I had never heard of the contact to wear at night. I would love to see if my granddaughter is a candidate for those. She keeps breaking/losing her glasses. And I didn't know that looking at things like phones and tablets is so damaging. I watch TH-cam and Prime Video on my phone. I got out my computer last night and used it instead.
This is going to sound really pedantic but I recently interviewed at a biopharma company and one of the drugs in their pipeline involves eye drops at a certain concentration that are given to children to stop myopia. It inhibits the degradation of dopamine levels and will be on the market within next three years if all goes accordingly. This drug is at the third stage undergoing FDA approval. They are currently wrapping up trial testing in Europe which so far, has shown excellent results. I would also like to add that the eye drops is only effective for children. Also this is one of my favorite channels!
I literally cried😑bcs nowadays i am thinking that i would get blind..i have nothing to do..i have online classes,coachings and xms...i also watch yt to free my mind..and i think these are causing me my eyes😩i am only 13🙂
@@k-addictt6315 Same I feel your pain. My last prescription a year ago was -7.5. After spending almost a year always at screens for remote class, my vision seem to get worse and my left eye seeing pretty blurry.
@@otiebrown9999 by Long term how much do you mean? I’m 18 and never needed glasses but the past 2-3 months for me were in front of phones. And my eyes feel tired nowadays kinda getting paranoid over getting myopia. Any idea?
I've been wearing glasses since 16yo... 4 years later, 2 years into graphic design school, my doctor told me it was bc of genetics but largely bc of exposure to screen with todays technology 🙃🙃 so reducing screen time not very much an option as a graphic designer 🙃🙃 I just found this channel and I'm loving it ✨
Hi there! Maybe reducing screen time isn't an option. However, you do have an option to stop your vision getting worse. What is it? Wearing weaker glasses for screen use. The problem with wearing full prescription glasses for close-up is that it causes hyperopic defocus. In simple terms - it makes someone more myopic. I used this technique to reverse my myopia from -2.00 to 20/20. I am also helping others do the same at my channel and with my courses.
@@seeclearly please tell me more about it? your personal cycle when you switch glasses. , i have different spherical & cylindrical angle now vs my last glasses, power is just little more now , should i wear the old glasses for closeup work like studying/ looking at screen?.
@@seeclearly could you please help me? 🙂 At the age of 16 i started wearing glasses of -1.0 for both eyes. Then it became -1.5 for both eyes at 17. Now I'm at -3.35 left eye and -3.50 right eye at the age of 20. So, i wanna ask could you please share some techniques to help me reverse or reduce my prescription, if possible. I shall be very thankful to you. Regards, Arslan 🙂
It is nice that you take your time to help us get out of mild myopia. Ie, from 20/50, to 20/20, during the school years. I know of Optometrists that helped their own children achieve that goal.
Interesting to run across this. My eyes get worse every 1-2 years and I’ve been worried about the very things you guys are discussing. I can’t remember what my prescription strength is but I’ve got an astigmatism on both eyes and one of them is more so than the other. Thank you for taking the time to talk about this!
Because you didn't know that there is an alternative solution to contacts/glasses/etc Check Active Focus. Myopia is reversible. It takes years to restore your vision but it's possible. Shame on these two doctors, so many advertisements of contacts in their videos.
I am pleased that you Docs, now know the cause of myopia, and can now help kids go from 20/50, to 20/20, in one year. I would be very happy to pay for that professional service. Many other people will support that idea!!
STOP MYOPIA! I work as an inspector so i inspect parts to the .3mm which is very small and i do this for 12 hours a day. I have prescription safety glasses but i noticed that my safeties are never the same as my eyeglasses even though it's the same prescription i can tell a difference. Why is that? Can this affect my eye conditions?
@@7ab3tha has you glasses have any special lenses ? Any MAR/Thinning ? If you have got extras on your glasses (lenses) and you didn't opt for that on your SAFETY glasses then you will sometimes be able to tell the difference
The standard tool used by optometrists, the minus lens, brings everything closer to the eye and for that reason accelerates myopia Great way of turning a mild issue into a chronic one requiring lifelong "care".
Answer: 1) Long term near always causes nearsightedness. 2) Get rid of all close work, when at 20/40, and you will get out of nearsightedness. 3) That is how you stop myopia - completely. Why is there a problem?
What about depression? I m 22 with -10 prescription, no prospects of relationship.... Being a nerd, i am only interested in jobs that requires close up work, therefore all worry about future is killing me from inside. All my friends are dating, getting married and looking forward to the best of their lives and here i am thinking of k!lling myself. What about that?
@@saloni495 im 14 and because of how fast my eyesight is getting worse by the months i have been filled with anxiety and depression, i plan to do lazik but its worrying at the thought of not being a suitable candidate for lazik
No doctor has ever mentioned this, I have been -13.50 and -11.00 almost my whole life, I was actually even higher power when I was younger. I was born blind, had glaucoma, surgery at weeks old gave me my sight back, but I have nystagmus, colobomas in each eye and obvious extreeme myopia. I guess it really hasn't progressed, in fact it's regressed a lot, but boy retinal detachment, that is scary as hell, my uncle is nearly blind from having 2 detachments :(
@@DoctorEyeHealth yep, and I have horizontal nystagmus on top of it, almost certainly due to sensory impoverishment in the visual cortices; not having sight during a fairly critical developmental period (age). Docs have said it is "ICE-like" but haven't pinned anything down definitively, thankfully it has been stable since the surgeries. I see 20/40-20/50 on a good day, but functionally I'm 20/70-20/80, as damping the nystagmus is so incredibly difficult when reading.
I am currently working to get new contacts and glasses...took me 8 months last time, hoping it doesn't take another 8 months this time around :( I have a bunch of trial lenses at home and through experimentation today, it appears that my most recent test pair of contacts are over "minus-ing" me by about a diopter in my left eye. If I don't get things just right the nystagmus will never dampen fully (at the null point) and it makes my eye muscles feel so sore...so yeah, what I see and feel at the docs office, through the scope, is never the full story; I could test the best ever and then, at home, my eyes feel they are fighting and the nystagmus becomes uncontrollable :(
Thank you! It was a wonderfully informative video on myopia. However, it would be even better if the doctors could elaborate more on adults with worsening nearsightedness and offer suggestions on that too.
My poor eyesight progressed just as you described - from grade school on. My dad was nearsighted so there is that. The school nurse got a phone call in the middle of my 3rd grade eye exam. When she was done, she dismissed me with no comment on the fact that I could not see the eye chart. Because of the interruption- she forgot all about me and my eye problem. Fast forward 2 years worth of failing grades later - a new eye test and finally glasses (they all found out I WAS really smart, just nearsighted!). I marvelled at the actual individual leaves on the trees, the writing on the blackboard, my teacher's face. My eyes got worse over the years till now I have -5.50/-2.50 in both eyes (not exact rx) and I have astigmatism as well. I am 60 now. Even though I have progressives, I usually look over the top of my glasses to see very close - which is in focus 6 inches from my face. After years of foggy glasses that constantly slip down my tiny nose, I am happy to have contacts again. Eyeglasses have come a long way since the days of my heavy coke bottle tortoise shell specs. The thinner, lighter, almost invisible lens that darkens in sunlight makes wearing glasses bearable, but contacts are the best. Do the corrective hard lenses that are applied at bedtime work for adults? Does the re-shaping effect last throughout the day? Can you still see at night with the lenses in? I wonder if they would help me.
@@devildj6369 at your age, Lasix might be good as long as you mind the Dr's directions to a "t" and remember to NEVER rub your eyes or even touch them unless your hands are clean clean clean (that gies for contacts, too)! Otherwise, contacts would be good, because they make them so comfortable these days and cheap! Just make sure you don't cut corners keeping them clean and disinfected because an eye infection and/or a cut cornea is just AWFUL! you can avoid a cut cornea by never over-wearing your lenses! I did it and ended up wearing eye patches on BOTH eyes for 48 hours - and the cuts - microscopic almost - hurt like hell). Lasix and contacts are so cheap nowadays compared to years ago - 30 bucks or so for comfy soft lenses you change monthly (a 6 month supply) or now lasix is like $500 bucks an eye!! Years ago when it was new - $10,000 for lasix (yea, right) or $300 for a pair of hard lenses that pop out and fly away at any given moment! Hell no! Ancient history, lol! Good luck, i hope you find a good solution to poor eyesight- i know how bad it sucks, just be glad you aren't completely blind (even tho it sure seems like it at times, I'm sure).
