Do Glasses Make Your Eyes worse?! Eye doctor Debunks Top Vision Myths
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Dr. Allen debunks the top eye and vision myths, allowing you to gain a better understanding of your eye health. We cover a wide range of fascinating topics, including debunking myths about vision improvement, whether glasses make your vision worse, eye exercise effectiveness, and many more!
For example, the famous carrot eyesight myth; this myth started as World War Two propaganda! Carrots are healthy for the eyes but they will not improve your eyesight or reverse the need for glasses.
However, as you will see in this video, there are many eyesight myths, and many of the worst ones are spread here on the internet.
Do glasses make your eyes worse? This is a common question every eye doctor gets and is also addressed in this video.
Stay tuned to our channel for more exciting videos that delve into eye health topics, provide practical tips, and keep you up to date with the latest advancements in vision care.
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0:00 Vision Myths
0:19 Do carrots Improve vision
1:03 Reading in dim light will ruin your eyesight
1:41 TV will ruin your eyesight
2:42 20/20 Means Perfect Vision
3:33 Crossing Your Eyes
4:41 Do Glasses Make Your Eyes Worse
5:55 Digital Screens Damage Our Eyes
6:32 Does Blue Light Damage our Eyes
8:13 Contacts or LASIK with astigmatism
9:01 Contact Lenses Stuck Behind the Eye
9:36 Glasses after Lasik
10:22 Eye Exercises to improve eyesight
12:07 Sun Gazing for Eye Health
13:14 Castor Oil for the Eyes
14:31 Eye Drops to Reverse Cataracts
15:28 MSM Eye Drops
16:42 When to have an eye exam - Věda a technologie
haha Did you catch the spelling error? Thanks for watching! Let me know which part was your favorite!
I prefer no background music please just your lovely voice no homo
Castor oil info. Eye Drs don't seem to know much about natural ways of dealing with eye issues. Wish there were more natural options.
Saw THAT quite well!!!!
I’m 47, is that too old for lasik?
Wait then how does my vision blur when i look at my screen on my phone or laptop like i have glasses now my mom said because i look at the phone it hurts my eyes also i have a red spot what causes the eye tired is it because of my phone because i dont blink as much?
I was a national level competitor for some time in a shooting sport discipline. You commonly engage targets anywhere from arms reach to 50 meters away and everything in between. It was time and accuracy focused. Fast and accurate wins. I read an article from an olympic shooter about eye exercises. You were doing some of them in your video. I always felt really good afterward. I felt the same after I would do a good long distance run, that exercise high you get. To me, it felt as if it did help, especially numerous quick transitions back and forth, near to far, etc. I would certainly appreciate your extrapolation of this. These days, I do these exercises at work every now and again. The eye strain from a computer feels greatly diminished. Thank you o/
Hey thanks! This brings up a very good topic that I have not covered on the channel. There is a niche in the eye care world called Sports Vision. Which is legit training that professional athletes will go through to train the eyes and coordination based on how you can see. I know of pro hockey teams, baseball teams and even boxers who go through this training. Many pro teams have their own eye doctors who work for them. Kinda nuts. Maybe I can get a doc who specializes in it to help me do a video.
My non medical background says the villain in eye issues begins with reduced blood flow to all places where nutrients and the operating vasodilation of the blood supply is required…look at “metabolic syndrome and inflammation.”
BTW, love your very informational podcasts.
Bob, former long distance runner.
I really appreciate the way you communicate as someone in the sciences; medical sciences; the cutting edge, etc. You have a very humble, yet informative delivery that works with the literature to this date.
Wow thank you!!! 🙏 that means a lot to hear. I work hard to stay up to date.
The third myth was the reason why mom believed I started wearing glasses as a kid 😂😂. She used to tell me all the time to stop being so close to the TV.
Same with me😂
Um maybe you guys sat close to the tv BECAUSE you were near sighted…😅
I have a 50" 4K UHD TV, and I sit close to it! ... Read my comment on contacts and glasses! I have 79 years wearing experience between them! 🤣
Wait then how do i have eye strain or is it tired eyes because when i watch on my phone my mom doesnt let me because it will hurt my eyes and the red spot will be redder
@@nathanc6443if your only looking one direction for a long period of time it will cause straining especially if your looking down at your phone
Videos to learn more
What 2020 Vision Really Means: czcams.com/video/9P5jfYN4TYs/video.html
What Your Eyes SHOW About Your Health czcams.com/video/BWzsovOwG34/video.html
How Stress Can Damage the Eyes: czcams.com/video/4F5FbzJd6X0/video.html
Yo doc, can you tell is there is a way to get from eye power -3.5 to 0.75?
I did not go outside as much and saw devices to I developed near sight. I want to remove my glasses and make it back clear. Is it possible?
