As I love the subject of natural vision improvement I am constantly on the lookout for new ways and technologies for natural vision improvement. When I came across the “EyeRelax” I was immediately struck with disbelief. Here is what they say about themselves: EyeRelax is an award winning visual-spectrum medical device clinically programmed to improve [...]
January 1st, 2010 | Posted in Eye Health, Vision, Vision Correction | 2 Comments
PRK is used to correct or reduce myopia (shortsightedness or nearsightedness), hyperopia (longsightedness or farsightedness), and astigmatism. The PRK procedure flattens part or all of the cornea which in turn allow focal point of light to focus more closely on the retina. PRK differs from Lasik in that it does not create a permanent flap [...]
August 10th, 2009 | Posted in Laser Eye Surgery, PRK | No Comments
Lasik stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, and is a surgical procedure used to “cure” shortsightedness, longsightedness, or astigmatism. “Keratomileusis” is the carving of the cornea in order to reshape it. Lasik Permanently changes the shape of the cornea using a special lazer called an eximer lazer. As the laser reshapes the cornea, it changes [...]
August 10th, 2009 | Posted in Laser Eye Surgery, Lasik Eye Surgery, Vision | No Comments
Pinhole glasses, also known as stenopeic glasses (from Greek meaning “little opening”), are eyeglasses with a series of pinhole-sized perforations filling an opaque sheet of plastic in place of each lens. It works on the same principle of the pinhole camera; each hole allows only a very narrow beam of light to enter the eye [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Eye Exercises, Vision | No Comments
Myopia (nearsighted or short sighted) This is one of the most common vision disorders. It is the inability to focus on objects at a distance. The light rays are focused at a point in front of the retina, causing a blurring of the image. Myopia is typically caused by continued up close activity which causes [...]
February 5th, 2009 | Posted in Eye Disorders, Vision | No Comments
Contact lenses are one of the most popular forms of eyesight correction. It has been estimated that there are greater than 3.3 million people in the UK alone wearing contact lenses (The Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers). Contact lenses are used to correct short sightedness (myopia) and long sightedness (hypermetropia), and there are also lenses [...]
February 4th, 2009 | Posted in Contact Lenses | 3 Comments
Over many years a teacher had observed that a lot of her students became more short sighted (myopic) nearer the end of term, so much so that they could hardly see the writing on the blackboard. She began to use the bates method of eye exercise using an eye chart on the wall. By the [...]
February 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Bates Method, Eye Exercises | No Comments