🙂🙂🙂i am tensed bcs of my eyes..i have glasses prescribed but Don't wanna wear it its really uncomfortable for me... And i when i wear it i really feel like its a lot of power🥴🥴so when i needed to see the board i just used that as glass hold it in front of my eyes and saw😅😆didnt wear it😅...i am 13 and i think wearing contacs would be much better when i have to go coaching or scl in the future 🤔but i normally dont need glasses on a daily base..when i go outside i also dont need it cs i Don't have to read anything😅so i just need them when i read something from far away like for tv i also need this but i dont watch tv so i dont wear it but still i somehow by bending the eyes can read but still not clear and from really far i cannot read but can see okay...i am also gonna start eating lot more fruits and CARROT as i heard that carrots are really helpful..i am actually now comfy with this type of blurry vision but if i somehow could see better naturally i would be really happy as most of my friends can see really better..and yeah sometimes from far away i get blurry vision of people's faces but its okay i am comfy😅but still if i can see better...i am praying to God everyday..i really want my eyes from back then..at the end of age 11 maybe i got mypio🙂🙂🙂now i am 13🙃i am gonna turn 14 after like 3 months🥴can anyone help me..specially you.. You seem like a bright person😃i would like to take advive from you cs many said really negative things which discouraged me😐😑even thought it was not for me..i was really tensed about it earlier that i cried...but now i am tensed but not going to be really sad about it cs it harms me mentally😪
@@k-addictt6315 I am surprised you weren't amazed at all you could see with your new glasses. Sounds like they are far too strong for you. Get your parents to take you to a different doctor - an OPHTHALMOLOGIST. Bring your glasses. The doctor will tell you everything you need to know about getting contacts. Lasix has come a long way, but I do not recommend it. It can have adverse effects later on in life. If you got your glasses from a mall optometrist, definitely get to an ophthalmologist - who can prescribe contacts that are right for you. DONT go back to the place you got your glasses. That whole experience d ou as not sound right to me. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Also, if you get contacts, follow the directions about cleanliness very closely. Take care of your eyes and your contacts the right way!
Great video! Having Myopia is something I always worry about, considerably because I usually have big jumps throughout my prescription changes. 2 and a half years ago I was a -3.25 with no astigmatism or axis, and now I'm a -4.50 with a -0.25 cyl and 90 axis. I went from a -4.25 to a -4.50 in a year, and I'm worried this will be a continuous journey for me throughout, and I'm worried where it will take me. My eyes also get very worn out and almost try to shut where I struggle to keep them open, I have spoken to my optician about this and she said it was related to stress and caffeine. can't blame a girl for worrying!
Same. I'm so worried I'd go blind some day in the future. I've started becoming myopic around the age of 18. In 03 years my vision has decreased to -04. I'm 21 and I'm scared it's only the beginning. I wanna try lenses but I'm scared. This is a nightmare lol :/
My mom did try to get me to go outside in the sunshine. But sat in dim light indoors and did arts crafts and was a shy kid. Got terrible vision. My mom commented and said “you need better light” so I can’t blame her really, but as an older kid and teen I naturally ignored her. My dad was very near sighted, so for me probably also genetic. My sister who was ADHD and never sat still had good vision until she calmed down and started studying, eventually getting a masters degree. Now she wears contacts.
I didn't know you could stop myopia! I'm so glad I found this. I don't want my eyes to get worse. My prescription went up dramatically after being pregnant twice! 😬 does pregnancy have an affect on eye health?
Ortho-K sounds fascinating. Just like I had braces to correct my teeth, it would have been so cool to have contacts to correct my eyes. My rx is in the -7.00 region in each eye and I'm grateful that LASIK exists that I might have some hope for clearer vision. Fingers crossed that I'm a good candidate!
From what my doctor told me, as long as you are older than 26 and don't show any signs of other eye related ailments, LASIK is a good match for you. Basically, if your eyesight gets worse very slowly after 26, then the continued vision loss is from eye strain from glasses/contacts
Yes, by all means, STOP MYOPIA! Help me go from 20/50, or -1 diopters, to +0.5 diopters, or 20/20. I would gladly pay you to help me accomplish this important scientific goal, in my life!
Im an optometry student, people dont really teach you (or either dont know) why myopia progresses. I will not go into details because I cant be bothered writing the same comments in so many videos, but generally, myopia worsens when myopic patients WEAR THEIR GLASSES/CONTACTS WHILE DOING NEAR WORK. The light focuses BEHIND the retina, requiering more accommodation from the lens, in order for the light to fall on the retina. This vicious cycle will proceed (especially in young age), the eyeball to will elongate more, and thus myopia will increase. People who refuse to believe this are either ignorant, or have sale motives.
@@anneravelo8798 No, but not wearing minus lenses for close up will definitely slow myopia progression. Its too long of a topic, I suggest you to take a look at EndMyopia and Todd Becker
For the scientific normal eye, long-term close work causes the eye to change its refractive state from +0.25 Diopters, or 20/20, to -0.75 Diopters, or 20/50.
I'm one of four kids with myopia of various levels, our parents had good eyesight until their 50's when they needed reading classes. I started wearing RGP (rigid gas permeable) contacts when you still needed to sign a waver that they were experimental ;) I tried the new soft lenses in my 20's but after a few days, I couldn't see distance, so back to RGP. Finally, last year, after tired of blurry middle zone (6 feet) and needing readers much of the time, I gave up and started wearing my progressive glasses all the time. 6 months later at my next eye exam, my right eye had changed enough to need a new prescription. I wonder if wearing RGP all those years (46 years) prevented myopia creep? I'll ask my specialist at my next retinal exam.
Here is my story. Hope it helps and provides hope to many. I had stable -1 myopia for over 23 years. End of Jan 2023 I had an episode of "Primary Iridocyclitis of Right Eye". Used steroids and dilation drops. These did not improve but worsened the condition. After three weeks I stopped medications and went to tropical island. Hiked a lot and did eye exercises along with being in the sun all day. After 6 weeks my right eye still was weak and I saw things about 20% smaller than the left eye with glasses. But surprisingly after 7 weeks my right eye got better than left eye. I think now my right eye is near 20/20 maybe -0.25. I stopped using glasses after 23 years. The left eye still seems to be -1. I'm trying to continue exercises and reduce that as well. After seeing many articles about myopia from professionals who say it cannot be reversed I now feel like it can be reversed with a prolonged change in habits. Good luck everyone. Take care. I saw this channel and answers on quora that stated clearly that myopia cannot be reversed. I think myopia CAN BE REVERSED. It may take long time but it is POSSIBLE.
I'm presently a -7.50 nearsightedness.. I woke up yesterday morning and had so much water gushing out of my right eye, I couldn't see clearly with my right eye clearly at all. What can I do? I'm so scared😭😭😭
I'm a lost cause (only ICL can do the trick, if I happen to be a suitable candidate) but I will definitely use this information on my kids!!! Infinitely thankful docs!!
Hey Shea. A higher prescription may carry some increased risks but ultimately following up with your eye doctor on a regular basis is the best you can do. Wish you the best. -Joe
End Myopia! my vision was a -6.5 for 30 years and suddenly jumped to a -8.5 at age 42, now -9.5 and there is no explanation any opthalmologist can give.
I didn’t get myopia until I was 21 and in one year it went from a -1.00 to a -2.00 as well as my astigmatism going from a 50 to a 75. They checked my eye nerves and pressure and everything looks healthy. No clue what’s going on. The only difference was that school went online .
It is believed to, yes. However, it is important for kids and people to succeed in school and develop their reading skills. Interestingly enough, there is a study that shows reading outside does not have as large of an effect, so daily is believed to play a role in nearsightedness development yet to be discovered.
My eyes are extremely myopic. -15 I was always extremely nearsighted- wore glasses at 12 months old. I have been told I must have been born premature. I was adopted at a few weeks old. I wear RGP multifocal contacts since 2012 and my prescription has not changed for 10 years. I am 57.
I have had myopia since maybe 9 years old. Did lots of reading and up close things like crosstitch. They got worse every year until I started doing eye exercises. They actually got 2 diopeters better in each eye. I just focus on something on the wall across from me like a picture frame, clock tv, even etc and keep following the outline of it around with your eyes and and then counterclockwise.Then make your eye focus on the same thing as you go around the edges of the object. You will actually feel your distance muscles in your eye start getting a tight feeling.Now stop and cover your eyes with your hands , rest your eyes for about 30 seconds. Keep doing this and your eyes may improve like mine did. Do it every day and I hope you see improvement like I did. I just need to remember to do it and try to get them better now. Also make sure you do it at work if you have an upclose job or read alot.
@@shahn9916 hey can u tell me what exactly u did and did u follow anything like endnyopia and using less diopter for close up I am also trying to reduce myopia one eye is minus 3 and other is 8 huge gap What habits to do ? I rlywanna make my right eye below minus 6 to avoid complications in future
What, "causes", the fundamental to change its refractive state, from positive, to negative. The scientific answer is, 1) Long term close work, and then, 2) A strong minus lens.
When you're at 20/40, the optometrist will give you -2.00 diopter lenses, giving you 20/10 vision. That over-prescription will cause vision to go down drastically. What you should have done instead, when at 20/40, is cut out all your near focusing habits and get more outdoor time. If you're in a situation where that is difficult to do, I suggest wearing a plus lens for all close work. It takes about one year to get back to 20/20. Most of the public do not want to hear this as they want a quick fix. Optometrists will not discuss this in fear of being sued.
Hi guys. I'm nearsighted with -6.25 in my left eye and no vision in my right eye (optic disc pit--obviously congenital; 4 retinal reattachment surgeries that never really took). I see my ophthalmologist annually--with anything over -6 being classified as "high myopia", should I be concerned about the future? Love the channel!
