PRESCRIPTION GLASSES ARE A LIE called "Pseudomyopia”

Prescription glasses are a lie called “Pseudomyopia”

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What is “Pseudomyopia”

"You need to wear your glasses at all times in order to keep your vision from getting worse."

If this isn't the biggest lie you’ve ever been told, it's gotta be in the top three at least.

The scenario happens every day. A teenager enters an eye doctor’s office. An eye exam reveals that their distance vision is fuzzy and they are prescribed glasses. Neither of his or her parents are nearsighted and yet, the eye doctor insists that it’s genetics (or a growth spurt) that caused the patient’s distance vision to become unsatisfactory. Although it doesn’t seem right, the parents accept the verdict and the teenager gets used to the idea of needing corrective lenses for the rest of their life.
⠀⠀The tragedy of the situation is that they didn’t need glasses and that glasses will only serve to make their vision worse in the long run. Tragedy, by the name of Pseudomyopia.

First and foremost, pseudomyopia is not a new term, nor is it a term coined by alternative medicine types. Eye doctors of all kinds know this term and understand it completely. It has been scientifically proven. Everyone agrees that it exists and everyone agrees on why it happens.

Pseudomyopia is caused by eyestrain. Not genetics, not growing eyeballs, none of that. It's just good old too-much-Facebook or sitting too close to the TV.
⠀⠀When an eye doctor finds a patient to be nearsighted, they will prescribe glasses - regardless of the cause. These glasses will have a concave shape (thicker on the outside near the edge, and thinner in the center) and will enable the patient to read smaller text at a distance while still being able to see up close. Optically speaking, these glasses work by making distant objects appear closer, and objects close up appear even closer.
⠀⠀The problem with prescribing glasses to treat pseudomyopia is that it makes the initial problem worse. Remember that Smartphone screen that was being held too close? Now you're wearing glasses that bring it even closer. By not fixing the initial problem and using a lens that makes the problem even worse, you have accelerated the negative effects. More eyestrain results, the patient visits the optometrist with worse vision than they had before and leave with stronger lenses. Within a few years this vicious cycle will cause the initial pseudomyopia to become real myopia, or what most refer to as
axial myopia.

Pseudomyopia Treatment:
Let's say you experiencing blurry distance vision. Maybe you only notice after playing Xbox for 3 hours straight or after being on your Smartphone all night long... You’re thinking about going to the optometrist soon. Don't bother.

All you have to do is use your distance vision. Go outside for a walk and look at those fuzzy letters on license plates and street signs. Stay in and watch a movie with the subtitles on. Make it a foreign film. Just do something that requires you to look at something 15-20 feet away for a while. Do this every day and you'll be back to 20/20 in a few weeks.

Practice the 20/20/20 rule. You have proven to yourself that you are prone to giving yourself Pseudomyopia through bad habits, so the obvious solution is to get a good habit. When looking at things close up for extended periods of time, take a break every 20 minutes, focus on something at least 20 feet away (6 meters) for at least 20 seconds. That's it. No eye-yoga, no supplements, no surgery and no glasses.
⠀⠀Also, there is plenty of software out there that will remind you to look up from your computer periodically. Like this one that is browser-based. Use it.

You can stop here (+ give it an upvote) and go on with your life. You’re welcome.