If you would like a video going into the advanced theories contributing to myopia progression (myopic defocus, dopamine signaling, light responses etc), please let me know here. If this video can get over 2000 likes I will make a deep dive video on the topic.
Hi, having the corneal thickness of my 2 eyes at 480 microns, can I be eligible for transpKR having had a toxoplasmosis scar in the lower periphery 6 years ago pls, Is this not a contraindication to this refractive surgery at 23y? and what about wearing lenses? Thanks in advance Dr🙏
Both my mom and dad didn’t need glasses until later in life but all 5 of us kids have high myopia and astigmatism and started wearing glasses when we first started school. This was back in the day when we played outside ALL day and tv was a treat.
This!! We are told again and again it's genetic. But like you my parents did not have glasses and all of us kids did. And now, with the exception of 3, all the grandkids are glasses free. This is despite the fact that all their parents (minus one) wear glasses and the kids use electronics. It doesn't make any sense!
@@Rccr6554 all of my 6 kids need glasses in different degrees. My second oldest was in first grade and was surprised there were leaves on the tree and goldfish in the aquarium.
@@DonaldGloveruieie8511 yes. My father fought in World War II so I’m sure they examined his eyes when he enlisted and my mother had appointments when we did.
When I worked in the mall for a while, the amount of young kids I saw with tablets of some kind was a lot. Kids should be playing outside, exploring, learning, not just for the mental growth but also their physical growth. Great video 🥸 Thankfully I'm not myopic and my eyes are still very good but I'm always learning new ways to continue to safeguard them for the future.
Sadly, this video showcases how under researched myopia really is and how it is conveniently blamed upon newest technology around. I have been hearing this same information for decades now, since I have been a child, only back then the tv was the culprit. Still there have been tons of kids around (myself included) who had parents with perfect 20/20, watched tv no more than 1 hour a day, spent most of their lives playing outside, went through various therapy options (red light, drops, holed lenses, etc.) and still developed huge nearsightedness.
Sorry you feel that way. I do agree that myopia has not been researched as well as many other diseases. I think research hasn’t kicked up as strongly until the last 20 years or so because there wasn’t as much foresight into ways to profit off of it. I guess that’s the way the world works a lot of the time. My friend has an old medical book from the late 1800s and talks about myopia and shares tips to prevent “weak eyes”, including to not read laying down, to not hold books to closely, to not read once the sun has gone down. Things like that. I’m looking forward to publishing a video doing deeper dive into what the research is showing.
Actually there is some decent research out there. Optometrists usually ignore anything that would put them in a bad light. And finding a cure would put a whole industry out of business. So any optometrist research seems to be quite myopic in finding the true cause and proper cure. But the industry is always finding new expensive ways to help manage myopia.
Would love to learn if and how things such as reducing close/low light screen use,regular eye breaks/exercise etc could stop myopia from worsening, or even potentially gradually reverse if many lifestyle changes embedded into habits
@@Akira-jd2zr What if hypothetically someone has severe myopia from spending every waking hour with a phone close to their face in the dark without breaks etc Then takes an eye test, then suddenly moves to a forest with every waking hour doing eye exercises/ long distance, supplementation etc Could an eyetest a few weeks/months/years later possibly have improved at all?
@@jaydenyu only if the patient has some level of pseudo-myopia, which can reverse. True myopia doesn't reverse. Pseudo-myopia is caused by overactive accommodation, which can be relaxed. For example, let's say someone has true myopia of -2.00. This can't be reversed since it's due to the shape of the eye. But then, let's say they were over accommodating by another -1.00 making their Rx be -3.00. This extra -1.00 could be reversed by relaxing accommodation making their Rx go back down to -2.00.
My mom always wondered why I have miopía, neither of my parents have used glasses, until now that they are older 68 and 69. I have been using glasses since I was 13 now 47 and yes, it's getting worse😢
Using glasses in the first place is the starting point of getting worse. Did the eye doctor tell you to not use your glasses indoors or when doing close-up work? Did he tell you to use them only when necessary? Everytime you get stronger glasses it sets a new starting point to get worse from because of the same bad habits that no one told you to avoid.
I have 11/13 diopters nearsighted myopia. An optometrist said I needed glasses at 5 1/2 years, but most of my childhood was spent outside. By the time I was 13, my eyes changed 3 diopters in one year. A later optometrist suggested contact lenses, which stopped the progression, for which I remain grateful. They were basic spherical ones avail in the early 1970’s. Was very disappointed when my son was told by a nurse that he needed glasses at 4. Took him to an ophthalmologist who said, no problem, he was just focusing through the lens. He did need glasses several years later. I was very careful with both kids to make sure they were not overprescribed, so neither has eyes as bad as mine…
It is amazing how much research has evolved in 50 years. I wore glasses at the age of 10. (I am now 56). I had astigmatism and myopia. From there my eyes got worse. At age 34 I got LASIK. It was good and bad. It was good because my vision was corrected at the front of the eye. There was never any talk about the back of the eye. It was on last year when I saw flashes and dark floaters that I saw an eye doctor. From that exam it was discovered that I had a retinal hole in the right eye and retinal detachment on the left eye at the same time. I had surgery for both eyes and it has not been yet a year. I see a retinal specialist every 6 months. I also see a glaucoma specialist every 6 months. I have "lattice retinas" and I still see black spidery floaters.
Hello 🤗 I'm sorry that you are suffering from this. And I hope you get better soon. Can I know something? I also got lasik and I'm interested in Knowing something. You said you see floaters and flashes. Can you describe them? Is it effecting your vision? Does it make you uncomfortable & irritated? Also do you see floaters all the time or do you see it when you go outside and look at the sky or when a very natural bright light is present? How did you find out that you have a corneal tear? Did you experience any other issues expect seeing floaters and flashes?
sounds like your LASIK was all good. the problems you described have nothing to do with LASIK and stem from the shape of your eye, i.e. your nearsightedness. the LASIK only removed some of the tissue from your cornea but your eye is still a myopic (nearsighted) eye and still has the same problems that stem from this...like retina issues
@@Akira-jd2zr But LASIK is bad because it is avoiding the real issue of myopia in the same way that glasses are avoiding the real issue which is poor eyesight use.
I had lazy eye when I was 4 ( was wearing glasses. Had corrective surgery so no more glasses until 8th grade. Was sat in the back in science class and was having trouble seeing. Found out I had myopia : so glad I found this channel it’s very informative
@@DoctorEyeHealth I seem to notice the right eye has more of a blur when I cover up my left eye and I believe the right was the one that had the surgery and it hurts the most when my eyes are tired or strained the muscle on my eye hurts
Neither of my parents or anyone in my close family needed glasses until later in their life, but I had vision issues ever since I was 5. And I doubt it was due to my lifestyle, because when I was growing up, screens weren't as common as they are now so I don't know what could have caused my myopia.