When I wake up in the morning, I have a good vision, but if I read for a prolong period of time, my vision from a far worsen and by the end of the day, it's like I have myopia. When I was younger, this effect would not last for too long, but now, as I age and my job requires me to read almost all day, the myopia don't go away until I sleep. I saw a professionnal who prescribed me glasses to read (even though I have no problem seeing from up close), because she thought that my eyes would need to focus less and that it would help them seeing from a far after my reading sessions. The idea sounded good, but, unfortunately, it doesn't work. Is there something to do with that condition? Thank you for your video by the way. They're very interesting.
@@HolyPotata Hey can you provide some sources to back those up. I wear my prescription all the time and I think my eyes haven't worsen for a year and half.
STOP MYOPIA! I am excited to see what new advances come out in eye protection and enhancement. They are going to be highly required for a modern digital society where most of the work is done via computer screens. I am waiting for cyber Predator style vision 😁.
I usually love everything google, but I'm very disappointed because I tried to do all kinds of research, AKA googling, to find out if screens cause vision loss. Every article I found said it only causes eye strain, and then I find you and I trust you, and you guys say that screens do cause vision loss.
Thank you for this informative video What do you think about : In normal cases, things closer than 5 meters need eye accomodation to have the image on retina The much we use phones, books and small close things ... muscle's function gonna be adapted to see only close things and we get MYOPIA! Wearing glasses brings us to the beginning point ... we dont wanna get adapted to see close things only again So, why not wearing glasses outside and removing them while reading or using phone?
Also bright light, of daylight strengths, seems to prevent or slow progression of myopia. There were some Australian researchers doing studies in China (in China they are able to lifestyle changes with children that are not possible elsewhere), the idea being to either be in a daylight lit classroom, or mandatory long playtime outside - even the winter sun is strong enough to prevent provide the benefit. The theory is that lack of daylight strength bright light (ie outside time) is the reason why myopia rates can shoot up (did shoot up in the Chinese population) in one generation. They also did studies on chicks (chickens) where one eye was covered to reduce the light and the other eye uncovered to allow bright light in, and to compare myopia in this case and it was supporting the theory. Obviously want to prevent UV damage at the same time, but even with sunglasses on the outside light is still brighter than indoor lighting. Don’t know how the researchers are progressing, I saw the documentary on them several years ago, but us seemed like it was probably causative. Chinese population first wave increased rate of myopia would have pre-dated tablets and smartphones, so I think it seems more correlation than causation in the USA pop, but constant close work (book work) was suspect for a long time also, meanwhile seems like a possibility that is only because it is highly correlated with lots of indoor time and little outdoor time playing in bright light.
Do not wear contacts. Use plus lense reading glasses to reduce the eye strain. Your eyes are not getting weak. They are getting muscle bound and losing range of motion. Never use minus prescription lenses to read.
Well, using minus lenses to read wont hurt the eyes or eye muscles for most people (after about the ages of 23-25) or at least once the eyes stop growing. Funny enough when the eyes become more nearsighted they are technically not "weak" but instead the optical system is becoming stronger. But Plus lenses do reduce the accommodative demand for reading at near. I will have a whole video series on the science and publications on this in the near future.
In 2015 I got orthok contacts and pretty quickly it corrected my lens astigmatism. I just started going to regular contacts after 4 years and I kind of miss hard contacts. I just don’t think soft contacts will ever be as clear. But even at 18 the orthok contacts did slow down some of my myopia.
Doctor Eye Health there’s only one doctor in the area that fits for them, and I didn’t like the staff. My new eye doctor is licensed to fit ortho-k so she knows about them but doesn’t have the topography machine to actually fit them. Not enough people here want them. I’m 23 now and I started wearing glasses in 2nd grade, but I’m not up to a -3 yet. Part of why it was hard to move away was I’m very light sensitive and my eyes stay more dilated than someone’s pupils should at my age, so ortho-k was nice to just sleep in, but I need to choose soft contacts that go to the sclera so the edge of my vision isn’t blurry. I’m the only myopic one in the family :’)
STOP MYOPIA!! I began wearing glasses in 2nd grade and have had to wear glasses or contacts up until my PRK eye surgery June 2018. My refractive error progressed and finally stopped at -7.50 in both eyes almost no astigmatism. Now I’m 20/20 and I’m so happy to be free of corrective lenses. I do make sure I have my annual eye check ups because of what conditions myopic eyes have an increased chance of getting.
Ritvik Sharma I hope it does for you also. I believe the eye doctors recommend at least 1 year without any change in you vision before conducting laser eye surgery. Best of luck 👍🏻
All this time I thought my eyes are okay since I can see clearly when it is near, and it is okay when you see far things blurred but 2 days ago I went on a clinic and see that I can really see clearly even if it is far. By the way I'm just -175 and -75 😅
Just saw the optometrist today and I was -22 on my left eye and -15.50 on my right eye. No tears or holes but high risk for them since I’m severely myopic.
They can help improve muscle control for people with convergence or accommodative issues, but they will not improve your eyesight or reduce the amount of glasses prescription.
My prescriptions of my contacts are -9 and -10. My dad is the only one in his family that needed glasses yet my sisters and I all wear glasses. Sadly I’m the worst of the bunch 😔
I had multiple traumatic stressful events, My life savings was lost in a investment, then 4 family members died, then both of my children moved to other states, then, i messed up and lost my dream career job . My life was devastated.... and my eyesight went blurry with near sightedness. I don't know how to live with all this
I've just turned 22 and I've needed glasses since I was 5 my left eye is around a minus 6 and my right eye is a minus 9! I thought my prescription would stop changing in my late teens
@@adon9990 I'm quite worried as my right eye (the weaker eye) has pigmentation around the macular and also my DV is 6/9 even when my vision is corrected
ad 123 does it really stop? Or is that just an assumption since I’m close to reaching that age and I am afraid of my vision getting worse than it already is. Also could you send me to an article to read if this is factual as well, thank you ahead of time 🙏🏽
Does the Doctor / Patient problem - have any possibility of "solving ", the issue of a slight negative state, for the eye? Or, must I solve this problem myself? Since you can not do it for me.
You can by focusing on far object for a longer period of time so you have to watch TV for like ten hours or play video games but remember to watch intellectually stimulating things on the TV and for games it has a lot of benefits for the brain so try it out
STOP MYOPIA don't use your phone 10 hours a day. I only use my phone 2 hours and I'm not nearsighted at all. I used to play on my phone from 9 pm to 7 am for 3 years. I became slightly nearsighted, but I stopped, started looking into the distance, and my eyes healed.
my right eye are -8, Cyl . 1. I start to feel discomfort and dry when I wear my last glasses. Now I am doing eye exercise. I felt the new glasses is too strong.
Mine is -3😑😑i am so tired of my eyes..my prescribed glasses are also really strong i think😕its my first time wearing glasses but i only wear it when i need it like to read something from far away bcs it is really too much power for me to put on my eyes🥴
STOP MYOPIA - VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO AS MY SON JUST COME UP WITH myopia 2 DAYS BACK AS HE IS NOW 11 YEAR OLD AND CAN NOT SEE FAR ON white BOARD IN THE SCHOOL FROM LAST BENCH, CAME FROM HIS MOTHER AND MY WIFE AND HER FATHER LOST HIS EYESIGHT AT THE AGE OF 20 DUE TO BLOOD PRESSURE SO WHAT ARE THE CHANCES TO COME IN HEREDITAORY TO MY SON OR DAUGHTER.? PLEASE REPLY DR GERBER. THANK YOU.
I feel if I would have only wore glasses when I needed them my myopia would not have been that bad today. Of course teachers and parents pressured me to wear glasses even when I could clearly see without them. If I got myopia as an adult I definitely would not have worn glasses much if at all.
Dr Allen, would you do a video on multi-focal contacts if you haven't already done so. For example, how they work, whether or not you recommend them and maybe a general review on brands. Thanks so much. I find your videos so informative.
Nutrition varies so much from person to person (I however, agree), and combine that with absorption issues as well as everything else in hygiene and then there is OVERDOSING (I’m scared of taking supplements on my own or without Rx as I’ve seen them make people mad).
Biggest reasons for myopia: 1. Processed food 2. Stress 3. Inadequate quality sleep 4. Inadequate exercise All of these increase the tension of the muscles that are being used and we all use eyeball muscles. Myopia is not a disease, its a lifestyle health condition.
WOW again I have learned so much! I think the contacts at night is a fantastic idea ! Wish that was an option back when I was young, my daughter is 19 would it be beneficial for her now? (she has been nearsightedness since about 8) Considering her young mum LOL now has cataracts and glaucoma . I realize we should ask her doctor just curious of your thoughts.
Hey Julie! As always I love your comments! Anyone could be fit in Ortho-K lenses as long as their prescription fits the parameters. However, individuals with high astigmatism or nearsightedness over -5 are not the best candidates. Be sure to ask her doctor if its a good option for her.
Physics question: Why does the fundamental eye, change its refractive state, from +0.25 Diopters to -0.5 Diopters, when you place a -2 Diopter lens on it?