Loved watching you cross your eyes, thank you for clearing up the risks 😅
A very well done video with excellent information. Thank you doctor for clearing up some misinformation.
That's a lot of myths...very informative,thank you Dr 🙏
Yeah I didn't realize it was going to be this long of a video
Thank you for this video!!
You are very welcome!! Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you Dr. Allen for the Myth Busters!!
Great video! I love all your videos they’re super helpful! Thank you thank you for doing this video.
The biggest myth that I heard was that if you make eye contact with any person wearing glasses, you would need to wear glasses after some time. In other words, the eye power would “transfer” from that bespectacled person to you, even if you stare only once or twice! This was so weird but so pervasive that many adults believed them wholeheartedly. Some still do. 🤷
This one is wild 🤣
Like getting pregnant from kissing
@@ralanham76 🤣🤣🤣🙌
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What really? I've never heard that before, sounds like some kind of superstition from a 100 years ago!
great video! thank u
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Hi Dr. Allen
Thanks for your myth review.
Thank you thank you for doing this video. Working in the industry so many of these are so frustrating when people won’t listen even lol
So very true! Glad you liked the video!
Brilliant. Thank you!
You're very welcome!! Glad you liked it!
I used to have -1.00 (for far distance) but the past few months I would have headaches like crazy or even throw up. My dad would say things like "you are spending too much time on your phone" etc. Last month I figured out that even with the glasses I couldn't see the letters on tv which made me skeptical and I started asking the people next to me whether they can or cannot see sth that I couldn't see. Turns out it increased to -2.5 and I got new glasses. I decided to learn more about my eyes and how to use my glasses properly etc. Even though english is not my 1st language your channel is extremely helpful and you pronounce the words so clearly that its easy for me to understand. I actually hope to see a video on how to clean the skeleton of the glasses (the corners etc aside from the lenses) in case you know how to do that and can do that. :))
Very close computer screen distance forces the eyes to focus at the near point of convergence. This sustained stare puts stress on the vision system. Over time, it may reduce the eyes' ability to quickly change focus between near and far objects. The extent of long-term impact on the eyes' focusing ability from regular computer use is still an area of ongoing research. Additionally, while the evidence is less conclusive, some studies suggest blue light might affect the ciliary muscle's function, potentially contributing to fatigue and difficulty focusing.
Thanks doc!
Appreciate all your videos they’re super helpful! I was actually wondering what your opinion is on topical retinoids possibly contributing to dry eye…or any other skincare products? I’ve heard both sides and don’t really know what’s true.
Great info, thank you. What are your thoughts on Ocuvite?
Yes I had eye glasses. One for close up views, which for astigmatism, I had and other glasses for long view distancing. Over 20 years, my other long distance glasses fell apart. So I stuck to using the close up close glasses. Soon this exercised my eyes, and thus these glasses worked for both close up view, and long distance. Eventually these plastic glasses too also plastic frames fell apart. So I replaced the frames for $19.99. I bought two frames, just is case. I fell asleep and crushed the gasses when waking up and accidentally stepping on them, and they were damaged. The lenses and the metal parts were okay, so I removed four screws to remove the plastic parts and replaced them with the new $19.99 ones. So over 44 years, it only cost me $19.99 x2.
In old cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions, several layers of shielding worked together to block most of the X-rays emitted from the tube before they could reach the viewer. However, while these shielding measures were effective in significantly reducing X-ray exposure, they didn't eliminate it entirely. Studies from the era suggest that even with proper shielding, some low-level X-ray leakage could still occur, especially at very close viewing distances.
Basically the X-rays that may be emitted by CRTs are hundreds of times less than the background radiation in the environment. So the idea that CRTs will cause radiation poisoning or cancer is ridiculous.
Thanks a lot God bless you
I still get patients that tell me they've been told they can't wear contacts because they have astigmatism. It must be older doctors telling them that...
I absolutely love all your videos! I do have a question. You mention that staring at the sun will damage your eyes, but what about looking at the sunset? By that time the sun is red and not as strong. Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for asking, I think this is a good question. A sunset still poses a risk. But yes, the light is dampened by the atmosphere and may not cause as much or as fast of damage. Still not recommended to stare very long or directly at it. But I will try to remember this question when I do a video on watching solar eclipse.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Thanks so much for replying! You are the best!
I have used minus lens -1.5 on both eyes (myopia glasses) for over 25 years; stopped using minus and started using plus lens (reading glasses); and now my eyes are fixed, no more myopia; reading DR saying this is impossible piss me off...
Minus lenses can induce more myopia; in fact, there are even lenses that are weaker on the side to induce lens myopia in children...