As someone with nearsightedness and astigmatism, thanks for the video. I think however that it talks a bit too much about kids. Would be nice if you made a similar video focusing on adults if possible, as aside of trying to limit screen time and reading things up close there wasn't anything in the video an adult like me could do. This would be nice especially after the previous video where you gave everyone quite a fright with how bad myopia can make our eye health. Hopefully it's not all a lost cause, which would be sad for me since I am a software developer and looking at the screen for hours (with some breaks inbetween for few minutes) is a must :(
Appreciate this feedback! Yes, I do focus a lot on children in these videos because that is the window where we can make the greatest difference in terms of myopia progression. But I will see what I can do for the next video where I go deeper into the science. I will see what I can expand on for adults too.
because its not such an issue for adults. your adult eye is done with it's growth phase so not much change will occur in that regard. for adults the problem becomes eye strain with too much near work. For long work hours at the computer, get yourself a good pair of near work glasses (like reading glasses).
Lack of regular natural sunlight 🌞 exposure can lead to nearsightedness , along with engaging in near work like using a smartphone , tablet , computer , and reading 📚 which can elongate ones eye 👁 leading to nearsightedness and retina problems etc.. So therefore sunlight is necessary to ones eye health as is exercising outdoors . And proper sleep 💤😴 . Got it ! Now comes the hard part - implementation . 😄👍
I didn't use computers til I was in my 20s. I had no cellphone til I was over 30. But I didn't keep my glasses on constantly til I was in my early twenties out of habit. I was told to get glasses at the end of 7th grade school year but didn't fill prescription til later that year. I only wore them to read from the blackboard.
A video from you on the red light therapy protocol to mitigate myopia progression would be much appreciated. There is lots of confusion about red light therapy and potential for damaging the eyes and whether or not to look at the red/NIR light with eyes open, closed or with protective glasses (or the option of having the light enter at more oblique angle). What is a good protocol? 😊
Thanks for another informative video! I also heard that concussions may cause myopia and infants exposed to incubator UV lights can get myopia later on in life. I look forward to your next video :)
I have been severely short-sighted (-8 dioptes in both eyes at one point) with astygmatism since the age of 8. Neither of my parents nor my two siblings (female) were at all short or long-sighted and never wore spectacles. During my childhood and teens, there were no mobile phones, tablets or computer screens and the television was a small box in the corner of the room, watched for only an hour or two in the evening. From the age of about 30, I was doing most or all of my work in front of a computer screen. I had laser surgery on one eye (PRK, now discontinued) at the age of 46 which corrected the short-sightedness but left translucent scar tissue, preventing clear vision in some directions but at least I no longer felt in danger if I mislaid my glasses. After a few years, the eye with the surgery developed some short-sightedness. I was told no further laser surgery was possible as my eyes had begun to change owing to my age. I was also told that my eyes were likely, surprisingly, to improve over time in the future. Three or four years ago at my regular checkup every two years), aged 66, I was told my eyes were only borderline for driving and I should have them checked every single year. The following year I was told my eyes had improved and not to come back for 2 years! I now have varifocals for both eyes (the one operated on had previously been hopeless for reading)! The cause and development of my myopia is as much of a mystery to me now as it ever was.
My dad (who is also nearsighted) used to tell me as a kid that reading at night by my nightlight was going to ruin my vision. 😅 Then I found out I needed glasses around age 14! 🤓
I've been doing this since mid May. I've reduced my diopter by 1 so far. The improvement starts quickly but should slow down to .25 diopter per 3 to 4 months.
@@DoctorEyeHealth please hurry with that new video. When my daughter finally took her 9 year old son to the optometrist, she came home insisting that even though she had already realized he was challenged with his distance vision, she was not going to get glasses for him and was going to use exercises to help relax his eye muscles, to improve his vision. His vision care is currently a taboo topic between us
@@oldschool3696 Would you like to meet her half way? I suppose you want glasses to be prescribed, talk to her and the optometrist about getting bifocals with zero diopters on top and reading lens at the bottom. This worked for me when I was 9 years old, it fixed my distance vision. The stress of reading up close messed up using the eyes for distance.
you can't actually reverse myopia. if you saw any reduction from it simply means you were over-corrected think about it: reversing myopia would require changing the shape of your eye to be shorter or less elongated. that would be like shortening your adult length arm back to a child length arm
I started wearing bifocals at age 3. I had to wear a patch over my right eye because my mom noticed when I would watch Sesame Street, I turned my head sideways so my right eye only was seeing the TV. So my ophthalmologist had me do all sorts of things to strengthen my eyes. I eventually got near enough to 20/20 that I didn't need glasses for a few years. Then I had to get them again and am back into bifocals/progressives since I was 35. My myopia just keeps getting worse. Ugh. I was hoping to wear some Halloween contacts with my costume, but after seeing your video on that, it looks like I'm doomed to wear my glasses and ruin my costume. 😭
I am a 33 year old adult and myopia is still getting worse every year. I know screen time is likely causing it but I work in front of a computer for a living. Would love to know if increasing outdoor time, doing the 20/20 eye break, optimal screen brightness and position of my computer (my computer desk is right next to my window so there is glare) or anything I can practically do to stop or slow down myopia. Also I know in China there is a surgery that stops the growth of the eye balls and it is more for extremely high myopia patients and those eye balls that just keeps lengthening. I can’t find any information of this surgery here in the U.S. might be worth looking into it.
Hi Dr Allen I have few questions about TLS 1. Is TLS a safe procedure for slowing down glaucoma 2. What are the risk of doing this procedure I mean long term 3. What is regarding as the normal IOP Thank you in advance
As an older adult over 50 I have been wearing glasses since I was 10 and for the last 40 years not much has changed in reversing this eye condition. Hopefully one day we will be able to change the eye shape through some sort of manipulation of the eye like we do in plastic surgery or even implants that address these changes.. science-fiction perhaps but not to out of the reach. 😊 cheers from Oz🇦🇺
@@A861967 True it's not for everyone but my point is you asked for "one day we will be able to change the eye shape through some sort of manipulation of the eye like we do in plastic surgery or even implants that address these changes" and we already have those. When you have your cataracts done, you will get the implant you wish for. No science fiction involved...
What drug and supplement slow down or stop the eye from growing? Is melatonin/vitaminD3 involved since body/eye grow while sleeping? by staying indoor body think it is night so keeps growing?
Vitamin D is being investigated in the relationship to myopia. There is another 7-Methylxanthine, that is being investigated - but more research is needed on that.
Your eye is working perfectly to adapt to the situation you put it in. If you give it close-up work to do, it will adjust itself for that close-up work. If you give it only distant work to do, it will adjust for that. Your eye isn't broken.
Thank you. Do you think prolonged focus on things far away (or many times throughout the day) helps keep eyes healthy? (As opposed to always looking at objects close-up)
If someone wears glasses, how does outdoors help since many people still keep glasses on. I spent a lot of time outdoors but didn't habitually keep glasses on til late in life. I think wearing them constantly is the problem.