I'm a thirteen years old who is on multifocal contacts and a 0.025 atrophine drop at night and my vision improved in 6 moths and is less negative! Sorry for any spelling errors I don't know how to spell most of this stuff
This is so interesting! I was kind of wondering what age you meant by “children” and what generation? I grew up without tablets and didn’t have a smart phone until high school, but did start getting that -1 nearsightedness around 12 years old (read a lot of books past my bedtime tho...). Nearly 10 years later I’m at a -3.75 which isn’t too bad (I think) considering how much reading I have to do for work and school.
Really anyone under the age of 18, actually I still advanced in my nearsightedness through my early twenties as I was in college reading a TON of textbooks. Excessive amounts of nearwork in general (reading a book, sewing, sitting close to TV, phone use, tablets, etc.) are all implicated in the increased development of nearsightedness as we go through adolescents.
Vanessa Jabbour I’m curious also, I have -2.75 (R) -2.50 (L) and idk how to stop it from increasing and it worries me, idk what’s a bad bad prescription idk how high it goes
@@leonelestrada2766 Yeah or if you dont wear corrective lenses for several days then your eye starts to hurt and then you start wearing them again. Will that make it worse or keep it the same?
to stop myopia progression: with low myopia, don't use far away glasses for looking near, as simple as that. that slows myopia progression. (or weaker glasses with higher myopia)
Can Orth-K treatment be done by a regular type of optometrist or do I need to see a specialist? I would love to know more about this treatment. I had never heard of it. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge!
Any optometrist can do it, but not all may have the experience or tools to fit them. It would be best to call a clinic in your area and ask if they fit Ortho-K and what they charge for that service. I have personally fit them in the past but our clinic doesn't get enough traffic for them right now so we do not even offer it.
What causes high myopia? It is prescribing a -2 Diopter lens, to a child who can still read 20/40 on his Home Snellen. Doing this, causes stair-case myopia, in that child.
The fact remains, despite all the glasses or contacts on the market today, myopia cannot be fixed or retarded. However, eye therapy (retraining the eyes) is something else and worth looking into before spending all your money on ophthalmologists (eye doctors and eye clinics (optometrists).
Am unable to see writings that are 3meters away ,I really need your help!am also unable to identify people and objects that are of the latter distance.
My dad used to wear coke bottle glasses while he was growing up and was a very good student in school. I've seen the black and white pictures of him in his 20s wearing them. But then in his thirties he started a program of eye exercises that included refocusing eyes on the horizon periodically and various other eye exercises and I've never seen him wear glasses since I was big enough to notice. He is now in his 70s and still has good vision. My own need for reading glasses only started when I got a laptop and began spending prolonged periods of time on it. I think I'd better stop doing that.
Ortho K lenses and some soft lenses show really good results for myopia control, but there is a new glasses lens from Hoya that is coming out that is showing a lot of promise. I hope to talk about it soon when it comes out.
One of our daughters has myopia, and I had no idea it was actually potentially dangerous. Our eye doctor did suggest she spend time outside to help prevent it from getting worse. I hadn’t heard of the other methods though. Thanks for the information!
@@DoctorEyeHealth I have pathological myopia with -22 prescription. I am 35 years old living in Pittsburgh and had history of few lasers and couple of injections for myopic CNV. Currently my vision is ok but getting really touch to get ophthalmologists who can provide me exact prescription for my glasses and contacts as whoever we call they say that we see up to -19 to -20.
I first started wearing glasses at about 12 with -4. In 2019 i had a cataract replacement in my weaker left eye. 10 months later the retina detached almost completely in that eye. The retina operation was performed 2 days later and again a month later. The right eye has now developed a cataract and the vision has decreased from -7 to -10 in that time. I am seeing the opthalmologist in May to establish when the oil will be removed from the left eye. I have asked about the cataract removal from the right eye but he was not positive about it.
⚡⚡ Eye Health QOTD: Which was your favorite method to slow down myopia?
I had never heard of the contact to wear at night. I would love to see if my granddaughter is a candidate for those. She keeps breaking/losing her glasses. And I didn't know that looking at things like phones and tablets is so damaging. I watch TH-cam and Prime Video on my phone. I got out my computer last night and used it instead.
Go outside and play always the best way to slow down the progression of myopia.
This is going to sound really pedantic but I recently interviewed at a biopharma company and one of the drugs in their pipeline involves eye drops at a certain concentration that are given to children to stop myopia. It inhibits the degradation of dopamine levels and will be on the market within next three years if all goes accordingly. This drug is at the third stage undergoing FDA approval. They are currently wrapping up trial testing in Europe which so far, has shown excellent results. I would also like to add that the eye drops is only effective for children. Also this is one of my favorite channels!
Eye Exercises
ever practical.. cheers Every time escape youngers from hell great myopia..!!!
I got bad myopia because I watch this video all day to make sure I don’t get myopia
Same .these people are lecturing a lot
No, screen time has little to do with myopia - people wore glasses way before any TV
Me as well
I literally cried😑bcs nowadays i am thinking that i would get blind..i have nothing to do..i have online classes,coachings and xms...i also watch yt to free my mind..and i think these are causing me my eyes😩i am only 13🙂
@@k-addictt6315 Same I feel your pain. My last prescription a year ago was -7.5. After spending almost a year always at screens for remote class, my vision seem to get worse and my left eye seeing pretty blurry.
10:55 “limit screen time especially up close”
Me: *moves my phone far from my face thinking that will help*
and then everything starts to blurr 🤣
i'd like to thank my parents for causing my severe myopia
Long term close work, and a strong minus - did it !!!
Yeah ! The same !!!
But in my case I thank them for mine and my twin sister's 🥺
I’m so confused as both my parents have 20/20 vision. 😂
@@otiebrown9999 by Long term how much do you mean? I’m 18 and never needed glasses but the past 2-3 months for me were in front of phones. And my eyes feel tired nowadays kinda getting paranoid over getting myopia. Any idea?
It's mostly your fault, don't blame your parents
5:30 for preventing eyesight from getting worse
Take lots of breaks.
Thank you
God bless you
Did it work?
Thank you most of it made me scared of blindness
I've been wearing glasses since 16yo... 4 years later, 2 years into graphic design school, my doctor told me it was bc of genetics but largely bc of exposure to screen with todays technology 🙃🙃 so reducing screen time not very much an option as a graphic designer 🙃🙃 I just found this channel and I'm loving it ✨
Hi there! Maybe reducing screen time isn't an option. However, you do have an option to stop your vision getting worse. What is it? Wearing weaker glasses for screen use. The problem with wearing full prescription glasses for close-up is that it causes hyperopic defocus. In simple terms - it makes someone more myopic.
I used this technique to reverse my myopia from -2.00 to 20/20. I am also helping others do the same at my channel and with my courses.
Maybe use vision comfort on the screen
Or get blue light protector glasses?
@@seeclearly please tell me more about it? your personal cycle when you switch glasses. , i have different spherical & cylindrical angle now vs my last glasses, power is just little more now , should i wear the old glasses for closeup work like studying/ looking at screen?.
@@seeclearly could you please help me? 🙂
At the age of 16 i started wearing glasses of -1.0 for both eyes. Then it became -1.5 for both eyes at 17.
Now I'm at -3.35 left eye and -3.50 right eye at the age of 20.
So, i wanna ask could you please share some techniques to help me reverse or reduce my prescription, if possible.
I shall be very thankful to you.
Regards,
Arslan 🙂
@@seeclearlypls tell me I am having the power -2 how can it be 20/20. 😢
It is nice that you take your time to help us get out of mild myopia.
Ie, from 20/50, to 20/20, during the school years. I know of Optometrists that helped their own children achieve that goal.
Little did people know..
Deez clowns bussin' their asses off making a marketing sales pitch 🤡😂
How did you get rid of it
Okay he went from -1 to blindness
Yeah.. Really😂
Shit just went from 0 to 100 real fast!
Who?
Who
@@krishafyme the smart doc
Interesting to run across this. My eyes get worse every 1-2 years and I’ve been worried about the very things you guys are discussing. I can’t remember what my prescription strength is but I’ve got an astigmatism on both eyes and one of them is more so than the other. Thank you for taking the time to talk about this!
Happy to help Katie. Hopefully Dr. Gerber and I can make some more videos on the topic.
Because you didn't know that there is an alternative solution to contacts/glasses/etc Check Active Focus. Myopia is reversible. It takes years to restore your vision but it's possible. Shame on these two doctors, so many advertisements of contacts in their videos.
@@fireplusteam thats true i also use active focus and it is doing wonders for me
@@manansansanwal9631 what is this😶?
@@k-addictt6315 endmyopia.org, there's also a facebook page and it's very active.
I am pleased that you Docs, now know the cause of myopia, and can now help kids go from 20/50, to 20/20, in one year.
I would be very happy to pay for that professional service.
Many other people will support that idea!!
I see what you did there 👀😂
I used to have really sharp eyesight but when I got older my vision deteriorated and now I can't even see the TV clearly without my contacts
Same, how old where you when ypur vision deteriorated?