There are many studies in animals where putting on a minus lens causes myopia, and removing the minus lens makes the eyes go back to normal. It's pretty clear what the stimulus minus has in the eyes... and the doctor is 100% sure that glasses (minus lenses) don't make myopia worse?!
This makes me sad... The brain washing is so strong that even Dr. doesn't understand what minus does to the eyes...
So to make sure I understand you right, you should use a lens that make your eyesight worse so that you train your eye like a “muscle” so when you remove your lens your eyesight improves because your eyes adapt?
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Eyes lengthen to adapt to a lot of near vision work such as being indoors and being in front of screens all the time.
It's called Axial Length.
When doing only distant vision the eyes automatically shrink back to their normal rounder shape, it's a very minimal difference.
When wearing glasses there is no need for the eyeballs to go back to normal.
how did you use + lenses and were able to just go around seeing like that and how long did the correction take? Very skeptical tbh
This video was really helpful. Thank you for sharing. I had an experience with eye yoga and it didn't save me from glasses. I must say however that since I started using glasses my eyes got lazier and don't focus as fast as they used to when I first started using glasses. I decided to wear them only when it's absolutely necessary.
Great Video, i had to laugh at some points. Because, i have to answer many of exakt these question. As a non doctor, i have to send so many people to the next eye doctor
Hi doctor. I think all ur videos r educative
Impressive, thanks for making this video, all the best Joseph
I wore glasses since I was 14 years old n the prescription got higher...at 30 I decided to reverse it..I told my optometrist that I wanted a lower prescription..and every time I went to make new glasses I asked to prescription to be lowered gradually..and my eyesight was trained to adjust to the lower prescription..
Great video! What about those colored LED light strips that the kids are using in their rooms now ~ like that colored light behind you there?
Thank you. That was great. I'm 54, wear glasses yet have good eyes. It's not as sharp as it once was. So I'm happy knowing I'm doing well where I am.
Could you address if there are any theories about why hyperopia develops as well as if there are any studies on kids on what might lessen it?
Saw some content here about it for myopia, but didn't see hyperopia covered and thought it would be cool
Keep going ❤❤
Interesting, can you do a video addressing the high anecdotal testimony accounts of people who fast, who end up needing a lesser strength script, or lose their glasses? What would you suspect was the main mechanism behind this? Placebo? Autoohagy?
Could you please make a video about syntonic light vision therapy? Kindest Regards
Hi doc,
I'm having scars in my right cornea. Can it be healed, or should I do cornea transplantation?
12:09 There are studies of infrared light and benefits on vision, the Sun is a massive source of infrared light.
Incandescent light bulbs also have this healthier light.
14:30 Carnosine is an antiglycating agent reducing AGEs along with being an antioxidant.
I’d say that more than 99% of the ads on social networks (including YT) are complete bs.
Hello, just came across your helpful videos. I do have a question regarding whats the best material for glasses with high prescriptions like in the +5, +6 that would make them the thinnest possible.
Hi, Doctor. Have you been keeping up with the recent release of the ReO2 contact lenses cleaner, an enzymatic dissociation for cleaning contact lenses? Users' feedback suggests it significantly restores breathability to the lenses. Could you provide some insight or thoughts on this?
Great and very informative video :). However i cant agree that glasses does not worsen vision. As I (and a lot of people confirm) once you get into glasses you never get rid of them. I have seen friends developing nearsightendess at their 30's when eye theoretically is developed and should not grow.
In addition there are some prominent therapies to improve eyesight like light photonic therapy that can improve eyesight but i dont see optical community interested in it sadly.
I meant syntonic light therapy.
Your eyes get worse with time,it's not the glasses fault.
I've got myopia and astigmatism BTW.
If you need glasses to begin with, your eyes will worsen regardless of whether or not you wear them. When I was younger I disregarded my prescription because my vision wasn’t that bad and I felt that I couldn’t be as attractive with glasses. Long story short, my myopia continued to progress over the years. Until I could no longer avoid the inevitable. It’s a myth that glasses damage your vision.
Hi Dr. Allen, thanks for the info! What about red light therapy? Any benefits to that? And what about supplements like lutein? Thanks!
Really good questions!! Red light therapy is super interesting and I’m prepping a whole CE lecture in it (along with a few videos), Lutein is great and I take it myself, good for retinal health, brain health and even prevention of cataracts.
6 weeks no glasses my vision is way better now!!! explain that plz if glasses don't make eyes worse????
Same! Glasses and near work always make my vision worse.
I just got new glasses and this video helps with me being comfortable, thank you.
Just thought of this. Do you know if Snowblindness can have a long term negative effect on vision?
As I understood it it can cause blindness for a few days but it goes away.
Dayum I am early to this video!
Trust a guy in charge of his business to talk ill against himself 😂
Hi. I'm frim the UK.