I didn't go too deep into the nitty gritty in this video but based on the comments I had in the previous video in the series I will probably make another video or do a livestream going more into the specific theories. Regular glasses lenses do induce a defocus signal that is believed to encourage myopia to progress - however, there are publications that find this affects quadrants of the eyeball differently (superior retina vs inferior retina). But there is also evidence that light, specifically daylight, may also trigger dopamine signaling that helps prevent eyeball elongation. Plus a few more factors too. So yeah, I can definitely shed some light on that...haha *sorry for the pun
@@DoctorEyeHealth looking forward to it. It's a mystery since most of my family rarely needs to rely on glasses. I need them in certain situations but in between the habit to keep them on remains.
I was born with "Nystagmus" and out 3 brothers, I was the only one affected. I am not able to drive, and struggled to read the blackboard, so I didn't do well in class. My vision has deteriorated to the point that I did not get a good result when I went for my latest Retinopahy Test, and have now been recommented for a "Slit Lamp Test" I am worried that this will lead to having "Eye Surgery" and as I live alone, my worry is, I may go blind, after surgery. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Hello doctor, Thank you for your informative videos. I have a question. I am 42 years old and have been wearing glasses for over 20years for farsightedness. However recently i have been experiencing difficulty in reading close by books while wearing my glasses. But without the glasses i can read absolutely fine. So do i have a vision problems or is it because of improper lenses .
At 70 I needed glasses to see the board in 8 grade. They told me then my eye would not get much worse at that time after about 21. Was true for me. My vision has barely changed much thru life till needed reading glasses at 50. Was raised in differ time played outside most of time and no computers. Mom had farsightedness . . Dad never wore glasses. Maybe it’s due to changes we have now as society changes. In 50 s to high school hardly anyone wore glasses. I was in minority.
I had no idea that I was seriously near sighted till one day my teacher in 4th grade asked me to read the problem on the wall. My response.............what wall?
Hi, unrelated eye question here, but not sure where else to turn. I would like to get some Gothika orange contacts for Halloween, but they don’t make a high enough power for my eyes (I’m -8.00). Obviously I’d only be wearing them on one or two occasions. Would it be safe for me to buy planos and place them over my regular contacts? Given how I’ve accidentally put two contacts in one eye without thinking and they easily side on top of each other. I called my eye doctor to ask this, but unfortunately they were super dismissive and rude when I expressed any interest in cosmetic contacts at all 😕 If it isn’t safe, could you recommend some brands that do make higher power colored contacts?
Get glasses that are a quarter diopter less than normal then spend time looking at distant objects, not straining but a relaxed look and wait for your eyes to do what they were built to do, adapt to the situation they find themselves in. Distant objects should begin to have moments of sharpness. Stay away from doing close-up work and never while wearing glasses made for distant viewing. When you can start to see well with the underpowered lens you can repeat the process.
That is an interesting idea! I cannot say I have seen any research on flicker frequency and risk for myopia. I will ask some of the researchers I know.
Indoor activity has caused this problem before flickering lights existed. You eyes grow when you look at things close up. It isn't complicated. Look at distant things outside and your eyes will do their best to give you distant vision. Read too much close-up and they will help you read close-up all the faster.
?? Nearsighted people need corrective lenses to see far away, right? Your pictures showed people with glasses doing close work; please explain. THANKS!
I’ve been far sighted all my life. Don’t wear glasses. I’m 50 years old. All of a sudden about 2 years ago my Right eye suddenly started going near sighted. Also getting large blurry floaters. I’m a professional photographer who uses his right eye a lot using a camera. I’ll be going for a check soon, as in the past few months I’ve experienced a few short bursts of weird zebra stripes moving across my eye over a half an hour period. It then goes away again completely.
@@businesspins5825 you won't necessarily have pain or a migraine from an ocular migraine. sometimes you will only get the visual aspect. if this is something that happens every month or more you should seek advice from a neurologist
@@businesspins5825 Great, at least now you know. If those ocular migraines increase in frequency, you may need to see a neurologist. (I am an eye doctor.)
@@Akira-jd2zr I think I had (maybe continue to have) both 😂. Which is why I get some improvement from vision therapy but not enough to where I can just throw out my glasses.
Hey Doc ! I am 18 now , i have lazy left eye I counsulted an ophthalmologist they said I have an high cylindrical power. I want to become a pilot can I cure my eye?
If you decide to make a video comparing the different modalities of myopia management, for the love of God please don't compare percentages... It's so exceptionally misleading and easily manipulated, and companies prey upon our lack of knowledge of this. For example when they state a percentage efficacy from a NON randomized, 6 month study and compare it to a randomized 3 year study... It's like comparing apples and anchovies.
Yeah for the next video, I just lumped things into a threshold. With the disclaimer to consult the local doctor about they think is best. But yeah…there are concerns about industry manipulating research and I like to think most doctors are cautious about it. Have you read much into atropine for myopia?
@@DoctorEyeHealth yes I have, and all the other modalities lol. They keep making studies on 0.01 % Atropine, even though time and time again other studies have shown negligible effect on AXL slowing, generally in the 0.00 mm to 0.10 mm slowing in 1 year, and very often not statistically significant. Then there's stuff like VTI's Naturalvue Multifocal - for years they've only had case series floating around claiming efficacy in the 90 % range, comparing themselves to much more rigorous randomized studies. Now they've finally released data from the first year of their ongoing RCT, showing an admittedly impressive 0.17 mm slowing in 1 year (unadjusted means), but still, before that they were making these outrageous claims. And don't get me started on Rodenstock's Mycon lens - a NON-randomized study with 70 % patient drop out and seemingly a control group that were deliberately under corrected... Oh and Zeiss who have launched their Myocare and Myocare S lenses with no formally published studies backing them up so far - there was a study by Liu et al, but Zeiss have stated it is based on a prototype design. The ongoing study on the two commercial designs has only had a poster shown at ARVO 2024.
I have -14.50D and astigmatism -3.50D on both of my eyes but so far I am feeling pretty good I think that the limit of myopia is roughly around -25.00D~-35.00D that an average human can take,
Hey doctor, I'm a music arranger and producer who needs to spend long hours staring at the computer screen for work. I'm currently 24 years old but I don't happen to need glasses yet, but can you suggest something to me by which I can save my eyes from getting nearsighted for as long as possible?
Use the largest monitor possible, use the largest font possible, sit back as far as possible, use computer glasses. Use incandescent lights rather than LED. Place a Snellen chart on a distant wall and read the smallest line you can every chance you get. Be outside and consciously observe distant objects and try to resolve them.
