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My optometrist was quite skeptical of various claims about blue light & blue light blocking glasses, for example...

fatfingerd 3y ago
I've noticed people who start wearing blue blockers can no longer attract a mate..
Aerbil313 3y ago
My optometrist was quite skeptical of that anyone can cure their myopia. Yet I’m doing exactly that with measured improvement.
- myshpa 3y ago
  Oh, do tell ...
  - Aerbil313 3y ago
    Start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs
- tabtab 3y ago
  Is that the ancient Chinese way of sleeping with stones on the eyes, to flatten the lenses?
- imchillyb 3y ago
  Myopia is the cornea slowly becoming football shaped instead of round. While the effects can be lessened through various methods, the myopia will indeed eventually overcome such methods. Can’t make a football into a soccer ball without surgery.
  - Aerbil313 3y ago
    Ahem ahem, that is the theory, yes. Not what I and many others are seeing practically. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs
    - imchillyb 3y ago
      Ophthalmology is not so much /theory/ as over 100 years of study, discourse, research, and practical application. What you're proposing is /theory/ with few actual studies, research, or practical applications beyond some few people 'trying' something new. Again, you may be able to lessen the football shaping with various methods. But at the end of the day, the body wants it to be a football, and you want it to be a soccer ball. Guess which of those competitors wins?
      - Aerbil313 3y ago
        I understand what you're saying. I was just stating my practical experience. I'm not arguing anything here. My eyes are healing with visible and measured improvement, and I cannot care less about which theory matches reality, or what any theory out there says about what should and shouldn't happen.
mistrial9 3y ago
in the USA, medical guild members are trained to ignore non-guild member theory from the very first year of specialization IMHO.. secondly, there are legal consequences for those that do not adhere to guild doctrine, or could be exposed to legal threat.. IMHO medical guild information is conservative often, but surpasses simple science when pressed in controversy.
mdhen 3y ago
The blue blocking lens addition that's sold for regular glasses is very dumb, your optometrist was correct. First, you want blue light during the day so why would you want to have that on glasses you wear all day? And two, they don't block nearly enough blue light to make a difference at night. You need the very orange tinted safety glasses for that. Those absolutely do work.

I've noticed people who start wearing blue blockers can no longer attract a mate..

My optometrist was quite skeptical of that anyone can cure their myopia. Yet I’m doing exactly that with measured improvement.

myshpa 3y ago
Oh, do tell ...
- Aerbil313 3y ago
  Start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs
tabtab 3y ago
Is that the ancient Chinese way of sleeping with stones on the eyes, to flatten the lenses?
imchillyb 3y ago
Myopia is the cornea slowly becoming football shaped instead of round. While the effects can be lessened through various methods, the myopia will indeed eventually overcome such methods. Can’t make a football into a soccer ball without surgery.
- Aerbil313 3y ago
  Ahem ahem, that is the theory, yes. Not what I and many others are seeing practically. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPIGDSY_xBs
  - imchillyb 3y ago
    Ophthalmology is not so much /theory/ as over 100 years of study, discourse, research, and practical application. What you're proposing is /theory/ with few actual studies, research, or practical applications beyond some few people 'trying' something new. Again, you may be able to lessen the football shaping with various methods. But at the end of the day, the body wants it to be a football, and you want it to be a soccer ball. Guess which of those competitors wins?
    - Aerbil313 3y ago
      I understand what you're saying. I was just stating my practical experience. I'm not arguing anything here. My eyes are healing with visible and measured improvement, and I cannot care less about which theory matches reality, or what any theory out there says about what should and shouldn't happen.

mistrial9 3y ago

in the USA, medical guild members are trained to ignore non-guild member theory from the very first year of specialization IMHO.. secondly, there are legal consequences for those that do not adhere to guild doctrine, or could be exposed to legal threat.. IMHO medical guild information is conservative often, but surpasses simple science when pressed in controversy.

mdhen 3y ago

The blue blocking lens addition that's sold for regular glasses is very dumb, your optometrist was correct. First, you want blue light during the day so why would you want to have that on glasses you wear all day? And two, they don't block nearly enough blue light to make a difference at night. You need the very orange tinted safety glasses for that. Those absolutely do work.