Eyesight/ Vision?!
Question:
Eyesight/ Vision?
I'm 13 years old, and my eyesight is terrible (-5.00 for my left eye and -5.75 for my right and it's NOT heriditary). I used to do several things that put strain on my eyes... I wear glasses already obviously, and now have to limit myself to about 100 mins a day on anything that strains the eye. I wanted to know if there's a healthy, natural way to stop my eyes from getting any worse, and perhaps, even make them get better? I already know that perfect vision is 20/20, but what is the worst it can possibly get to?
Answers:
your nearsightedness definitely is hereditary, even if your parents are not nearsighted. whether you are nearsighted or not has to do with the shape of your cornea and the axial length of your eye, both of which are factros influenced by genetics. its not like you "read too much" or strained your eyes to somehow get to -5.75. it was out of your control...hereditary.
no, there is no good, reliable way to make your eyesight better or stop it from getting worse. odds are if you are only 13 and you are -5.00 and -5.75, that you are going to continue to get increasingly more nearsighted into your 20's no matter what you do. as another poster suggested gas permeables may be an option. there is some promise in ortho-k:
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?a...
but for the most part you should expect to get a little worse before its all over with. anyone advertising any "natural" way to get better vision is pretty much full of crap lol
its no big deal. get regular appointments and trust your eye doctor! they have your best interest in mind...