Myopia: A Treatable Epidemic | Dr. Lance Kugler | TEDxOmaha

[leprechaun]

I watch this so I can have hope again. And I'm literally crying here. To everyone here with the same condition as me, we can do this. We still have hope remaining.

[artandaesthetics]

I literally cried with relief, because all the eye doctors told me I cannot reverse it or decrease my glass power. I know things won't change overnight but it's heartwarming to know there is hope. Thank you.

[motion]

I regret that I took my eyesight for granted. You only know what you have after you lose it....

[JV-twlt]

Here is my story. Hope it helps and provides hope to many.
I had stable -1 myopia for over 23 years. End of Jan 2023 I had an episode of "Primary Iridocyclitis of Right Eye". Used steroids and dilation drops. These did not improve but worsened the condition. After three weeks I stopped medications and went to tropical island. Hiked a lot and did eye exercises along with being in the sun all day. After 6 weeks my right eye still was weak and I saw things about 20% smaller than the left eye with glasses. But surprisingly after 7 weeks my right eye got better than left eye. I think now my right eye is near 20/20 maybe -0.25. I stopped using glasses after 23 years. The left eye still seems to be -1. I'm trying to continue exercises and reduce that as well.

After seeing many articles about myopia from professionals who say it cannot be reversed I now feel like it can be reversed with a prolonged change in habits. Good luck everyone. Take care.

[akashkumaradventure]

i have myopia of -9 in both eyes, and I am 24 yrs old, still I had hope that it will be solved naturally.

[bsal]

Its so depressing that there's not an easy cure for myopia yet.We have achieved so much in technology field but the achievements in medical field is still lagging.

[noisyguest]

For some reason if I stretch my eyes sideways, I can see stuff that are faraway easily

[YoriichiTsugikuni-]

Go in a trip in mountain 🏔 for 1 month without phone. It might improve your eyes because greener of tress relax our eyes and usually if you don’t-use phone than your eye can improve seeing far objects.

[otiebrown]

He gets this right:
Decreased "screen time", will help with true prevention.
If a prevention plus lens, were worn, at 20/50, with strong parent support, the child could get back to 20/20.
Then, surgery, would never be necessary.

[TheShredfest]

He never talks about the complications of lasik

[nexx]

People who get LASIK still end up needing glasses as they are over and under corrected. When they age they need a reading correction. LASIK causes dry eye. It’s not that simple

[tonywong]

It sounds more like an advertisement than a tedtalk

[俏俏小姐]

I am afraid of the long term side effect of eye surgery for myopia

[figuregaming]

crazy how people are just selling glasses instead of researching a cure

[TinfoilHatGirl]

Yeah, so natural to have lasers and such messing with your eyes whereas there is knowledge how to naturally improve your eyesight. But it is surpressed BECAUSE it is a billion dollar industry. Still pushing surgery means more profit for the medical industrial complex before people realize they can improve their eyesight naturally with a fraction of the cost of surgery

[davidwelburn]

Didn't give any information on the actual procedures, and what they involve, or maybe if they have improved over the last 20 years or so.

[Lindamorena]

Several questions and statements: I understand that we can somewhat slow the progression of myopia using various techniques. The many problems that many myopes suffer from is the elongation of the eye ball, not just being nearsighted. The length of the eyeball can contribute to cataract (even in young people, I'm in my early 30s with cataract), its also causes various degenerative conditions inside the eyeball. How will correcting our vision prevent cataract development as we age, decrease risk associated with elongated eye ball, such as risk of retinal detachment, or "fix" myopia? The message seems misleading.

This man seems as though he is it not a medical professional, more of a spokesman for the procedure he is speaking about.

[fovos]

In here to tell everyone, I treated my mild myopia with looking at far distances under the sunlight. It helps alot for me

[kkevinj]

Imagine that, our eyes are constantly adjusting to how we use them. Too much near= myopia, not enough near= hyperopia in general. totally fixable NATURALLY

[otiebrown]

It is time to think of prevention, before surgery.
While you can still pass the 20/50 line on your Snellen.