I have alot if if problems due to SJS. Lately I have christaline keratitis. Can you do a video about that,?
I love telling my patients about the carrots are good for your eyes story. Basically, dring WWII the British Airforce was able to detect incoming German bombers using top secret new radar technology. When asked by the media how the pilots were able to see the incoming bombers under the cover of darkness the airforce said that their pilots ate a lot of carrots. 😄 Congrats on 1 million Subcribers Joey!
Hi doc, what do you think about manuka honey drops and gels? Are they useful for dry eyes? Are they safe?
thanks for asking! I did a video on it! czcams.com/video/cbxuLYLE28Q/video.htmlsi=f1gdicTB6SZbo1VF
Myopia glasses make everything apear closer to the eye, equivalent to not being outdoors and looking at a distance... Something associated with worse astigmatism as you said, so why is that glasses don't make eyesight worse???!!!
One thing that does give you eye "Superpowers" is bilberry extract. Bomber pilots of WW2 swore by it to improve night vision.
Yes I do have a question.
Similar to one on the video, but reversed: would people with very low levels of astigmatism (e.g. CYL < 1.0) benefit from eye surgery? Some decades ago I remember hearing that eye surgery was in fact not recommended for those with small enough prescriptions (but I never knew how small exactly,) because the eye surgery itself had some "delta" accuracy/error risk. So at least back then, for those with very small prescriptions, the results of laser surgery could end up requiring in fact a slightly higher prescription.
One other question: is it really possible to measure astigmatism manually at home, without going to an optometrist/optician? I've seen some methods online rotating small lines drawn in a 90º angle. I can confirm I can easily verify that my Axis is ok for my eye with higher astigmatism (CYL -1.50) but for small astigmatism levels (e.g. CYL -0.25) it seems to me both the Axis, and specially the Cyl value even for the higher CYL eye are incredibly difficutl if not impossible to even get close to or in any reliable enough ballpark, by trying by myself with such diy methods at home.
Every time I went to the eye doctor after school, my prescription went up. I was wearing distance glasses all day, including at the computer and had terrible headaches. Once I stopped wearing glasses at the computer and went to the eye doctor in the morning, my eye doctor was shocked that my prescription kept going down and down. I barely need distance glasses now. In my left eye I went from -2.5 to -.75. I do follow some of the end myopia groups ideas because I absolutely did not need glasses. It was something eye doctors seemed to be doing to sell me new glasses with a stronger prescription not because I needed them. So distance glasses absolutely were making my vision worse. I didn't need them.
Hey thanks for sharing this. I have a hard time thinking that any doctor would purposefully overcorrect someone to try and sell glasses ( but sadly we know there are some rotten people out there). If you were indeed overcorrected, it was likely because the doctor did not use any form of cycloplegia (eye drop we use to stop your inner eye muscle from over-accommodating), in addition to a few other factors. Either way though, glad you eventually got things figured out.
I believe you because my daughter went to the eye dr because she had myopia . She gave her prescription my 13 year old said when she takes off her glasses it’s so bad she can’t see like before she was able to see with out glasses. Today we went for other appointments I refused some kind of picture taken I have to pay from my pocket last year they said to check if she has any eye pressure. I am in medical field but don’t know about any eye exam when I think about it my daughter is healthy don’t have any medical problems that’s why I refuse. The dr said today ohh it’s to check her retinol it’s free the insurance pays just I have to put eye drops I said okay . We want to check for glass she put all kind extra I have to pay 349 from my pocket. I requested the proscriptions when we want to see her after eye drops she was in a lot attitude my kids said she looks angry. She said my daughter retina is getting thinner she said it’s not new . I asked her you didn’t said that a year ago what is the cause. She said sometimes proscription that means maybe she didn’t have a good proscription so sad as a mother to see that
I believe you because my daughter went to the eye dr because she had myopia . She gave her prescription my 13 year old said when she takes off her glasses it’s so bad she can’t see like before she was able to see with out glasses. Today we went for other appointments I refused some kind of picture taken I have to pay from my pocket last year they said to check if she has any eye pressure. I am in medical field but don’t know about any eye exam when I think about it my daughter is healthy don’t have any medical problems that’s why I refuse. The dr said today ohh it’s to check her retinol it’s free the insurance pays just I have to put eye drops I said okay . We want to check for glass she put all kind extra I have to pay 349 from my pocket. I requested the proscriptions when we want to see her after eye drops she was in a lot attitude my kids said she looks angry. She said my daughter retina is getting thinner she said it’s not new . I asked her you didn’t said that a year ago what is the cause. She said sometimes proscription that means maybe she didn’t have a good proscription so sad as a mother to see that