@@hellostranger2269 I was around 13 at the time
Rose Karina yeah same but I have glasses
I’m watching this video rn and it sounds legit I think I’m gonna try it out you should look up endmyopia
How good was it before?
STOP MYOPIA!
STOP MYOPIA! I work as an inspector so i inspect parts to the .3mm which is very small and i do this for 12 hours a day. I have prescription safety glasses but i noticed that my safeties are never the same as my eyeglasses even though it's the same prescription i can tell a difference. Why is that? Can this affect my eye conditions?
Stop Myopia!
@@7ab3tha has you glasses have any special lenses ? Any MAR/Thinning ?
If you have got extras on your glasses (lenses) and you didn't opt for that on your SAFETY glasses then you will sometimes be able to tell the difference
The standard tool used by optometrists, the minus lens, brings everything closer to the eye and for that reason accelerates myopia
Great way of turning a mild issue into a chronic one requiring lifelong "care".
In science, 100% Correct.
Answer:
1) Long term near always causes nearsightedness.
2) Get rid of all close work, when at 20/40, and you will get out of nearsightedness.
3) That is how you stop myopia - completely. Why is there a problem?
Thabk you, that saved me 16 minutes
im an IT engineer so im supposed to work with my eyes closed?
What about depression? I m 22 with -10 prescription, no prospects of relationship.... Being a nerd, i am only interested in jobs that requires close up work, therefore all worry about future is killing me from inside. All my friends are dating, getting married and looking forward to the best of their lives and here i am thinking of k!lling myself. What about that?
@@saloni495 you should do LASIK surgery , I'm a 16 year old and have -5 , I'm so worried too ! But that doesn't help , Go for a LASIK !
@@saloni495 im 14 and because of how fast my eyesight is getting worse by the months i have been filled with anxiety and depression, i plan to do lazik but its worrying at the thought of not being a suitable candidate for lazik
No doctor has ever mentioned this, I have been -13.50 and -11.00 almost my whole life, I was actually even higher power when I was younger. I was born blind, had glaucoma, surgery at weeks old gave me my sight back, but I have nystagmus, colobomas in each eye and obvious extreeme myopia. I guess it really hasn't progressed, in fact it's regressed a lot, but boy retinal detachment, that is scary as hell, my uncle is nearly blind from having 2 detachments :(
WOw...you have an interesting case. Are your colobomas of the iris?
@@DoctorEyeHealth yep, and I have horizontal nystagmus on top of it, almost certainly due to sensory impoverishment in the visual cortices; not having sight during a fairly critical developmental period (age). Docs have said it is "ICE-like" but haven't pinned anything down definitively, thankfully it has been stable since the surgeries. I see 20/40-20/50 on a good day, but functionally I'm 20/70-20/80, as damping the nystagmus is so incredibly difficult when reading.
I am currently working to get new contacts and glasses...took me 8 months last time, hoping it doesn't take another 8 months this time around :( I have a bunch of trial lenses at home and through experimentation today, it appears that my most recent test pair of contacts are over "minus-ing" me by about a diopter in my left eye.
If I don't get things just right the nystagmus will never dampen fully (at the null point) and it makes my eye muscles feel so sore...so yeah, what I see and feel at the docs office, through the scope, is never the full story; I could test the best ever and then, at home, my eyes feel they are fighting and the nystagmus becomes uncontrollable :(
Thank you! It was a wonderfully informative video on myopia. However, it would be even better if the doctors could elaborate more on adults with worsening nearsightedness and offer suggestions on that too.
I got myopia as an adult after working long hours in front of a computer.
Thankfully it's just -1.00 now.
do you need glasses to drive?
How did you fix it
@@Zouniia Thoughts and Prayers
I am so sick of my eyes🥴i have worse than you and i am only 13...
My poor eyesight progressed just as you described - from grade school on. My dad was nearsighted so there is that. The school nurse got a phone call in the middle of my 3rd grade eye exam. When she was done, she dismissed me with no comment on the fact that I could not see the eye chart. Because of the interruption- she forgot all about me and my eye problem. Fast forward 2 years worth of failing grades later - a new eye test and finally glasses (they all found out I WAS really smart, just nearsighted!). I marvelled at the actual individual leaves on the trees, the writing on the blackboard, my teacher's face. My eyes got worse over the years till now I have -5.50/-2.50 in both eyes (not exact rx) and I have astigmatism as well. I am 60 now. Even though I have progressives, I usually look over the top of my glasses to see very close - which is in focus 6 inches from my face. After years of foggy glasses that constantly slip down my tiny nose, I am happy to have contacts again. Eyeglasses have come a long way since the days of my heavy coke bottle tortoise shell specs. The thinner, lighter, almost invisible lens that darkens in sunlight makes wearing glasses bearable, but contacts are the best. Do the corrective hard lenses that are applied at bedtime work for adults? Does the re-shaping effect last throughout the day? Can you still see at night with the lenses in? I wonder if they would help me.
I feel you miss.. I am 17 and it is worse af
@@devildj6369 at your age, Lasix might be good as long as you mind the Dr's directions to a "t" and remember to NEVER rub your eyes or even touch them unless your hands are clean clean clean (that gies for contacts, too)! Otherwise, contacts would be good, because they make them so comfortable these days and cheap! Just make sure you don't cut corners keeping them clean and disinfected because an eye infection and/or a cut cornea is just AWFUL! you can avoid a cut cornea by never over-wearing your lenses! I did it and ended up wearing eye patches on BOTH eyes for 48 hours - and the cuts - microscopic almost - hurt like hell). Lasix and contacts are so cheap nowadays compared to years ago - 30 bucks or so for comfy soft lenses you change monthly (a 6 month supply) or now lasix is like $500 bucks an eye!! Years ago when it was new - $10,000 for lasix (yea, right) or $300 for a pair of hard lenses that pop out and fly away at any given moment! Hell no! Ancient history, lol! Good luck, i hope you find a good solution to poor eyesight- i know how bad it sucks, just be glad you aren't completely blind (even tho it sure seems like it at times, I'm sure).
🙂🙂🙂i am tensed bcs of my eyes..i have glasses prescribed but Don't wanna wear it its really uncomfortable for me... And i when i wear it i really feel like its a lot of power🥴🥴so when i needed to see the board i just used that as glass hold it in front of my eyes and saw😅😆didnt wear it😅...i am 13 and i think wearing contacs would be much better when i have to go coaching or scl in the future 🤔but i normally dont need glasses on a daily base..when i go outside i also dont need it cs i Don't have to read anything😅so i just need them when i read something from far away like for tv i also need this but i dont watch tv so i dont wear it but still i somehow by bending the eyes can read but still not clear and from really far i cannot read but can see okay...i am also gonna start eating lot more fruits and CARROT as i heard that carrots are really helpful..i am actually now comfy with this type of blurry vision but if i somehow could see better naturally i would be really happy as most of my friends can see really better..and yeah sometimes from far away i get blurry vision of people's faces but its okay i am comfy😅but still if i can see better...i am praying to God everyday..i really want my eyes from back then..at the end of age 11 maybe i got mypio🙂🙂🙂now i am 13🙃i am gonna turn 14 after like 3 months🥴can anyone help me..specially you.. You seem like a bright person😃i would like to take advive from you cs many said really negative things which discouraged me😐😑even thought it was not for me..i was really tensed about it earlier that i cried...but now i am tensed but not going to be really sad about it cs it harms me mentally😪
@@k-addictt6315 I am surprised you weren't amazed at all you could see with your new glasses. Sounds like they are far too strong for you. Get your parents to take you to a different doctor - an OPHTHALMOLOGIST. Bring your glasses. The doctor will tell you everything you need to know about getting contacts. Lasix has come a long way, but I do not recommend it. It can have adverse effects later on in life. If you got your glasses from a mall optometrist, definitely get to an ophthalmologist - who can prescribe contacts that are right for you. DONT go back to the place you got your glasses. That whole experience d ou as not sound right to me. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Also, if you get contacts, follow the directions about cleanliness very closely. Take care of your eyes and your contacts the right way!
@@mamaboocee Thank you❤️But are contacts better that glasses?🤔Will contact be comfortable?😐
Great video! Having Myopia is something I always worry about, considerably because I usually have big jumps throughout my prescription changes. 2 and a half years ago I was a -3.25 with no astigmatism or axis, and now I'm a -4.50 with a -0.25 cyl and 90 axis. I went from a -4.25 to a -4.50 in a year, and I'm worried this will be a continuous journey for me throughout, and I'm worried where it will take me. My eyes also get very worn out and almost try to shut where I struggle to keep them open, I have spoken to my optician about this and she said it was related to stress and caffeine. can't blame a girl for worrying!
The good news is that most prescriptions tend to stable out between someones 20s and 40s
Stop eating grains and spend time outdoors in natural light
Same. I'm so worried I'd go blind some day in the future. I've started becoming myopic around the age of 18. In 03 years my vision has decreased to -04. I'm 21 and I'm scared it's only the beginning. I wanna try lenses but I'm scared. This is a nightmare lol :/
@@crystalblue4303how about today bro ❤
My mom did try to get me to go outside in the sunshine. But sat in dim light indoors and did arts crafts and was a shy kid. Got terrible vision. My mom commented and said “you need better light” so I can’t blame her really, but as an older kid and teen I naturally ignored her. My dad was very near sighted, so for me probably also genetic. My sister who was ADHD and never sat still had good vision until she calmed down and started studying, eventually getting a masters degree. Now she wears contacts.
