Dear Friends,
While some oDs on this site have argued that prevention
with a plus is not possible, there are other
ODs (an MD Ophthalmologists) who have recognized

    can anyone give me an idea about when ( which decade ) will
macular degeneration start appearing in a patient with pathological
myopia of about -18

i am wearing monthly contacts. but due to the fact that it's quite
expensive and that i never saw a reason why to throw them away while
they are still good, i tried to be lazy and save some money. also i
didn't buy any cleaning liquids anymore and started the experiment of

Dear Friends,
Subject:  General Required Visual Standards.
The subject of visual standards was raised by
A. Lieberman.

Anyone know of any?
Would like to try some for my Blepharitis.
I know silver is an excellent anti-microbial and all the antibiotics do is
make the staph causing my bleph to become stronger.

Dear Ry,
Subject:  The type insight and motivation it takes.
Re:I understand what you're saying, but it seems a convient out. If someone
fails, they lacked sufficient "resolve".  Ry

Earlier this week, I spoke with Dr. Melvin Rubin ("The Fine
Art of Prescribing Glasses") about my wicked combination of
accommodative spasm, alignment issues, and dry eye.  He
thinks it best that I stop using cycloplegic drops, get out

Someone told me that flashing the red beam from a computer's optical
mouse across the eye may cause eye damage...
While I imagine that staring at ANY bright light for too long will
cause damage to the eye, is there any truth to damage being caused to

Dear "Repeating Rifle", (Bill)
Below is a statement of objective fact concerning
the behavior of the eye.
The paper that follows explains why (in mathematical

I'm trying to decide between polycarbonate and Seiko 1.67 lens
materials.  I want the thinnest lens possible, but also am concerned
about cost.
My perscription is

Does anyone know, or have any readily accessible references on the specific
volumes of the eye that are responsible for axial elongation in myopia?
Where does the stretching occur, in what volume or revolution about the
axis?

Received my first pair of glasses....
that I ordered today from ....
pm me if interested !
They came in a nice case.  I paid about 20$ for normal lenses.  There

From my reading elsewhere I don't think these are the same thing but
on one website, they said if sunglasses are polarized, they provide uv
protection ( I guess the polarization does this??? ) .  
Can anyone recommend a good web site or explanation to educate me.

Undercorrected myopes have been shown to develope further structural
myopia.  Therefore one can hypothesise that any process that creates
slight optical myopia will create further structural myopia.
Some pseudomyopia is probably always present in all myopia, so small