I believe you because my daughter went to the eye dr because she had myopia . She gave her prescription my 13 year old said when she takes off her glasses it’s so bad she can’t see like before she was able to see with out glasses. Today we went for other appointments I refused some kind of picture taken I have to pay from my pocket last year they said to check if she has any eye pressure. I am in medical field but don’t know about any eye exam when I think about it my daughter is healthy don’t have any medical problems that’s why I refuse. The dr said today ohh it’s to check her retinol it’s free the insurance pays just I have to put eye drops I said okay . We want to check for glass she put all kind extra I have to pay 349 from my pocket. I requested the proscriptions when we want to see her after eye drops she was in a lot attitude my kids said she looks angry. She said my daughter retina is getting thinner she said it’s not new . I asked her you didn’t said that a year ago what is the cause. She said sometimes proscription that means maybe she didn’t have a good proscription so sad as a mother to see that
I believe you because my daughter went to the eye dr because she had myopia . She gave her prescription my 13 year old said when she takes off her glasses it’s so bad she can’t see like before she was able to see with out glasses. Today we went for other appointments I refused some kind of picture taken I have to pay from my pocket last year they said to check if she has any eye pressure. I am in medical field but don’t know about any eye exam when I think about it my daughter is healthy don’t have any medical problems that’s why I refuse. The dr said today ohh it’s to check her retinol it’s free the insurance pays just I have to put eye drops I said okay . We want to check for glass she put all kind extra I have to pay 349 from my pocket. I requested the proscriptions when we want to see her after eye drops she was in a lot attitude my kids said she looks angry. She said my daughter retina is getting thinner she said it’s not new . I asked her you didn’t said that a year ago what is the cause. She said sometimes proscription that means maybe she didn’t have a good proscription so sad as a mother to see that
?? I could read fine print, but was prescribed glasses to make it easier. After a week of wearing glasses, I could no longer read without them. I was told that my muscles had been working too hard and with glasses, they didn't need to... (so...my muscles were getting lazy?) So, yes, glasses made my vision "worse" in that my muscles were being trained to "relax"... is that better in the long run for eye health???
A friend of mine was wearing incredibly thick lenses all his childhood and had really bad vision, it was not until he was grown up he stopped using glasses out of vanity and found out he could see better without the glasses after a while of not wearing them and cut them out completely. His vision slowly got better and better, now he do not need glasses at all... I have heard many similar stories, people can get "addicted" to using the wrong prescription glasses and temporarily end up seeing worse without the wrong glasses making them believe they need glasses, but in the long term they see better without glasses at all.
Good for your friend but im the opposite I didn’t want to wear glasses because they fogged up from masks at work, my vision has not gotten one iota better. I wish!
Some businesses are overcorrecting eye exams so they can sell。 mine started from 250 then jumped to 500 to 600 in less than 2 yrs
Funny how once you are on the glasses train you usually get stronger and stronger prescriptions. Theory being that as the vision gets accommodated by the stronger lens the muscles get weaker and on and on.
I know it can seem that way, but the ciliary body inside the eye is a smooth muscle and does not change tone with use/exercise.
The powers of the eye are more likely to become nearsighted during the first 25 years of life and then after that, there is a trend to become more farsighted and lose your ability to see up close - this shift in the later years of life occur due to crystalline lens changes inside the eye.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Thank you for the response. Personally as a child I had cross eyes, so glasses were used to help to get the eyes to conform. So I was already on the path before they did 2 corrective surgeries 60 years ago. I ended up with +7.5and +8.
My neighbour of a similar age was prescribed glasses decades ago, but went the exercise route, and has never worn glasses since. The concept being as you know you are not affecting the muscles within the eyes, but rather the muscles that affect eye control, which can "squash" the eye to improve the focal length. This may be bogus, but it worked for him. It is part of his daily routine.
@@DoctorEyeHealthOh look at yOu, answering comments @7a (Eastern; don't know where you are).
I've got a question that might be common to others:
At almost 67yo and nearsighted since elementary school, I somehow don't need glasses for presbyopia. I always order very thin frames with single vision for the myopia, and look under the frames to see up close. Another person I know looks _over_ hers, nearsighted as well. When at home, I don't wear any glasses at all.
Background: I'm 20/400L 20/200R with huge floaters in my better eye (grrrr; why couldn't it have been the other?!), and I found you while researching the brand new floaters last year.
Excellent.
And thanks!
Could you shed some light? So weird.
@@capnpugwash5403 A friend of mine was wearing incredibly thick lenses all his childhood, it was not until he was grown up he stopped using glasses out of vanity and found out he could see better without the glasses after a while of not wearing them and cut them out completely. His vision slowly got better and better, now he do not need glasses at all...