I didn't know you could stop myopia! I'm so glad I found this. I don't want my eyes to get worse. My prescription went up dramatically after being pregnant twice! 😬 does pregnancy have an affect on eye health?
Pregnancy can cause transient or temporary shifts in prescription as well as corneal shape and tear film quality.
Doctor Eye Health that's so interesting! Thank you!
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Working on recovery from 20/50 to 20/20.
As fundamental science, all eyes control their refractive STATE to their AVERAGE value of Accommodation.
Ortho-K sounds fascinating. Just like I had braces to correct my teeth, it would have been so cool to have contacts to correct my eyes. My rx is in the -7.00 region in each eye and I'm grateful that LASIK exists that I might have some hope for clearer vision. Fingers crossed that I'm a good candidate!
I hope it goes well for you!
From what my doctor told me, as long as you are older than 26 and don't show any signs of other eye related ailments, LASIK is a good match for you. Basically, if your eyesight gets worse very slowly after 26, then the continued vision loss is from eye strain from glasses/contacts
Don’t do LASIK check out Jake Steiner Active Focus
@@chrisvig123 What is the difference between LASIK and active focus ?
Did you try the LASIK ? if yes ... how did LASIK improve your eyes without any problem ?
Yes, by all means, STOP MYOPIA!
Help me go from 20/50, or -1 diopters, to +0.5 diopters, or 20/20.
I would gladly pay you to help me accomplish this important scientific goal, in my life!
Orthokeratology.....never heard of this before. Wish this option was available when I was a kid. Myopia causing me lots of grief in my older years
Im an optometry student, people dont really teach you (or either dont know) why myopia progresses.
I will not go into details because I cant be bothered writing the same comments in so many videos, but generally, myopia worsens when myopic patients WEAR THEIR GLASSES/CONTACTS WHILE DOING NEAR WORK. The light focuses BEHIND the retina, requiering more accommodation from the lens, in order for the light to fall on the retina. This vicious cycle will proceed (especially in young age), the eyeball to will elongate more, and thus myopia will increase.
People who refuse to believe this are either ignorant, or have sale motives.
So if I stop using glasses while doing near work, will my eyes get better?...
@@anneravelo8798 No, but not wearing minus lenses for close up will definitely slow myopia progression. Its too long of a topic, I suggest you to take a look at EndMyopia and Todd Becker
I got this because of reading wattpad 💔😭
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For the scientific normal eye, long-term close work causes the eye to change its refractive state from +0.25 Diopters, or 20/20, to -0.75 Diopters, or 20/50.
I'm one of four kids with myopia of various levels, our parents had good eyesight until their 50's when they needed reading classes. I started wearing RGP (rigid gas permeable) contacts when you still needed to sign a waver that they were experimental ;) I tried the new soft lenses in my 20's but after a few days, I couldn't see distance, so back to RGP. Finally, last year, after tired of blurry middle zone (6 feet) and needing readers much of the time, I gave up and started wearing my progressive glasses all the time. 6 months later at my next eye exam, my right eye had changed enough to need a new prescription. I wonder if wearing RGP all those years (46 years) prevented myopia creep? I'll ask my specialist at my next retinal exam.
What did your doc say?
Here is my story. Hope it helps and provides hope to many.
I had stable -1 myopia for over 23 years. End of Jan 2023 I had an episode of "Primary Iridocyclitis of Right Eye". Used steroids and dilation drops. These did not improve but worsened the condition. After three weeks I stopped medications and went to tropical island. Hiked a lot and did eye exercises along with being in the sun all day. After 6 weeks my right eye still was weak and I saw things about 20% smaller than the left eye with glasses. But surprisingly after 7 weeks my right eye got better than left eye. I think now my right eye is near 20/20 maybe -0.25. I stopped using glasses after 23 years. The left eye still seems to be -1. I'm trying to continue exercises and reduce that as well.
After seeing many articles about myopia from professionals who say it cannot be reversed I now feel like it can be reversed with a prolonged change in habits. Good luck everyone. Take care.
I saw this channel and answers on quora that stated clearly that myopia cannot be reversed. I think myopia CAN BE REVERSED. It may take long time but it is POSSIBLE.
Correct.
I went from 20/60 to 20/20.
Refractive state.
-1 Diopters to +0.5 Diopters.
I'm presently a -7.50 nearsightedness.. I woke up yesterday morning and had so much water gushing out of my right eye, I couldn't see clearly with my right eye clearly at all.
What can I do? I'm so scared😭😭😭
How are u now?
Mine ia also -7.50...i'm just 15...can i talk with u plz?🙂
@@fahadahmed5467 I’m 12 I have blurry vision
@@fahadahmed5467 same i have 16 and it's -6
@@fahadahmed5467 same but I'm 13 and have -7.50 (╥﹏╥)
Great.
You found the cause.
Now help us recover.
Or, in your mind, is that impossible.
Please explain.
i been born with myopia just it got work when i got older,now im in my 30s and i got to wear glasses since my vision got worst
I'm a lost cause (only ICL can do the trick, if I happen to be a suitable candidate) but I will definitely use this information on my kids!!! Infinitely thankful docs!!
I have a prescription of -14.
I m scared i might go blind.
What can i do to prevent myself from being blind
Hey Shea. A higher prescription may carry some increased risks but ultimately following up with your eye doctor on a regular basis is the best you can do. Wish you the best. -Joe
Visit endmyopia.org... no bullshit..if u follow that site you will have work for your sight gains.. but it will help you..
Get off of technology and get outside. Slowly become less reliant on glasses.
Yoga will help you and your best choice
@Empathetic Corgi those are more dangerous than regular contacts.
End Myopia! my vision was a -6.5 for 30 years and suddenly jumped to a -8.5 at age 42, now -9.5 and there is no explanation any opthalmologist can give.
They never will.
I didn’t get myopia until I was 21 and in one year it went from a -1.00 to a -2.00 as well as my astigmatism going from a 50 to a 75. They checked my eye nerves and pressure and everything looks healthy. No clue what’s going on. The only difference was that school went online .
STOP MYOPIA! I have it and it sometimes almost makes me sick to see far away items.
So as far as up close device usage causing nearsightedness do books read up close or in the dark have similar effects?
It is believed to, yes. However, it is important for kids and people to succeed in school and develop their reading skills. Interestingly enough, there is a study that shows reading outside does not have as large of an effect, so daily is believed to play a role in nearsightedness development yet to be discovered.
@@DoctorEyeHealth xx
My eyes are extremely myopic. -15
I was always extremely nearsighted- wore glasses at 12 months old. I have been told I must have been born premature. I was adopted at a few weeks old. I wear RGP multifocal contacts since 2012 and my prescription has not changed for 10 years. I am 57.
What is the best screen to use to put over a tablet or P.C. to save our eyes young and old folks! Thanks for helping!
I wish I had the feeling that you were interested in helping me avoid entry into myopia.
I have had myopia since maybe 9 years old. Did lots of reading and up close things like crosstitch. They got worse every year until I started doing eye exercises. They actually got 2 diopeters better in each eye. I just focus on something on the wall across from me like a picture frame, clock tv, even etc and keep following the outline of it around with your eyes and and then counterclockwise.Then make your eye focus on the same thing as you go around the edges of the object. You will actually feel your distance muscles in your eye start getting a tight feeling.Now stop and cover your eyes with your hands , rest your eyes for about 30 seconds. Keep doing this and your eyes may improve like mine did. Do it every day and I hope you see improvement like I did. I just need to remember to do it and try to get them better now. Also make sure you do it at work if you have an upclose job or read alot.
Hey how’s your myopia now ?
I also want to improve my eyesight
@@noiroitoi331 Its stayed the same and prob will til I do eye exercises more.
@@shahn9916 hey can u tell me what exactly u did and did u follow anything like endnyopia and using less diopter for close up
I am also trying to reduce myopia one eye is minus 3 and other is 8 huge gap
What habits to do ? I rlywanna make my right eye below minus 6 to avoid complications in future
What, "causes", the fundamental to change its refractive state, from positive, to negative.
The scientific answer is,
1) Long term close work, and then,
2) A strong minus lens.
Very interesting, thank you! Please talk about macular degeneration and how to prevent or keep it from progressing.
When you're at 20/40, the optometrist will give you -2.00 diopter lenses, giving you 20/10 vision. That over-prescription will cause vision to go down drastically. What you should have done instead, when at 20/40, is cut out all your near focusing habits and get more outdoor time. If you're in a situation where that is difficult to do, I suggest wearing a plus lens for all close work. It takes about one year to get back to 20/20. Most of the public do not want to hear this as they want a quick fix. Optometrists will not discuss this in fear of being sued.