Sir during pregnancy my one eye would swell and dr says eye will be fixed after delivery but after delivery my eye has not Heald and now i have pain in it and water coming out there is also difference in size of eyes plz help what can i do 😢🙏
Thank you Dr please could you give me an idea regarding prescription eye glasses frame for high prescription-13 right eye & -11 left eye to minimize the thickness at the edge of the glasses my sister prescriptions getting higher after her retinal detachment surgery . thank you kindly
Hey thanks for asking! A higher power in the lenses will make the lenses pretty thick on the edges. Finding a frame that is smaller will help make the edges not as thick, same with choosing a high index lens. The info I share in this video should be helpful ua-cam.com/video/k2dqcCIKQG4/v-deo.htmlsi=lqgX1F6H7aU3XSY1
Avoiding rimless glasses is important also. Perhaps also consider a round shape, rather than square, keeping the lens small, as suggested. The farther away from the optical center the edge of the lens is, the thicker, so having it "reach" out to a corner will leave that corner edge thicker. Ask about having the very edge of the lens (the sharp part toward the face) "sanded" or buffed to slightly reduce thickness at the edge, but do NOT get it polished as that will reflect light like crazy!
Well its absolutely necessary for the manufacturing of glasses. If the centration of the lens is off, then you will induce prismatic changes. Depending on how off the centration of the lens, and the higher the prescription power, the greater the induced prism. This can results in stronger demand of the eye muscles - resulting in eye strain - or could result in compensatory changes to eye muscles coordination, which could induce double vision or other complications long term.
It makes sense... in the late 90s, when we were teens, we used to spend so much time on our computer playing Age of Empires. It got worse and worse. Mum has always warned us about that.
Eyeballs are able to shrink not only lengthen. Unless I see the genetic markers I would doubt these studies, familial habits could explain things. A family that encourages book work and close up reading just like Mom and Dad didn't need genetics to destroy their eyes. Similar to having fat families because of eating habits not genetics but to avoid personal responsibility genetics is invoked. 2:58 There is no requirement it is really habit. Nobody ever needs to stare at a smart phone. Children shouldn't be given smart phones, it would be similar to supplying then with coke for thirst. 3:14 stop and reverse. You hit what you aim for. Myopia management , adults have reversed it, It's never too late. Did you know your computer can read books to you? No need to read close up. Children didn't need to be encouraged to do things, they need to be made sure they are staying away from bad things. You don't encourage a child not to eat a diet of Twinkies, you don't buy them Twinkies in the first place. Children should be taught to avoid myopia, even if it puts optometrists and opticians out of business. There's a difference between playing around and getting serious. Why only two hours of outdoor time, why not eight? Why use any close-up device for doing things like watching movies? Nothing good can come from it. Catch it early and reverse it, get the eye to naturally shrink itself. The myth of the unshrinkable eye should be banished.
2:56 Priming for failure, this is a bad attitude, I haven't watched further yet but you should delete this video and try again. This is like saying you're going to always be fat because of modern life. Totally no excuse.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! I really do appreciate your input, but I have to respectfully disagree. Education is incredibly important, and in today’s world, reading books and using digital devices have become essential components of modern learning. It's not about having a "bad attitude" but rather acknowledging the reality we live in. The message in the video isn't that modern life dooms us to certain outcomes, like always being overweight. Instead, it's about recognizing that the environment we're in-like the food options available-can influence our health, and by being aware of this, we can take proactive steps to improve our well-being.
Troll post and false equivalency. You are blaming children for getting myopia. Myopia is not like obesity. If you are obese, you can lose weight with diet and exercise. Myopia is permanent and does not change with diet or exercise.
@@DoctorEyeHealth I'm in a bad mood today. In another comment you said you played games on the devices, was that necessary? Reading on small screens is not necessary. So many things in this world are not necessary, Myopia is avoidable if this is the goal.
My dad (who is also nearsighted) used to tell me as a kid that reading at night by my nightlight was going to ruin my vision. 😅 Then I found out I needed glasses around age 14! 🤓
If you would like a video going into the advanced theories contributing to myopia progression (myopic defocus, dopamine signaling, light responses etc), please let me know here. If this video can get over 2000 likes I will make a deep dive video on the topic.
Yes!
Hi, having the corneal thickness of my 2 eyes at 480 microns, can I be eligible for transpKR having had a toxoplasmosis scar in the lower periphery 6 years ago pls, Is this not a contraindication to this refractive surgery at 23y? and what about wearing lenses? Thanks in advance Dr🙏
Yes
Could you make a video on techniques to stop progression in adults?
Sounds interesting, Yes please! ❤😊
Both my mom and dad didn’t need glasses until later in life but all 5 of us kids have high myopia and astigmatism and started wearing glasses when we first started school. This was back in the day when we played outside ALL day and tv was a treat.
Same with me :(
Maybe they haven't noticed? Did they ever get an eye exam from an optometrist?
This!! We are told again and again it's genetic. But like you my parents did not have glasses and all of us kids did. And now, with the exception of 3, all the grandkids are glasses free. This is despite the fact that all their parents (minus one) wear glasses and the kids use electronics. It doesn't make any sense!
@@Rccr6554 all of my 6 kids need glasses in different degrees. My second oldest was in first grade and was surprised there were leaves on the tree and goldfish in the aquarium.
@@DonaldGloveruieie8511 yes. My father fought in World War II so I’m sure they examined his eyes when he enlisted and my mother had appointments when we did.
When I worked in the mall for a while, the amount of young kids I saw with tablets of some kind was a lot. Kids should be playing outside, exploring, learning, not just for the mental growth but also their physical growth. Great video 🥸 Thankfully I'm not myopic and my eyes are still very good but I'm always learning new ways to continue to safeguard them for the future.
Sadly, this video showcases how under researched myopia really is and how it is conveniently blamed upon newest technology around. I have been hearing this same information for decades now, since I have been a child, only back then the tv was the culprit. Still there have been tons of kids around (myself included) who had parents with perfect 20/20, watched tv no more than 1 hour a day, spent most of their lives playing outside, went through various therapy options (red light, drops, holed lenses, etc.) and still developed huge nearsightedness.
Sorry you feel that way. I do agree that myopia has not been researched as well as many other diseases. I think research hasn’t kicked up as strongly until the last 20 years or so because there wasn’t as much foresight into ways to profit off of it. I guess that’s the way the world works a lot of the time.
My friend has an old medical book from the late 1800s and talks about myopia and shares tips to prevent “weak eyes”, including to not read laying down, to not hold books to closely, to not read once the sun has gone down. Things like that.
I’m looking forward to publishing a video doing deeper dive into what the research is showing.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Hey, I have been watching your videos since long. I am an Optometrist from Nepal. How can I reach you out?
Actually there is some decent research out there. Optometrists usually ignore anything that would put them in a bad light. And finding a cure would put a whole industry out of business. So any optometrist research seems to be quite myopic in finding the true cause and proper cure. But the industry is always finding new expensive ways to help manage myopia.
Would love to learn if and how things such as reducing close/low light screen use,regular eye breaks/exercise etc could stop myopia from worsening, or even potentially gradually reverse if many lifestyle changes embedded into habits
Noted! Perhaps I can bundle up those questions into a video going more into the signaling that goes on with eyeball growth.