I agree with your first sentence. I doubt the sentence as the Doc does below your comment. That said I must state weaker prescriptions have apparently improve my myopia by 3.5 diopters and even helped to some extent with accommodation. Meaning I only need bifocals not trifocals. And yes this may only dismissed as eye lense aging but the effect is also driven by lense choice . Further, I hate plastic lenses and wish for the tempered glass lenses on my early adult years & prior. I started as very myopic and still am quite myopic. I believe myopia is driven by early reading, lack of UV-b (full sunlight) and carbohydrate rich diet. There clear research on the close work issue and the preservation of distance vision per the US Air Force.
Excellent video. I would be very interested in an eye exercise one. I just added the yoga eye exercises to my exercise routine and look forward to "seeing" some type of results.
haha best of luck! Yes, I plan to do a very comprehensive take on eye exercises since we have an A-scan at the clinic which lets me measure the axial length of my eyeballs. Going to try it for 3 months I think. Either way, I will at least have some data to support it all. If it doesn't work - too bad, but if it does work, I will have another paper to publish!
Any news on this?? I keep seeing that in addition to eye exercises, light syntonics can reduce one's level of Myopia. There are many doctors out there confirming syntonics. What do you know about this? It's something I'm curious about trying, especially for my young child who has Myopia.
I dont know about the myth but what I know is that with minus 5, I only use them to drive and to work on screens and I roll my eyes when people with less than that say they are almost blind without glasses...If you rely too much on your glasses with a low to medium prescription, when you dont have them, you will feel much more insecure
I sometimes walk around my apartment and clean and things without my glasses too. I am also about a minus 5.50. If anything, it helps me appreciate the vision I can see with glasses/contact lenses.
@@DoctorEyeHealth yes, exactly!
Yes glasses make your vision worse. Why do you think it gets worse in the first place? Ciliary spasm is why people go to optometrist. Eye glasses make your eyes elongated overtime. Endmyopia method works, I know because I fixed my vision (20/20 now). Endmyopia videos are free, so no need to pay anything 👍
One of my favorite comedy routines is the one where the comedian goes to the dentist, spending enough money to purchase a new car, & then when he has to go the eye doctor he’s so excited about how inexpensive it is, he buys a round of eye exams for everyone.
Praise Joe List!
@@TV-fe3bjThank you! I don’t remember but one new comic’s name in the last 20 years, no matter how funny I thought they were. That’s what happens when you haven’t watched any tv for a few years.
Now thats what happened. Our family we do not have any eye issues but my daughter could not see that anymore and needed glasses. During the pandemic she was just using her phone and never went out. Now i know why she can no longer see well.
Yes they do but it depends, if the ate small frames you end up staring and straining too much, eye exercises help. Dirty or scratched glasses also cause straining.
Is it a myth that whenever a CZcamsr says they're going to put the link to a prior video down in the description that they never actually do it? 🤔🤷♂❓
Pls make a video for side effects of scleral lenses
Good idea! thanks
Hey doc, I wanna know if iLasik by J&J is the best customized Lasik to achieve best vision possible?
11:38 We are so grateful for vision therapy. Our daughter was only using a very small part of her vision. In three months her peripheral vision expanded by 80%. As a result of this increase, her awareness of surroundings has changed substantially. I’m benefiting because she has the ability now to play table tennis 🏓 since she is now visually aware. ~ Steve
As a continued follow up, she has just began driving. This would not have been possible months ago as she was unaware of what was around her. Even riding a bike or walking in a crowd was stressful for me as I watched her navigate her surroundings. My wife and I are so thankful.
I need a 3.00 in my contacts for astigmatism but the dailies don't seem to go higher than 2.25. The reusable ones just aren't very comfortable in the desert.
Part : "Eye exercices to improve eyesight" if you are to debunk a myth, you have to conduct the experiment yourself (not necessarily on you) and then bring your results. Saying that the experiment is easy to do and there should have been studies on the subject but there aren't, isn't proving anything, or it proves that the eyeglasses industry has absolutely no interest at all for people improving their eye sight.
So jow is it that I can read things better, if I haven't worn my glasses for a day, whilst after a day wearing them, I NEED them to see even remotely clear.
And why is it that I have to move higher dioptric glasses by the end of some days, but it's enough to move the lighter glasses, if I have NOT worn them the whole day.
This is within a few days.
Please explain how this is not making it "worse".
Hey thanks for asking. To be honest, I don't fully understand what you are trying to explain. Also, I may not be able to fully explain what's happening without giving a full eye exam.
Your eye doctor should be able to elaborate considering these factors, Age, Manifest and Cycloplegic Refractions, Amplitude of Accommodation, Near Point Convergence, pupil size and Vergence Ranges.
Wish I could be of more help.