Tell me more about this mate, seems interesting
Hi guys. I'm nearsighted with -6.25 in my left eye and no vision in my right eye (optic disc pit--obviously congenital; 4 retinal reattachment surgeries that never really took). I see my ophthalmologist annually--with anything over -6 being classified as "high myopia", should I be concerned about the future? Love the channel!
Hey! How are you today?
Ive got -6 on both eyes too
I think the multi-focal contacts are a good idea. I have been using multi-focal contacts for a few years now, and they seem to work well.
When I wake up in the morning, I have a good vision, but if I read for a prolong period of time, my vision from a far worsen and by the end of the day, it's like I have myopia. When I was younger, this effect would not last for too long, but now, as I age and my job requires me to read almost all day, the myopia don't go away until I sleep. I saw a professionnal who prescribed me glasses to read (even though I have no problem seeing from up close), because she thought that my eyes would need to focus less and that it would help them seeing from a far after my reading sessions. The idea sounded good, but, unfortunately, it doesn't work. Is there something to do with that condition? Thank you for your video by the way. They're very interesting.
@@HolyPotata Hey can you provide some sources to back those up. I wear my prescription all the time and I think my eyes haven't worsen for a year and half.
@@HolyPotata Thanks for sharing. Will check them out.
Long term close work, causes the normal eye, to charge from positive refractive status, 20/20, to negative, initially 20/40.
STOP MYOPIA!
I am excited to see what new advances come out in eye protection and enhancement. They are going to be highly required for a modern digital society where most of the work is done via computer screens. I am waiting for cyber Predator style vision 😁.
YES! I strongly believe that the technology of VR will eventually intertwine with digital videography and give a live augmented reality.
Lighting environment plays a vital role in the way of STOP MYOPIA!
I usually love everything google, but I'm very disappointed because I tried to do all kinds of research, AKA googling, to find out if screens cause vision loss. Every article I found said it only causes eye strain, and then I find you and I trust you, and you guys say that screens do cause vision loss.
Bravo. Yes, long term near causes it.
Thank you for this informative video
What do you think about :
In normal cases, things closer than 5 meters need eye accomodation to have the image on retina
The much we use phones, books and small close things ... muscle's function gonna be adapted to see only close things and we get MYOPIA!
Wearing glasses brings us to the beginning point ... we dont wanna get adapted to see close things only again
So, why not wearing glasses outside and removing them while reading or using phone?
A perfect suggestion.
All ODs should recommend this.
OD commentary, please.
I do that myself.
Now at 20/20.
Also bright light, of daylight strengths, seems to prevent or slow progression of myopia.
There were some Australian researchers doing studies in China (in China they are able to lifestyle changes with children that are not possible elsewhere), the idea being to either be in a daylight lit classroom, or mandatory long playtime outside - even the winter sun is strong enough to prevent provide the benefit.
The theory is that lack of daylight strength bright light (ie outside time) is the reason why myopia rates can shoot up (did shoot up in the Chinese population) in one generation.
They also did studies on chicks (chickens) where one eye was covered to reduce the light and the other eye uncovered to allow bright light in, and to compare myopia in this case and it was supporting the theory.
Obviously want to prevent UV damage at the same time, but even with sunglasses on the outside light is still brighter than indoor lighting.
Don’t know how the researchers are progressing, I saw the documentary on them several years ago, but us seemed like it was probably causative.
Chinese population first wave increased rate of myopia would have pre-dated tablets and smartphones, so I think it seems more correlation than causation in the USA pop, but constant close work (book work) was suspect for a long time also, meanwhile seems like a possibility that is only because it is highly correlated with lots of indoor time and little outdoor time playing in bright light.
They should make a soft contact lenses that can reshape your eyes. Kind of scared putting glass into my eyes.
that’s impossible tho, i have the hard lenses and i can’t wear them they hurt my eyes 😭
Please stop Myopia, good video and initiative.
They are false about it.
Amazing segment. You guy mesh well together. Lots of useful tool in preventing this immense epidemic.
Yours,
Dr Shoham-Hazon.
Thank you so much Dr. Shoham-Hazon! 💯
Do not wear contacts. Use plus lense reading glasses to reduce the eye strain. Your eyes are not getting weak. They are getting muscle bound and losing range of motion. Never use minus prescription lenses to read.
Well, using minus lenses to read wont hurt the eyes or eye muscles for most people (after about the ages of 23-25) or at least once the eyes stop growing. Funny enough when the eyes become more nearsighted they are technically not "weak" but instead the optical system is becoming stronger. But Plus lenses do reduce the accommodative demand for reading at near. I will have a whole video series on the science and publications on this in the near future.
In 2015 I got orthok contacts and pretty quickly it corrected my lens astigmatism. I just started going to regular contacts after 4 years and I kind of miss hard contacts. I just don’t think soft contacts will ever be as clear. But even at 18 the orthok contacts did slow down some of my myopia.
That's really great to hear! Thank you for sharing! Is there any reason you stopped the Ortho-K?
Doctor Eye Health there’s only one doctor in the area that fits for them, and I didn’t like the staff. My new eye doctor is licensed to fit ortho-k so she knows about them but doesn’t have the topography machine to actually fit them. Not enough people here want them. I’m 23 now and I started wearing glasses in 2nd grade, but I’m not up to a -3 yet. Part of why it was hard to move away was I’m very light sensitive and my eyes stay more dilated than someone’s pupils should at my age, so ortho-k was nice to just sleep in, but I need to choose soft contacts that go to the sclera so the edge of my vision isn’t blurry. I’m the only myopic one in the family :’)
@@WheelieToasted same but I am 18 😢😢 any advice can I correct it or stop without LASIk
I have about -1.5 -2
My favorite method, is to use my scientific analysis, and go from 20/60, to 20/20.
Yes, scientific truth is effective.
My left eye is nearsighted because it got hit by an edge of a book last year lol
Rip
Braces for my eyes? Now that's an interesting idea. Cool video.
STOP MYOPIA!!
I began wearing glasses in 2nd grade and have had to wear glasses or contacts up until my PRK eye surgery June 2018. My refractive error progressed and finally stopped at -7.50 in both eyes almost no astigmatism.
Now I’m 20/20 and I’m so happy to be free of corrective lenses.
I do make sure I have my annual eye check ups because of what conditions myopic eyes have an increased chance of getting.
At what age your myopia stopped? I am 19 and having -1.25D both eyes. Please reply.
Ritvik Sharma i was about 20-21 y/o
@@TonyMVF4 Thanks sir 4 replying I will be 20 this september and I am hoping that my myopia will stop too at this age
Ritvik Sharma I hope it does for you also. I believe the eye doctors recommend at least 1 year without any change in you vision before conducting laser eye surgery. Best of luck 👍🏻
@@TonyMVF4 Yeah I am thinking of having contoura vision. But I need to have a sufficient corneal thickness.
You both are very happy with each other.😊
All this time I thought my eyes are okay since I can see clearly when it is near, and it is okay when you see far things blurred but 2 days ago I went on a clinic and see that I can really see clearly even if it is far. By the way I'm just -175 and -75 😅
Just saw the optometrist today and I was -22 on my left eye and -15.50 on my right eye. No tears or holes but high risk for them since I’m severely myopic.
Do eye exercises like staring at your index and then at an object far away work?and if so ,do they have side effects?
They can help improve muscle control for people with convergence or accommodative issues, but they will not improve your eyesight or reduce the amount of glasses prescription.
Please keep making videos I enjoy your eyes shows about several kinds of eye problems.😊
My prescriptions of my contacts are -9 and -10. My dad is the only one in his family that needed glasses yet my sisters and I all wear glasses. Sadly I’m the worst of the bunch 😔
wait but do you go blind? can you still see with your glasses?
I had multiple traumatic stressful events,
My life savings was lost in a investment, then 4 family members died, then both of my children moved to other states, then, i messed up and lost my dream career job . My life was devastated.... and my eyesight went blurry with near sightedness. I don't know how to live with all this
I've just turned 22 and I've needed glasses since I was 5 my left eye is around a minus 6 and my right eye is a minus 9! I thought my prescription would stop changing in my late teens
Yeah it will stop but it slows slows then stops around 20s
@@adon9990 I'm quite worried as my right eye (the weaker eye) has pigmentation around the macular and also my DV is 6/9 even when my vision is corrected
ad 123 does it really stop? Or is that just an assumption since I’m close to reaching that age and I am afraid of my vision getting worse than it already is. Also could you send me to an article to read if this is factual as well, thank you ahead of time 🙏🏽
I thought mine did stop at 22 when I was -4.5 but it still got worse.
I am only 13 and have -3😶😶😶would it get worse😱😱🤧💀😩
I'm 24. My eye is -8. My question is why has no doctor ever told me about these things to slow down myopia?? I've had glasses since 8 yrs old
Does the Doctor / Patient problem - have any possibility of "solving ", the issue of a slight negative state, for the eye?
Or, must I solve this problem myself?
Since you can not do it for me.
You can by focusing on far object for a longer period of time so you have to watch TV for like ten hours or play video games but remember to watch intellectually stimulating things on the TV and for games it has a lot of benefits for the brain so try it out
STOP MYOPIA don't use your phone 10 hours a day. I only use my phone 2 hours and I'm not nearsighted at all.