@@DoctorEyeHealthI second this
"reverse" doesn't happen. that would be like your arm shortening back to kid size after it has already grown to adult size
@@Akira-jd2zr What if hypothetically someone has severe myopia from spending every waking hour with a phone close to their face in the dark without breaks etc
Then takes an eye test, then suddenly moves to a forest with every waking hour doing eye exercises/ long distance, supplementation etc
Could an eyetest a few weeks/months/years later possibly have improved at all?
@@jaydenyu only if the patient has some level of pseudo-myopia, which can reverse. True myopia doesn't reverse.
Pseudo-myopia is caused by overactive accommodation, which can be relaxed.
For example, let's say someone has true myopia of -2.00. This can't be reversed since it's due to the shape of the eye.
But then, let's say they were over accommodating by another -1.00 making their Rx be -3.00. This extra -1.00 could be reversed by relaxing accommodation making their Rx go back down to -2.00.
My mom always wondered why I have miopía, neither of my parents have used glasses, until now that they are older 68 and 69. I have been using glasses since I was 13 now 47 and yes, it's getting worse😢
Using glasses in the first place is the starting point of getting worse.
Did the eye doctor tell you to not use your glasses indoors or when doing close-up work?
Did he tell you to use them only when necessary?
Everytime you get stronger glasses it sets a new starting point to get worse from because of the same bad habits that no one told you to avoid.
I have 11/13 diopters nearsighted myopia. An optometrist said I needed glasses at 5 1/2 years, but most of my childhood was spent outside. By the time I was 13, my eyes changed 3 diopters in one year. A later optometrist suggested contact lenses, which stopped the progression, for which I remain grateful. They were basic spherical ones avail in the early 1970’s. Was very disappointed when my son was told by a nurse that he needed glasses at 4. Took him to an ophthalmologist who said, no problem, he was just focusing through the lens. He did need glasses several years later. I was very careful with both kids to make sure they were not overprescribed, so neither has eyes as bad as mine…
It is amazing how much research has evolved in 50 years. I wore glasses at the age of 10. (I am now 56). I had astigmatism and myopia. From there my eyes got worse. At age 34 I got LASIK. It was good and bad. It was good because my vision was corrected at the front of the eye. There was never any talk about the back of the eye. It was on last year when I saw flashes and dark floaters that I saw an eye doctor. From that exam it was discovered that I had a retinal hole in the right eye and retinal detachment on the left eye at the same time. I had surgery for both eyes and it has not been yet a year. I see a retinal specialist every 6 months. I also see a glaucoma specialist every 6 months. I have "lattice retinas" and I still see black spidery floaters.
Hello 🤗 I'm sorry that you are suffering from this. And I hope you get better soon. Can I know something? I also got lasik and I'm interested in Knowing something. You said you see floaters and flashes. Can you describe them? Is it effecting your vision? Does it make you uncomfortable & irritated? Also do you see floaters all the time or do you see it when you go outside and look at the sky or when a very natural bright light is present? How did you find out that you have a corneal tear? Did you experience any other issues expect seeing floaters and flashes?
sounds like your LASIK was all good. the problems you described have nothing to do with LASIK and stem from the shape of your eye, i.e. your nearsightedness. the LASIK only removed some of the tissue from your cornea but your eye is still a myopic (nearsighted) eye and still has the same problems that stem from this...like retina issues
@@Akira-jd2zr But LASIK is bad because it is avoiding the real issue of myopia in the same way that glasses are avoiding the real issue which is poor eyesight use.
@@savvasgamingchannel5062 LASIK has nothing to do with the issue he is describing
I had lazy eye when I was 4 ( was wearing glasses. Had corrective surgery so no more glasses until 8th grade. Was sat in the back in science class and was having trouble seeing. Found out I had myopia : so glad I found this channel it’s very informative
Hey thanks for sharing your story! Do you know if the eye you had surgery on can see as well as the other eye? Or did you have surgery on both?
@@DoctorEyeHealth I had surgery on one eye I believe it was the right eye
@@DoctorEyeHealth I seem to notice the right eye has more of a blur when I cover up my left eye and I believe the right was the one that had the surgery and it hurts the most when my eyes are tired or strained the muscle on my eye hurts
Neither of my parents or anyone in my close family needed glasses until later in their life, but I had vision issues ever since I was 5. And I doubt it was due to my lifestyle, because when I was growing up, screens weren't as common as they are now so I don't know what could have caused my myopia.
Thanks again Dr. Allen. I appreciate the notes you post to go with the videos.
As someone with nearsightedness and astigmatism, thanks for the video. I think however that it talks a bit too much about kids. Would be nice if you made a similar video focusing on adults if possible, as aside of trying to limit screen time and reading things up close there wasn't anything in the video an adult like me could do. This would be nice especially after the previous video where you gave everyone quite a fright with how bad myopia can make our eye health. Hopefully it's not all a lost cause, which would be sad for me since I am a software developer and looking at the screen for hours (with some breaks inbetween for few minutes) is a must :(
Appreciate this feedback! Yes, I do focus a lot on children in these videos because that is the window where we can make the greatest difference in terms of myopia progression. But I will see what I can do for the next video where I go deeper into the science. I will see what I can expand on for adults too.
because its not such an issue for adults. your adult eye is done with it's growth phase so not much change will occur in that regard. for adults the problem becomes eye strain with too much near work. For long work hours at the computer, get yourself a good pair of near work glasses (like reading glasses).
Can i know ur power? Cause i took computer science engineering but too scared to pursue as a software engineer
Lack of regular natural sunlight 🌞 exposure can lead to nearsightedness , along with engaging in near work like using a smartphone , tablet , computer , and reading 📚 which can elongate ones eye 👁 leading to nearsightedness and retina problems etc.. So therefore sunlight is necessary to ones eye health as is exercising outdoors . And proper sleep 💤😴 . Got it ! Now comes the hard part - implementation . 😄👍
Thank you! Would love the research cited in the comments so I can read the articles.
I just got my eyes checked today and you just uploaded the video.
Nice! How did your exam go?
@@DoctorEyeHealth it was great!
I didn't use computers til I was in my 20s. I had no cellphone til I was over 30. But I didn't keep my glasses on constantly til I was in my early twenties out of habit. I was told to get glasses at the end of 7th grade school year but didn't fill prescription til later that year. I only wore them to read from the blackboard.
A video from you on the red light therapy protocol to mitigate myopia progression would be much appreciated. There is lots of confusion about red light therapy and potential for damaging the eyes and whether or not to look at the red/NIR light with eyes open, closed or with protective glasses (or the option of having the light enter at more oblique angle). What is a good protocol? 😊
Thanks for another informative video! I also heard that concussions may cause myopia and infants exposed to incubator UV lights can get myopia later on in life. I look forward to your next video :)
I have been severely short-sighted (-8 dioptes in both eyes at one point) with astygmatism since the age of 8. Neither of my parents nor my two siblings (female) were at all short or long-sighted and never wore spectacles.