I missed the video for dry eyes
Whet lukewarm Rooibos teabags ( SA) on eyes feels very good and relaxing. ( To bath with these Rooibos teabags also feel very good) ,( about 5 or 6 used teabags without used with milk or sugar ) SA is Laager and VITAL and I think another Rooibos product name
couple of questions..
- does wearing glasses with poor optical quality has any impact on eye health? for eg. lens with low ABBE value, or lens without anti-reflective coating.
- is it better to wear sunglasses with UV365 protection (not full range UV400) or not wearing any glasses at all and squint my eyes instead.. lets say UV400 lens isnt an option. (I'm asking this because there are CR-39 lens that can be custom tinted, but its more like raw lens with no uv protection coating, and CR-39 materials only offer protection up to UV365)
Hey my eyelids feel super tired after i am awake for 1 hour and throughout the day it gets worse. I have a feeling when i blink my eyes go backwards and its hard for me to keep my eyes open for more then 5 seconds without blinking. I am now trying out eye drops and it helps a bit but the problem has not gone awey yet. My doctor appointment is in 3 months so i hope it will just go awey. Any advice for what i can do in the meantime would be really appreciated!
eye exercise is good. helps your eye coordination and lens muscle.. works for me
"If you sleep with wet hair, you'll go blind."
there might be something wrong about the assumption of Eyes exercises. There is in fact some exercises that existe after someone got a stroke / CVA. those exercises are meant for the brain to recognise patern not for the eye to heal.
Yes..I also heard about that! It's a good thing to know!
I saw a video where Elon Musk showed us the eye exercises he does to stimulate the frontal part of his brain he calls his Creative Brain!
So there is definitely something to gain through Eye Exercises!
Have a great week glitchydust..😊..🇨🇦
Eye exercises CAN and DID improve mine and my husband's eyesight. My husband has been doing the exercises and has steadily decreased his lenses strength as time went on. When I went for my eye exam in November of 2023, the eye doctor asked me if I was wearing contact lenses. I said "no" and he was so surprised as my eyesight IMPROVED 50%. I'm 56 years old and never needed reading glasses. I've only been having nearsightedness and now I have a very weak prescription. My goal is to no longer need glasses next year. My eyes USED TO be so bad that I couldn't even see the largest top letter on the eye chart and now I have a super weak prescription. My eye doctor asked me what I've been doing and I told him about the eye exercises and I've told him that eye doctors on CZcams said these exercises cannot improve vision. My eye doctor's words were "Eye exercises DO WORK as long as there aren't any other issues with the eyes." I rest my case.
What eye exercises did you do?
@@k.m698 While I work a lot on the computer, I would place my laptop farther and farther away. I always have it set far enough so it is slightly blurry while reading text. As my eyes improved, I would push my computer further away more and more. I never needed reading glasses so I do the exercises for only nearsightedness. I also move my eyes in fast circular motions and also look to the left as far as I can go and the same for the right. I also hold a finger up in the center of my view and stare at it up close and slowly move my finger at more of a distance. My husband is both near and farsighted and the exercises improved both his eye conditions. Good luck to you and have a great day.
What have you done specifically?
@@Rccr6554 I believe someone deleted my comment as I wrote everything out specifically. So I'll repeat it and HOPE no one deletes it again. (That makes me very suspicious). The only thing I continue to do and what works BEST for me is reading text on my laptop computer. I hold my computer at a distance far enough whereas the text is slightly blurry, but still readable. As time went on, I'm able to push the computer further and further away. I only had nearsightedness and never needed reading glasses, only glasses for distance. I don't need glasses for TV anymore and ONLY wear them for driving. I will check up on my comment to make sure it's still here. I wish I knew who deleted it before as I haven't deleted it. Anyway, if you try this, let me know how it works out for you. Have a wonderful weekend.
I have a question about reversal of an ICL surgery, or ICL removal. I am 20 years old. I had an ICL surgery 4 months ago, however my pupil is too large and it would dilate over the optical zone in very dark environments, and I don’t like that at all. Furthermore I had -2.5 diopter of astigmatism but the toric lenses has rotated by 12 degrees, and it lead to a -1.5 diopter of residual astigmatism in one eye. Some doctor recommend me to do an ICL rotation procedure. But I am not sure whether it is worth it, because I am also considering remove the lens. I don’t have any complications by far, no dry eye, no elevated pressure, endothelial cell count looks good and so on. Do you think I should try the rotation procedure anyway despite the dissatisfaction of halos.? How risky is the removal procedure and if it was done uneventfully, and could my eye health and best correctable visual acuity go back to the state similar to pre surgery? Thank you!
