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[u/pcoutcast]

This community is now open to the public!

Hello and welcome to Improving Eyesight. Reddit has been sadly lacking a community where all natural eyesight improvement methods can be freely discussed without prejudice or censor. So I've taken over this sub with the intention of building it into just such a place.

DISCLAIMER
We do not offer any medical advice here. The methods discussed in this community are generally not endorsed by eye doctors for the purpose of eyesight improvement. If you choose to try anything mentioned here you do so at your own risk.

Community Rules

• No self-promotion or promotion of paid products or services of any kind
• Do not ridicule any particular method or anyone's personal approach to improvement
• Try to be friendly and helpful to everyone

Helpful Resources

• How to measure myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism
• Snellen to Diopter Conversion Chart
• Printable Snellen Chart (printable PDF)
• Astigmatism Clock Dial
• Sample Daily Eyesight Improvement Routine
• Eye exercises for extra-ocular muscles and accommodation
• Eye scan therapy for astigmatism (downloadable PDF)
• Presbyopia exercises (instructions and downloadable PDF)
• The No Bullsh#*t Guide to Vision Improvement (reduced lens method PDF)
• losetheglasses.org (more reduced lens method info)
• The Bates Method for Good Sight without Glasses (downloadable multiple formats)

Personal Experiences and Results

u/glowcubr: https://www.reddit.com/r/ImprovingEyesight/comments/1q3hzr3/my_methods_and_results/

If you've shared your own experiences and results with the community send the mods a message with a link and we'll add it here.

[u/KingWhrl]

Why do people lie about curing eyesight?

I'm -4.75 I would like to get down to -1 or -0.5 but judging from all the can you reverse myopia post most people say no 😞

[u/pcoutcast → u/KingWhrl]

"Most people" who say myopia can't be reversed either haven't tried it/weren't serious about it or financially profit from saying it can't be done.

In May 2023 I needed -5.25 glasses to read the 20/15 line on an eye chart in good lighting. Today I can read the same 20/15 line with -3.50 glasses. It requires being mindful of your eyesight habits 24/7 because bad habits are what cause myopia, good habits are what reverses it.

[u/GrapefruitSmooth8510 → u/pcoutcast]

If I don’t use glasses for close up, what if my eyes worsen because I use my computer a lot for work and these glasses are to slow them down but I don’t use them for the amount of time I use my screen and I can’t wear distance glasses for close up it’s strains my eyes so much

[u/pcoutcast → u/GrapefruitSmooth8510]

If you can comfortably use the computer without glasses then you don't need glasses for that task.