During my childhood and teens, there were no mobile phones, tablets or computer screens and the television was a small box in the corner of the room, watched for only an hour or two in the evening.
From the age of about 30, I was doing most or all of my work in front of a computer screen.
I had laser surgery on one eye (PRK, now discontinued) at the age of 46 which corrected the short-sightedness but left translucent scar tissue, preventing clear vision in some directions but at least I no longer felt in danger if I mislaid my glasses. After a few years, the eye with the surgery developed some short-sightedness. I was told no further laser surgery was possible as my eyes had begun to change owing to my age. I was also told that my eyes were likely, surprisingly, to improve over time in the future.
Three or four years ago at my regular checkup every two years), aged 66, I was told my eyes were only borderline for driving and I should have them checked every single year. The following year I was told my eyes had improved and not to come back for 2 years! I now have varifocals for both eyes (the one operated on had previously been hopeless for reading)!
The cause and development of my myopia is as much of a mystery to me now as it ever was.
How did you improve your eyes
PRK is not discontinued.
RK is discontinued.
My dad (who is also nearsighted) used to tell me as a kid that reading at night by my nightlight was going to ruin my vision. 😅 Then I found out I needed glasses around age 14! 🤓
Hi Doctor, love your content so much❤ Would you mind making a video only about ghosting vision? Greetings from Brazil ❤
My dear friend.
In pure science.
It is the minus lens.
Reverse myopia by also practicing active focus and don't wear over prescribed glasses/contacts.
Yeah it's going to be fun making videos explaining / debunking that. (Not as much debunking but more so explaining what is really going on).
I've been doing this since mid May. I've reduced my diopter by 1 so far. The improvement starts quickly but should slow down to .25 diopter per 3 to 4 months.
@@DoctorEyeHealth please hurry with that new video. When my daughter finally took her 9 year old son to the optometrist, she came home insisting that even though she had already realized he was challenged with his distance vision, she was not going to get glasses for him and was going to use exercises to help relax his eye muscles, to improve his vision. His vision care is currently a taboo topic between us
@@oldschool3696
Would you like to meet her half way?
I suppose you want glasses to be prescribed, talk to her and the optometrist about getting bifocals with zero diopters on top and reading lens at the bottom.
This worked for me when I was 9 years old, it fixed my distance vision.
The stress of reading up close messed up using the eyes for distance.
you can't actually reverse myopia. if you saw any reduction from it simply means you were over-corrected
think about it: reversing myopia would require changing the shape of your eye to be shorter or less elongated.
that would be like shortening your adult length arm back to a child length arm
I am a 17-year-old boy, 5 years now, I have tears in my eyes. They went into a hole
Yes I have this issue because of genetic
I started wearing bifocals at age 3. I had to wear a patch over my right eye because my mom noticed when I would watch Sesame Street, I turned my head sideways so my right eye only was seeing the TV. So my ophthalmologist had me do all sorts of things to strengthen my eyes. I eventually got near enough to 20/20 that I didn't need glasses for a few years. Then I had to get them again and am back into bifocals/progressives since I was 35. My myopia just keeps getting worse. Ugh. I was hoping to wear some Halloween contacts with my costume, but after seeing your video on that, it looks like I'm doomed to wear my glasses and ruin my costume. 😭
I am a 33 year old adult and myopia is still getting worse every year. I know screen time is likely causing it but I work in front of a computer for a living. Would love to know if increasing outdoor time, doing the 20/20 eye break, optimal screen brightness and position of my computer (my computer desk is right next to my window so there is glare) or anything I can practically do to stop or slow down myopia. Also I know in China there is a surgery that stops the growth of the eye balls and it is more for extremely high myopia patients and those eye balls that just keeps lengthening. I can’t find any information of this surgery here in the U.S. might be worth looking into it.
Hi Dr Allen I have few questions about TLS
1. Is TLS a safe procedure for slowing down glaucoma
2. What are the risk of doing this procedure I mean long term
3. What is regarding as the normal IOP
Thank you in advance
sounds like questions for your ophthalmologist
Hi Joey,
It is LONG TERM close work, for both of us.
Prevention is possible.
As an older adult over 50 I have been wearing glasses since I was 10 and for the last 40 years not much has changed in reversing this eye condition. Hopefully one day we will be able to change the eye shape through some sort of manipulation of the eye like we do in plastic surgery or even implants that address these changes.. science-fiction perhaps but not to out of the reach. 😊 cheers from Oz🇦🇺
that's what LASIK does and we do have eye implants that do it also
@@Akira-jd2zrunfortunately LASIK is not for everyone, luckily I will have my cataracts done and fix the glass issue 😊
@@A861967 True it's not for everyone but my point is you asked for "one day we will be able to change the eye shape through some sort of manipulation of the eye like we do in plastic surgery or even implants that address these changes" and we already have those. When you have your cataracts done, you will get the implant you wish for. No science fiction involved...
What drug and supplement slow down or stop the eye from growing?
Is melatonin/vitaminD3 involved since body/eye grow while sleeping? by staying indoor body think it is night so keeps growing?
Vitamin D is being investigated in the relationship to myopia. There is another 7-Methylxanthine, that is being investigated - but more research is needed on that.
Your eye is working perfectly to adapt to the situation you put it in.
If you give it close-up work to do, it will adjust itself for that close-up work.
If you give it only distant work to do, it will adjust for that.
Your eye isn't broken.
Thank you. Do you think prolonged focus on things far away (or many times throughout the day) helps keep eyes healthy? (As opposed to always looking at objects close-up)
If someone wears glasses, how does outdoors help since many people still keep glasses on. I spent a lot of time outdoors but didn't habitually keep glasses on til late in life.
I think wearing them constantly is the problem.
I didn't go too deep into the nitty gritty in this video but based on the comments I had in the previous video in the series I will probably make another video or do a livestream going more into the specific theories.
Regular glasses lenses do induce a defocus signal that is believed to encourage myopia to progress - however, there are publications that find this affects quadrants of the eyeball differently (superior retina vs inferior retina). But there is also evidence that light, specifically daylight, may also trigger dopamine signaling that helps prevent eyeball elongation. Plus a few more factors too.
So yeah, I can definitely shed some light on that...haha *sorry for the pun
@@DoctorEyeHealth looking forward to it. It's a mystery since most of my family rarely needs to rely on glasses. I need them in certain situations but in between the habit to keep them on remains.
I have miyopa and floaters in the eyes , really challenging
I was born with "Nystagmus" and out 3 brothers, I was the only one affected. I am not able
to drive, and struggled to read the blackboard, so I didn't do well in class. My vision has
deteriorated to the point that I did not get a good result when I went for my latest Retinopahy
Test, and have now been recommented for a "Slit Lamp Test" I am worried that this will
lead to having "Eye Surgery" and as I live alone, my worry is, I may go blind, after surgery.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
Hello doctor,
Thank you for your informative videos.