I used to play on my phone from 9 pm to 7 am for 3 years. I became slightly nearsighted, but I stopped, started looking into the distance, and my eyes healed.
Amen, what do you do in the spare time though? Running? Gym? Hanging out with mates?
my right eye are -8, Cyl . 1. I start to feel discomfort and dry when I wear my last glasses. Now I am doing eye exercise. I felt the new glasses is too strong.
If myopia is _17
My left eye is -6 my right eye is -5 😭
My right eye is -0.5 do you think I can cure it?
@@whateverbabe its so little😶😶
Mine is -3😑😑i am so tired of my eyes..my prescribed glasses are also really strong i think😕its my first time wearing glasses but i only wear it when i need it like to read something from far away bcs it is really too much power for me to put on my eyes🥴
STOP MYOPIA - VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO AS MY SON JUST COME UP WITH myopia 2 DAYS BACK AS HE IS NOW 11 YEAR OLD AND CAN NOT SEE FAR ON white BOARD IN THE SCHOOL FROM LAST BENCH, CAME FROM HIS MOTHER AND MY WIFE AND HER FATHER LOST HIS EYESIGHT AT THE AGE OF 20 DUE TO BLOOD PRESSURE SO WHAT ARE THE CHANCES TO COME IN HEREDITAORY TO MY SON OR DAUGHTER.? PLEASE REPLY DR GERBER. THANK YOU.
i’m just trying to only use my glasses when needed and keep the prescription where it is even though it’s about -1 off
About 20/60.
I feel if I would have only wore glasses when I needed them my myopia would not have been that bad today. Of course teachers and parents pressured me to wear glasses even when I could clearly see without them. If I got myopia as an adult I definitely would not have worn glasses much if at all.
Just use weaker glasses for close-up. Simple as that. Hyperopic defocus still happens if you're using your FULL prescriptions for CLOSE-UP.
Great to see there are others in this comments section who also get it! Have you reversed your myopia also?
Dr Allen, would you do a video on multi-focal contacts if you haven't already done so. For example, how they work, whether or not you recommend them and maybe a general review on brands. Thanks so much. I find your videos so informative.
Just happy my eyesight haven't got any worse than about a negative 2 it fluctuates
What about eating certain foods and vitamins, it would be helpful if you would tell us if eating special vegetables would make a difference.
Nutrition varies so much from person to person (I however, agree), and combine that with absorption issues as well as everything else in hygiene and then there is OVERDOSING (I’m scared of taking supplements on my own or without Rx as I’ve seen them make people mad).
The eyes impress me, right up there with the heart and other vital organs from fact that they rarely tire overall.
Biggest reasons for myopia:
1. Processed food
2. Stress
3. Inadequate quality sleep
4. Inadequate exercise
All of these increase the tension of the muscles that are being used and we all use eyeball muscles. Myopia is not a disease, its a lifestyle health condition.
WOW again I have learned so much! I think the contacts at night is a fantastic idea ! Wish that was an option back when I was young, my daughter is 19 would it be beneficial for her now? (she has been nearsightedness since about 8) Considering her young mum LOL now has cataracts and glaucoma . I realize we should ask her doctor just curious of your thoughts.
Hey Julie! As always I love your comments! Anyone could be fit in Ortho-K lenses as long as their prescription fits the parameters. However, individuals with high astigmatism or nearsightedness over -5 are not the best candidates. Be sure to ask her doctor if its a good option for her.
Physics question:
Why does the fundamental eye, change its refractive state, from +0.25 Diopters to -0.5 Diopters, when you place a -2 Diopter lens on it?
Awesome Discussion I got myopia due to my sister pooking me in both my eyes im just lucky im not blind due to that good videos as usual lol
Sorry to hear about the poking...ouch. was it an accident?
I'm a thirteen years old who is on multifocal contacts and a 0.025 atrophine drop at night and my vision improved in 6 moths and is less negative! Sorry for any spelling errors I don't know how to spell most of this stuff
This is so interesting! I was kind of wondering what age you meant by “children” and what generation? I grew up without tablets and didn’t have a smart phone until high school, but did start getting that -1 nearsightedness around 12 years old (read a lot of books past my bedtime tho...). Nearly 10 years later I’m at a -3.75 which isn’t too bad (I think) considering how much reading I have to do for work and school.
Really anyone under the age of 18, actually I still advanced in my nearsightedness through my early twenties as I was in college reading a TON of textbooks. Excessive amounts of nearwork in general (reading a book, sewing, sitting close to TV, phone use, tablets, etc.) are all implicated in the increased development of nearsightedness as we go through adolescents.
@@DoctorEyeHealth What age did it stop increasing?
Vanessa Jabbour I’m curious also, I have -2.75 (R) -2.50 (L) and idk how to stop it from increasing and it worries me, idk what’s a bad bad prescription idk how high it goes
@@leonelestrada2766 Yeah or if you dont wear corrective lenses for several days then your eye starts to hurt and then you start wearing them again. Will that make it worse or keep it the same?
Leonel Estrada Your prescription is not bad at all 🙂 I think the highest goes to -20.00
to stop myopia progression: with low myopia, don't use far away glasses for looking near, as simple as that. that slows myopia progression. (or weaker glasses with higher myopia)
Can Orth-K treatment be done by a regular type of optometrist or do I need to see a specialist? I would love to know more about this treatment. I had never heard of it. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge!
Any optometrist can do it, but not all may have the experience or tools to fit them. It would be best to call a clinic in your area and ask if they fit Ortho-K and what they charge for that service. I have personally fit them in the past but our clinic doesn't get enough traffic for them right now so we do not even offer it.
What causes high myopia?
It is prescribing a -2 Diopter lens, to a child who can still read 20/40 on his Home Snellen.
Doing this, causes stair-case myopia, in that child.
What do you think about positive lens therapy? The opposite what normally is prescribed, like wearing reading glasses when becoming myopic.
"They make me lose money because I can't sell people glasses and contact lenses and 'Ortho-K'. That's why I never answered your question".
The fact remains, despite all the glasses or contacts on the market today, myopia cannot be fixed or retarded. However, eye therapy (retraining the eyes) is something else and worth looking into before spending all your money on ophthalmologists (eye doctors and eye clinics (optometrists).
True!! Please take care, I have -2 but it's getting worsen 😭😭 my eyes used to be sharp
I am 18 years old
😭😭 I feel like stuck
Is there actually a medicine that can cure your eyesight?
Search for subliminals
They fix anything and give you everything.
@@eduard2792 Does it really works
I love the way you explained every detail. Thank you Doc for sharing 😍
Am unable to see writings that are 3meters away ,I really need your help!am also unable to identify people and objects that are of the latter distance.
Go to endmyopia there you will see that your eyes change and it is completely possible to change your eyesight to the normal but it take time.
i can’t read stuff from one meter away 😂
@@wholewheatsky7327 yeah😅
My dad used to wear coke bottle glasses while he was growing up and was a very good student in school. I've seen the black and white pictures of him in his 20s wearing them. But then in his thirties he started a program of eye exercises that included refocusing eyes on the horizon periodically and various other eye exercises and I've never seen him wear glasses since I was big enough to notice. He is now in his 70s and still has good vision. My own need for reading glasses only started when I got a laptop and began spending prolonged periods of time on it. I think I'd better stop doing that.
Unfortunately, I cannot speak on behalf of your Dad's visual experience or journey. But im happy to hear he is doing well.
Should i also start doing some exercises?🙂🙂🙂i am so sick of my EyEs😑
I’m super late so it’s better to have contacts instead of glasses for myopia control?
Ortho K lenses and some soft lenses show really good results for myopia control, but there is a new glasses lens from Hoya that is coming out that is showing a lot of promise. I hope to talk about it soon when it comes out.
One of our daughters has myopia, and I had no idea it was actually potentially dangerous. Our eye doctor did suggest she spend time outside to help prevent it from getting worse. I hadn’t heard of the other methods though. Thanks for the information!
Happy to help!
How does going outside help?
@@DoctorEyeHealth I have pathological myopia with -22 prescription. I am 35 years old living in Pittsburgh and had history of few lasers and couple of injections for myopic CNV. Currently my vision is ok but getting really touch to get ophthalmologists who can provide me exact prescription for my glasses and contacts as whoever we call they say that we see up to -19 to -20.
@@hybridangel3403you spend less time looking at the screen up close?This is so obvious
You should talk about getting back out of it.
From 20/50 to 20/20.
They would only tell you to get ortho-k lenses ot lasik surgery
I first started wearing glasses at about 12 with -4. In 2019 i had a cataract replacement in my weaker left eye. 10 months later the retina detached almost completely in that eye. The retina operation was performed 2 days later and again a month later. The right eye has now developed a cataract and the vision has decreased from -7 to -10 in that time. I am seeing the opthalmologist in May to establish when the oil will be removed from the left eye. I have asked about the cataract removal from the right eye but he was not positive about it.
Now they have decided to do the cataract op end august and then later they will decide on the removal of the oil in the left eye after that..
how you doing
@@gwynt909