I had lasik 20 years ago. And a few years ago I got glasses again. I could see 20/20 without glasses, but 20/15 with glasses, I wore them simply when at the computer. I could see fine without glasses, but see better with glasses. My vision slightly worsened and I went to get a new prescription and new glasses. My new prescription hurt my eyes, at first but I still only wore them at the computer. Now, a month later, I simply can not see anything without glasses that 1 month ago I could still see. Road and business signs are now unrecognizable. That isn't a distorted memory of simply "not seeing as well without glasses" it's a blurry fact that my eyesight has drastically shifted for the worse over the last month.
What about increasing a prism prescription for crossed eyes only makes the crossing increase.
The blue light one really annoys me cause I be seeing so many people talking about it everywhere and can't do anything to change their minds 😔💔
Hi Doc. Please check the Endmyopia method of regaining eyesight by reducing eye prescription by 0.25 diopters every three months, does this method work, or may it cause blur to the eyes and discomfort in the long run?
Please can you do a video on whether the eye colour changing drops are safe? Im not convinced they are - but cant find anything to support this
OOoh good topic! I know there is some eye color changing surgery trending right now so perhaps I should review all of that. Short answer is No, I would not trust the eye color changing drops.
Could you do a video on high prescription like myself, I was prematurely, born five months before I was born I was supposed to be born in October, but I was born in June and I got really bad eyes so I had to get eye surgeries when I was a baby but my eyes are still bad now and I’m 17 😊❤
Can Glaucoma cause blindness, and how to reduce the chances of developing Glaucoma?
What can you share about light syntonics and reducing Myopia? There are doctors who say it works and use it in their practice. Does it only work if Myopia is a secondary cause from other underlying eye issues? Could it help me go from a -5 to a -3?
How much time shall we get eye checkup for -5D? How many months before any year turn to detach stage. Can tears be detected via indirect opthamoscopy. Please reply 🙏
Dear Dr.e...I just subscribed to your channel, anyway I want to ask you what can I take to improve vision, to see far I have to wear grasses especially at night, also for reading I need glasses, and I have a little bit of cataract on one eye, so can you please tell me what can I take? Your response will be greatly appreciated, thanks
Erm there's nothing you can "take" to improve your eyesight. If you have difficulty seeing distance and close up you need bifocals or get laser eye surgery - because it's the shape of your lense that's the issue so taking supplements etc won't change anything.
I was told that contacts weren’t a good idea because I require a “prism” in my lenses. Are there any contacts for this?
Captions available…. Could you please put closed caption to be available? Thank you in advance
I'm going to have Cataract surgery soon My Dr says I have astigmatism and ask me if I want to have the lens which iss not covered by insurance which is $1500...He ask me that if I don't to send anymore money money it is ok not to have since I don't wear glasses only for reading smallest print. I'm confused if should opt for it. I'm 77 yrs old female. Thanks
Hey! it is a tough decision for sure, hopefully this recorded livestream will help you better understand your options : czcams.com/users/liveY7LYIEtfW5Y
I would love information on someone like my son. I get very conflicting answers from eye docs we see. He is a +6.00 to +7.00 depending on the script at a given year. Lately he has been +6.00 to +6.50 roughly in both eyes. (also with mild Astig)
My basic question is can one be too farsighted for contacts and/or laser surgery to help or fully correct? Surgery especially is where i have the most conflicting answers. I have heard it would be useless for him. I have heard he could be partially . (ie need a lesser strength script) Finally I heard he could be a great candidate for it. LOL I have no idea what to believe anymore. It affects his potential career choices, so I love to see info on help for higher scripts. I imagine i am not alone in such questions.
Incredible to say that glasses dont make your eyesight worse, where as you obviously know that overprescription happened and still happens a lot, and overprescription for myopia for example forces the eye to "elongate" more and more thus causing a stronger myopia.
I agree that perfectly adjusted glasses wont necesseraly make your eyes worse (it wont make them better neither because you need your eyes to work a little bit) but overprescription (which was a common thing 10 years ago) can absolutely destroy your vision.
Dr i have a myopic eye of 2D And from last one month i am noticing this that sometimes i feel like am having a milky vision which make me to rub my eye and then my vision get backs to normal and whenever i look at bulbs in my room or look at streetlights i see a very lil foggy circle appear around it when i watch them without glasses but on wearing glasses back that circle disappears and when i open the flashlight of my phone and watch it i sees like some rainbow like colors are appearing in both with and withiut glasses
Yes
Can you please do a video about high order abberations and a fix maybe? I see ghosting so bad and its progressing every 6 momths . I cant function anymore and there is no fix.
Thanks for asking about that! I am indeed working on a video about types of glare with a collab. It may be another month but we are working on it!
Any idea why it is progressing?
Missing intro music 🥲
Oh yeah? I appreciate that. I just noticed a lot of people left the videos during the intro so I stopped using it. I have thought of making a super short one - I have seen some other channels do that.
Well I understand, it's just I always love to see that magnifying animation and hear that calming melody....