I have a question. I am 42 years old and have been wearing glasses for over 20years for farsightedness. However recently i have been experiencing difficulty in reading close by books while wearing my glasses. But without the glasses i can read absolutely fine.
So do i have a vision problems or is it because of improper lenses .
At 70 I needed glasses to see the board in 8 grade. They told me then my eye would not get much worse at that time after about 21. Was true for me. My vision has barely changed much thru life till needed reading glasses at 50. Was raised in differ time played outside most of time and no computers. Mom had farsightedness . . Dad never wore glasses. Maybe it’s due to changes we have now as society changes. In 50 s to high school hardly anyone wore glasses. I was in minority.
Please, sir, which university did you study your Doctor of Optometry?
Is there medication , especially prescribed during childhood , that can lead to or cause nearsightedness , especially severe nearsightedness ?
i'm watching this on a computer right now
I know! Isn't that something?
@@DoctorEyeHealth 🤣🤣🤣
I had no idea that I was seriously near sighted till one day my teacher in 4th grade asked me to read the problem on the wall. My response.............what wall?
Hi, unrelated eye question here, but not sure where else to turn. I would like to get some Gothika orange contacts for Halloween, but they don’t make a high enough power for my eyes (I’m -8.00). Obviously I’d only be wearing them on one or two occasions. Would it be safe for me to buy planos and place them over my regular contacts? Given how I’ve accidentally put two contacts in one eye without thinking and they easily side on top of each other. I called my eye doctor to ask this, but unfortunately they were super dismissive and rude when I expressed any interest in cosmetic contacts at all 😕 If it isn’t safe, could you recommend some brands that do make higher power colored contacts?
Is it better to spend outdoors ( eg look at trees ) with glasses or without glasses for btr relaxation for the eyes for ppl w myopia?
Get glasses that are a quarter diopter less than normal then spend time looking at distant objects, not straining but a relaxed look and wait for your eyes to do what they were built to do, adapt to the situation they find themselves in.
Distant objects should begin to have moments of sharpness.
Stay away from doing close-up work and never while wearing glasses made for distant viewing.
When you can start to see well with the underpowered lens you can repeat the process.
i have a suspicion that the correlation between indoor activity and myopia could be due to the flickering of light source
That is an interesting idea! I cannot say I have seen any research on flicker frequency and risk for myopia. I will ask some of the researchers I know.
Indoor activity has caused this problem before flickering lights existed.
You eyes grow when you look at things close up.
It isn't complicated.
Look at distant things outside and your eyes will do their best to give you distant vision.
Read too much close-up and they will help you read close-up all the faster.
?? Nearsighted people need corrective lenses to see far away, right? Your pictures showed people with glasses doing close work; please explain. THANKS!
near sighted people need the glasses for distance but can still wear them for close work
I’ve been far sighted all my life. Don’t wear glasses.
I’m 50 years old. All of a sudden about 2 years ago my Right eye suddenly started going near sighted. Also getting large blurry floaters.
I’m a professional photographer who uses his right eye a lot using a camera.
I’ll be going for a check soon, as in the past few months I’ve experienced a few short bursts of weird zebra stripes moving across my eye over a half an hour period. It then goes away again completely.
the "zebra stripes" sounds like an ocular migraine
@@Akira-jd2zr no migraine. No pain. Just stripes. That eye is getting more and more short sighted. 🤷♂️
@@businesspins5825 you won't necessarily have pain or a migraine from an ocular migraine. sometimes you will only get the visual aspect. if this is something that happens every month or more you should seek advice from a neurologist
@@Akira-jd2zr hey, so you were right. Just seen the eye specialist and that’s his conclusion. Says there’s no pain with ocular migraine. 👍🏼👍🏼
@@businesspins5825 Great, at least now you know. If those ocular migraines increase in frequency, you may need to see a neurologist. (I am an eye doctor.)
If you change your lifestyle can you undo the myopia? I’m guessing not or not enough to matter much for most people but would be interested
Some people do.
nope true myopia can't be reversed
pseudo myopia can
@@Akira-jd2zr I think I had (maybe continue to have) both 😂. Which is why I get some improvement from vision therapy but not enough to where I can just throw out my glasses.
@@paulwalther5237 you got it
And for adults?
Working on that!
not as much of an issue for adults since the eye is mostly done growing
How much amount can spend for eye sight glasses?
Does computer glasses actually help reduce eye strain and slow down myopia? What are some popular brands
reduce eye strain yes
slowing down myopia is a bit more nuanced
It all makes some sense, except "sedentary". Why sedentary?
Doctor, what do you think about using FL-41 lenses with customized prescriptions to correct refractive errors?
Works great for migraines and computer screen glare (when they also have good anti-reflective)
@@DoctorEyeHealthhey bro 💀
@@DoctorEyeHealthwhy are u scaring me ☠️
Hey Doc ! I am 18 now , i have lazy left eye I counsulted an ophthalmologist they said I have an high cylindrical power.
I want to become a pilot can I cure my eye?
a lazy eye generally can't be "cured" if you are already an adult. a lazy eye should be addressed when very young...like 4
If you decide to make a video comparing the different modalities of myopia management, for the love of God please don't compare percentages... It's so exceptionally misleading and easily manipulated, and companies prey upon our lack of knowledge of this. For example when they state a percentage efficacy from a NON randomized, 6 month study and compare it to a randomized 3 year study... It's like comparing apples and anchovies.
Yeah for the next video, I just lumped things into a threshold. With the disclaimer to consult the local doctor about they think is best.
But yeah…there are concerns about industry manipulating research and I like to think most doctors are cautious about it.
Have you read much into atropine for myopia?
@@DoctorEyeHealth yes I have, and all the other modalities lol.
They keep making studies on 0.01 % Atropine, even though time and time again other studies have shown negligible effect on AXL slowing, generally in the 0.00 mm to 0.10 mm slowing in 1 year, and very often not statistically significant.
Then there's stuff like VTI's Naturalvue Multifocal - for years they've only had case series floating around claiming efficacy in the 90 % range, comparing themselves to much more rigorous randomized studies. Now they've finally released data from the first year of their ongoing RCT, showing an admittedly impressive 0.17 mm slowing in 1 year (unadjusted means), but still, before that they were making these outrageous claims.
And don't get me started on Rodenstock's Mycon lens - a NON-randomized study with 70 % patient drop out and seemingly a control group that were deliberately under corrected...
Oh and Zeiss who have launched their Myocare and Myocare S lenses with no formally published studies backing them up so far - there was a study by Liu et al, but Zeiss have stated it is based on a prototype design. The ongoing study on the two commercial designs has only had a poster shown at ARVO 2024.
I have -14.50D and astigmatism -3.50D on both of my eyes but so far I am feeling pretty good
I think that the limit of myopia is roughly around -25.00D~-35.00D that an average human can take,
Wow. The strongest corrective lens I have ever seen was -15; I cannot imagine what a -25 or -30 would look like.
