, if it's too blurry your brain gives up and you get nothing.
Will keep you guys posted.
Goal is 20/20 with a lofty goal of 20/15 because fuck average.
>inb4 shoo shoo begone zennioptical rep
We all know that wearing glasses is a major looksmin* [ISPOILER]maybe with a good frame and low prescription you can hide eye area failos (low zygos, upper eyelid exposure, lack of undereye support, etc. maybe. /theory[/ISPOILER]
If you have a high prescription, it even deforms your face making you extra subhuman.
So step 0 is get contacts, they work well and work immediately. Okay? Good.
But wear them long enough and you'll see that contacts are also kind of a pain - to store, clean, place, sleep with (it happens), swim, etc. I've worn top grade gelatinous hydrophillic whatever contacts for over 2 years and they sucked, just less than glasses, or being legally blind.
Now if you Google "myopia cures" you'll find either:
1) Surgery (LASIK, PRK, etc) fine print: you might not end up with zero correction, and will almost surely need to wear correction again in the future
2) Buy this guide for just $199.95 (so you sunken-cost-fallacy yourself into the delusion that it's working)
I had surgery in like... 2010? Can't remember
I went for a personalized PRK to shave off 6 diopters on both eyes at the same time cuz yolo, it was supposed to "fix" astigmatism as well as keeping the door open for re-doing the surgery if my prescription increased over time (you can't redo LASIK). Came out of the surgery seeing clearer that I have ever seen, even with glasses or contacts (astigmatism was better but not 100%).
Fast-forward 6 or 7 years I'm noticing I'm squinting a bit reading some stuff (captioned movies on the TV for example), and thought to myself: "welp, guess it's time to re-do the surgery, it's been such a long time it was totally worth it, probably this time will be the last as well since I'm older then it will increase slower."
So I booked an appointment with my ophthalmologist to measure my prescription: -1 and -1.25 with a 20/50 Snellen. So I said "yeah I'll milk this one out a bit more."
Fast-forward 6 or 7 years I'm noticing I'm squinting a bit reading some stuff (captioned movies on the TV for example), and thought to myself: "welp, guess it's time to re-do the surgery, it's been such a long time it was totally worth it, probably this time will be the last as well since I'm older then it will increase slower."
So I booked an appointment with my ophthalmologist to measure my prescription: -1 and -1.25 with a 20/50 Snellen. So I said "yeah I'll milk this one out a bit more."
Now it's 2020, and did you read the fine print of option #1? Yeah that happens.
But the weird thing is that even though my myopia got a little bit worse after the surgery, it stopped getting worse for the last 3 years or so. In fact, it got better! Ever since I had setup new screens at home on my computer, that were just a tad bit farther than where the older ones used to be, I had to consciously focus from time to time. Now I focus on them no prob.
Some time ago I stumbled across this video (skip to 18:00 if the timestamp doesn't work):
It all made too much sense, especially considering my own experience post-surgery. I have been print-pushing without knowing what it was.
This also rings true with people that I know that have "given up" on upgrading their prescription, and have since stopped worsening their myopia.
Now I've gone the extra mile, and bought cheap frames with PLUS 1 lenses. I wear them at home, when on the computer (easy 2 hours minimum every day, more like 6) and lo and behold, I now need to consciously focus (still can do), but when the glasses come off the world is crystal fucking clear. Shit's mind blowing.
It's been about a month I've been using these lenses, but I'm thoroughly convinced this works, I can read traffic signs more clearly, building numbers when driving, those overhead menus on fast food joints... The final test was when I printed out a Snellen chart and tested myself - result: 20/30
I'll continue to wear these lenses for about 4 more weeks, then I'll buy some +2 lenses and try to master them as well.
You must keep things in that sweet spot when it starts blurry then it sharpens, if it's too blurry your brain gives up and you get nothing.
Will keep you guys posted.
Goal is 20/20 with a lofty goal of 20/15 because fuck average.
>inb4 shoo shoo begone zennioptical rep