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'''Welcome to EndMyopia''', the prime place on the internet for regaining your own natural eyesight and reversing your [[ | '''Welcome to [[EndMyopia]]''', the prime place on the internet for regaining your own natural eyesight and reversing your [[Myopia]]. | ||
'''EndMyopia isn't a simple program of steps. This page is just the entrance to the rabbit hole.''' Nobody here can tell you how well your eyes will react to a specific change, or what glasses are right for your eyes and your vision habits and your work requirements, we can just give you the tools to understand your own eyesight, what causes myopia progression and how to stop and reverse it. | '''EndMyopia isn't a simple program of steps. This page is just the entrance to the rabbit hole.''' Nobody here can tell you how well your eyes will react to a specific change, or what glasses are right for your eyes and your vision habits and your work requirements, we can just give you the tools to understand your own eyesight, what causes myopia progression and how to stop and reverse it. | ||
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#* Measuring your myopia and visual acuity regularly will tell you when the steps you are taking are working. | #* Measuring your myopia and visual acuity regularly will tell you when the steps you are taking are working. | ||
# Take breaks from near work (Follow the [[3 hour rule]] or the [[20-20-20 rule]] for starters) | # Take breaks from near work (Follow the [[3 hour rule]] or the [[20-20-20 rule]] for starters) | ||
# Don't wear glasses for near work if you don't need them.<ref>[https://endmyopia.org/day-57-myopia-progression-the-one-thing-you-have-to-stop-doing Myopia Progression: The One Thing You Have To Stop Doing]</ref> | # Don't wear glasses for near work if you don't need them. | ||
#* Avoid [[hyperopic defocus]]. The single worst thing, what you really don’t want to be doing at all, ever, is wearing your full-distance correcting prescription while looking at a screen 60 cm from your eyes.<ref>[https://endmyopia.org/day-57-myopia-progression-the-one-thing-you-have-to-stop-doing Myopia Progression: The One Thing You Have To Stop Doing]</ref> | |||
# Get separate glasses for near work if you do need them. We call these [[Differentials]] if your doctor is willing to prescribe them, he may call them computer glasses or reading glasses.<ref>[https://endmyopia.org/day-67-differential-glasses-for-close-up-use Differential Glasses for CLOSE-UP Use]</ref> | # Get separate glasses for near work if you do need them. We call these [[Differentials]] if your doctor is willing to prescribe them, he may call them computer glasses or reading glasses.<ref>[https://endmyopia.org/day-67-differential-glasses-for-close-up-use Differential Glasses for CLOSE-UP Use]</ref> | ||
# Give this a few weeks, you may be able to release [[Pseudomyopia]] with these steps alone, which will change your eye measurement that you will base your next pairs of glasses on. | # Give this a few weeks, you may be able to release [[Pseudomyopia]] with these steps alone, which will change your eye measurement that you will base your next pairs of glasses on. | ||
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# Watch [[List:Community YouTubers]] | # Watch [[List:Community YouTubers]] | ||
# Use the Wiki as a reference when you need an overview of a new topic. | # Use the Wiki as a reference when you need an overview of a new topic. | ||
# Read the [[Guide:How to ask for support]] then join the [[EndMyopia Forum | # Read the [[Guide:How to ask for support]] then join the [[EndMyopia Forum]] Community. | ||
==Future Steps - Reverse Your Myopia== | ==Future Steps - Reverse Your Myopia== | ||
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# Find Active Focus, a way of getting your eyes to see slightly further than their normal distance to blur. [[Guide:How_to_find_Active_Focus|Guide: How to find Active Focus]] <ref>[https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links/ There is a category of blog posts about Active Focus here.]</ref> | # Find Active Focus, a way of getting your eyes to see slightly further than their normal distance to blur. [[Guide:How_to_find_Active_Focus|Guide: How to find Active Focus]] <ref>[https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links/ There is a category of blog posts about Active Focus here.]</ref> | ||
# When you're ready, do your first [[reduction]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrQb4pCFkQ Reduce Normalized Diopters]</ref> | # When you're ready, do your first [[reduction]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrQb4pCFkQ Reduce Normalized Diopters]</ref> | ||
== Putting it all together== | |||
[https://endmyopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/one-page-cliff-notes-endmyopia.jpg The one page cliff notes] | |||
==Keep Learning== | ==Keep Learning== | ||