-14 is still pretty bad and puts you at a high risk of retinal issues
@@jeme7339 Essilor manufacture prescription up to -40D for myopic patient , -20 is just nothing in my own perspective, it’s not rare at all.
@@Akira-jd2zr Not really I think an average human can take up to -35.00D before any retinal issues.
@@ashe792 nope, -14.00 puts you at much higher risk
Hey doctor, I'm a music arranger and producer who needs to spend long hours staring at the computer screen for work. I'm currently 24 years old but I don't happen to need glasses yet, but can you suggest something to me by which I can save my eyes from getting nearsighted for as long as possible?
Use the largest monitor possible, use the largest font possible, sit back as far as possible, use computer glasses.
Use incandescent lights rather than LED.
Place a Snellen chart on a distant wall and read the smallest line you can every chance you get.
Be outside and consciously observe distant objects and try to resolve them.
I’m nearsighted
Same! 🙌
Thanks to my dad I have nearsightedness. Or was it my lifestyle at a young age? I mean I did play a lot of video games 😂
Me too! My mother has a high prescription (she was a big reader growing up) and I was more of an indoor kid too growing up.
0:05 this happens to me I'm 12 years old student.Can You Help Me With Tips , With Mobile and Computers
Sir during pregnancy my one eye would swell and dr says eye will be fixed after delivery but after delivery my eye has not Heald and now i have pain in it and water coming out there is also difference in size of eyes plz help what can i do 😢🙏
Thank you Dr please could you give me an idea regarding prescription eye glasses frame for high prescription-13 right eye & -11 left eye to minimize the thickness at the edge of the glasses my sister prescriptions getting higher after her retinal detachment surgery .
thank you
kindly
Hey thanks for asking! A higher power in the lenses will make the lenses pretty thick on the edges. Finding a frame that is smaller will help make the edges not as thick, same with choosing a high index lens. The info I share in this video should be helpful ua-cam.com/video/k2dqcCIKQG4/v-deo.htmlsi=lqgX1F6H7aU3XSY1
@@DoctorEyeHealth thank you so much Dr for answering my questions as usual you are so kind ! ok I will check the link .
Avoiding rimless glasses is important also. Perhaps also consider a round shape, rather than square, keeping the lens small, as suggested. The farther away from the optical center the edge of the lens is, the thicker, so having it "reach" out to a corner will leave that corner edge thicker. Ask about having the very edge of the lens (the sharp part toward the face) "sanded" or buffed to slightly reduce thickness at the edge, but do NOT get it polished as that will reflect light like crazy!
@@jeme7339 thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for your positive idea I do appreciate!
@@Marsilase You are most welcome. God bless you and your sister.
Fact
Is this true ?
why would be make a video of lies?
@@Akira-jd2zr to get views ? Give false hope ?
@@VandalIO nonsense, this guy is a real doctor with a real practice that people can physically go to. what's more likely to believe?
I'm hyperopia.. so is that better or something?
yes
how to stop myopia devlepmment ?
How important is PD measurement for single vision non-digital lenses?
Well its absolutely necessary for the manufacturing of glasses. If the centration of the lens is off, then you will induce prismatic changes. Depending on how off the centration of the lens, and the higher the prescription power, the greater the induced prism. This can results in stronger demand of the eye muscles - resulting in eye strain - or could result in compensatory changes to eye muscles coordination, which could induce double vision or other complications long term.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Thank you so much for the insight. I really appreciate it.
I have myopia because I watch everything in 2x
that's not why
Yea well its too late for me. Im already -7.50
every 15year boys suffer from myopiya and eye doctors rich and more rich lonlli, no friend have pet blind about eyes
i literally learned nothing from this video can you just get to the treatments
Sorry you didn't get much from this video. Working on the next, should deliver more info on the treatments. Coming sooon!
@@DoctorEyeHealth thank u
if you learned nothing that really says more about you than the video
@@Akira-jd2zr yes, that i already knew everything that he said.
It makes sense... in the late 90s, when we were teens, we used to spend so much time on our computer playing Age of Empires. It got worse and worse. Mum has always warned us about that.
💖❤️🙏❤️💖
Eyeballs are able to shrink not only lengthen.
Unless I see the genetic markers I would doubt these studies, familial habits could explain things.
A family that encourages book work and close up reading just like Mom and Dad didn't need genetics to destroy their eyes.
Similar to having fat families because of eating habits not genetics but to avoid personal responsibility genetics is invoked.
2:58 There is no requirement it is really habit.
Nobody ever needs to stare at a smart phone.
Children shouldn't be given smart phones, it would be similar to supplying then with coke for thirst.
3:14 stop and reverse. You hit what you aim for.
Myopia management , adults have reversed it,
It's never too late.
Did you know your computer can read books to you? No need to read close up.
Children didn't need to be encouraged to do things, they need to be made sure they are staying away from bad things.
You don't encourage a child not to eat a diet of Twinkies, you don't buy them Twinkies in the first place.
Children should be taught to avoid myopia, even if it puts optometrists and opticians out of business.
There's a difference between playing around and getting serious.
Why only two hours of outdoor time, why not eight?
Why use any close-up device for doing things like watching movies? Nothing good can come from it.
Catch it early and reverse it, get the eye to naturally shrink itself.
The myth of the unshrinkable eye should be banished.
A negative STATE of the NORMAL eye, as objective science?
1) Nose on page kids.
2) Then "fixing" it with a minus lens
2:56 Priming for failure, this is a bad attitude, I haven't watched further yet but you should delete this video and try again.
This is like saying you're going to always be fat because of modern life.
Totally no excuse.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! I really do appreciate your input, but I have to respectfully disagree. Education is incredibly important, and in today’s world, reading books and using digital devices have become essential components of modern learning. It's not about having a "bad attitude" but rather acknowledging the reality we live in.
The message in the video isn't that modern life dooms us to certain outcomes, like always being overweight. Instead, it's about recognizing that the environment we're in-like the food options available-can influence our health, and by being aware of this, we can take proactive steps to improve our well-being.
Troll post and false equivalency. You are blaming children for getting myopia. Myopia is not like obesity. If you are obese, you can lose weight with diet and exercise. Myopia is permanent and does not change with diet or exercise.
@@DoctorEyeHealth
I'm in a bad mood today.
In another comment you said you played games on the devices, was that necessary?
Reading on small screens is not necessary.
So many things in this world are not necessary,
Myopia is avoidable if this is the goal.
@@ajames283
Say it to my face.
I'm not a troll.
I've studied too many years and am too serious to be called a troll.
Take it back.
@@ajames283
By the way,
You are wrong about myopia also.
My dad (who is also nearsighted) used to tell me as a kid that reading at night by my nightlight was going to ruin my vision. 😅 Then I found out I needed glasses around age 14! 🤓