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RE: Join me in correcting my short sighted (myopic) vision the NATURAL way & together let us make a film which changes the world!
My 9 year old son has myopia. We opted for the rigid, overnight lenses. Put them in at night, take them out in the morning, sleep through the discomfort. They appear to be doing an incredible job, although they weren't cheap. The whole thing cost us around $1500 so far.
He'll need some new ones every couple of years, that'll be another $700.
If it gets him to adulthood with minimal deterioration it'll be money well spent.
I had never heard of this till now. Thank you for explaining. I looked it up and have just spent the last 20mins taking it all in. Amazing how things have progressed over the years.
I was comforted to see that "Once lenses wear is stopped, the cornea will return to normal over a period of about a month."
https://www.centralvisionopticians.co.uk/dont-fit-short-sighted-myopic-child-ortho-k-sleep-lenses-read-warning/
However, doing something so unnatural to such a sensitive part of the body is likely to have other effects, perhaps yet to be discovered, knowing this system hasn't been available for too many years.
And, as is the way with our modern medical system, you are treating the symptom and not the cause, which is of course, better for business.
Has he had myopia all his life?
He was fine at all his 4 yo check-ups, then we picked it up when he was around 7.
Got him glasses, which were fine at 6 month checkup, then very much inadequate at the 12 month mark.
Looking at our options, the optometrist said a lot of what you're saying; that compensating for the problem makes it worse, which is a real insidious trap.
Glasses focus the image everywhere, even on the sides of the eyeball, stimulating growth there and exacerbating the problem.
I followed most of what he was saying, but its all quite new to me.
He said the rigid ones only focus the image on the back of the eye, slowing the progress of the problematic direction of growth.
I figure if we take the long term approach and get him to 21 with as little correction needed as possible, not only will there be better options available when he's stopped growing, they'll need to be less drastic (whichever direction he chooses to go).
I also developed myopia at 7. It is a common age because it's when we begin the school system, forcing our eyes into unnatural situations. There is so much to say on this subject. Myopia can also be a reaction to an external stimuli. Something which makes the child want to blur out the situation they are in. That is certainly how it was for me. They would beat me at the boarding school I went to age 7 for things I didn't understand. So, my eyes reacted accordingly and permitted me to see clearly only that which I chose to put in front of my face. I was confused about the world I had been thrown into and afraid of it. In some ways I still live with this but I will know with certainty that I am free of it when I have perfect vision again ;)
It does sound like, for your son, this new system could have some benefits but for $2000 it is a lot to pay and I would personally keep reading about this subject as much as you can. Knowledge is power ;)
I wrote another post on this subject some time ago. You may find some value in it:
https://steemit.com/eyesight/@samstonehill/axial-change-the-simplest-way-to-correct-your-shortsighted-vision-permanently
Really sorry that happened to you, Sam. That's no way to care for a child.
Ironically at that time it was considered to be the best in what UK education had to offer. And the most expensive too!
I am grateful in many ways. I learned how to break the rules using magic ;)
There is a new post today with a film and lots of new info.
https://steempeak.com/naturalvisioncorrection/@samstonehill/the-natural-vision-correction-project-begins-in-association-with-naturalmedicine
Can't wait to order these glasses and get started :)