Dr. Carr

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Leading expert on myopia. Co-authored The Science Behind Myopia has much to say about endmyopia.

A member of the endmyopia forum emailed leading myopia researcher Dr Brittany J. Carr asking for her opinion on endmyopia. She responded in great detail quoting many statements on the endmyopia website.

The website mentions that even in high myopia above -6D one can have as little as 1mm axial elongation and most of the myopia could be near-induced transient myopia; however, Dr Carr argues that even 1mm change can be quite significant considering the very thin delicate retinal tissue.

Dr Carr also states that the axial reduction that naturally happens over age is likely due to shallowing of the cornea. Quoting another statement, she adds that "there is no debate for environmental influences on vision among myopia scientists, optometrists, or ophthalmologists. We all accept this as fact." and also agrees that "Yes, the eye absolutely can respond to blur in both directions and regulate its growth".

Further she adds that she aligns completely with the ideology that environment stimuli are as much relevant to myopia progression and development as is genetics if not more important. However, she also says that the maximum response to these stimuli is during childhood.

Before closing up she mentions that certain drugs can temporarily change axial length, eye exercises can help those who have near work and stress-related eye problems and that optometrists can in fact overprescribe on accident. She also mentions the concept of blur tolerance in the context of non-refraction related changes or improvements in vision.

The member who had posted the thread accepted that they should have added more resources and explained a few other EM topics like the use of differentials and normalized glasses. They believe that there might be some level of misunderstanding or lack of clarity between them and Dr Carr. The commenters also agree to this and conclude that there is a need to make EM more advertise friendly.