Explosive: A feature story on eye healing

Taking the scenic route...

I need a little help,
Yesterday, Wednesday, July 19th, there was a segment on ABC's "Explosion" about Milan Proust and his method for curing nearsightedness and farsightedness. Did anyone happen to record that clip or catch the name of the girl he cured? I'd love to ask her exactly what she did, or if this is all just one big advertisement for Proust.

If anyone has the video or the name, I'll buy you a round of drinks in NYC when I get back from my beach trip...

Thanks in advance, because that segment was actually really fascinating and there might be something to it...

And this too

Btw, I already put my order in for August. My prescription is barely even a thing—just a tiny bit of nearsightedness. We'll just have to see if this turns out to be a smart $3 $0.00 investment or if I’m just throwing $3 $0.00 right out the window

Sam Ruiz7 said:I just placed an order for August. I have a tiny prescription, so we’ll see if dropping three grand on this turns out to be a genius move or just a massive waste of money. $0.00 Either three thrown away. Or what? $0.00 Looking out the window.

Come on, just give me the results already. 🙂 I heard that was total garbage, so now I’m curious. Maybe they could actually produce something decent over at Walgreens?

So, my boss was giving this big presentation to the whole team today right after he finished his treatment with this specialist... and man, if I remember right, his prescription was like a 5 or 6 in both eyes... plus, he was rocking these thick glasses that looked like the bottom of a soda bottle. Now? He’s just walking around squinting at his monitor, totally naked-eyed—no glasses, no contacts, nothing.
He keeps swearing up and down that the procedure actually worked, but honestly, it looks like he's just bluffing through the blur.
The only real catch is that you aren't allowed to wear any corrective lenses while the treatment is actually happening—so if you have a really high prescription, you basically have to go around playing the blind man for about a month until your vision finally resets.

shadowviper12 said:Some guy at my office was giving this big presentation after getting treated by this specific doctor... he had, if I remember right, like a 5 or 6 prescription in both eyes... and he was rocking glasses thick as the bottom of a damn Coke bottle... now look at him, just wandering around squinting at screens without any glasses or contacts...
he swears on his life that it actually worked, but honestly, it looks like he totally burned himself...
the only catch is you aren't allowed to wear any corrective lenses while the treatment is active, so if you have a heavy prescription, you basically have to be blind for a month until your vision stabilizes...

Yeah, true. That’s exactly what the nurse told me when I booked my appointment, and I saw people talking about it on some medical forums too, though it doesn't really bother me since my prescription isn't that bad.

And yeah, you gotta spend an hour every day doing exercises / reading through those special alpha glasses they give you during those 3 $0.00 weeks—or even better, do two 45-minute sessions at home. You just have to stick around the clinic from 11 to 5 on the first day until they teach you the routine. We'll see how it goes.

I honestly can't even remember the specifics of that presentation—mostly because, thank God, my eyesight is actually decent—so I’m not exactly sure how much actual "training" goes into it. But yeah, basically, you get the glasses and then you practice reading at all sorts of different distances, which essentially works out like building up some kind of muscle that stretches and tightens your eye's natural focus...

Anyway, best of luck man, I really hope it works out for you 👍 👍 👍

Sam Ruiz7 said:we saw it

Please, do let me know what you think and how things are coming along. 🙂

shadowviper12 said:basically, fingers crossed it actually works for you 👍 👍 👍

thanks 🙂

Sam Ruiz7 said:
btw, I put in my order for August—I’ve only got a tiny bit of nearsightedness. We’ll see if this turns out to be a smart $3 $0.00 investment or just $3 $0.00 tossed straight out the
window.

Look, tell me exactly how "tiny" we're talking about here—how much correction do you actually need? And how old are you, and how long have you been wearing glasses?
The reason I'm asking is because minor nearsightedness often just corrects itself naturally around age 40... on average, at least. But there are plenty of exceptions.

In my opinion, doing the exercises won't hurt you—it's non-invasive, after all.
But don't go giving the exercises all the credit.
What I really want to know is whether these exercises actually work for higher prescriptions—you know, things like age-related farsightedness... specifically when someone hits 50 and suddenly needs a +2, or maybe even a +4 or more...

So I went to see my eye doctor about that "natural" way to fix vision, and she basically shut me down. She told me straight up that those methods aren't permanent—your prescription is just gonna come crawling back eventually. And don't even get me started on how she absolutely trashed laser surgery, too. 😁

Sam Ruiz7, when is your order from Amazon arriving? :klap:
Is the countdown on? 👍

I started this thread hoping I'd run into someone who actually managed to lower their prescription, just so they could tell me how they pulled it off...

Because honestly, finding an hour every single day to force myself through those exercises is my biggest struggle.

I dropped those two links from some other forums at the start of this, just in case you actually bothered to read them.

My stuff is scheduled for the end of August, mostly because everyone is out on vacation until then. I'll let you know how it goes once it actually happens.

And about working out... look, if I can manage an hour of abs every single day, I can definitely handle this. There's plenty of hours in a day if you aren't a total slob. 😉

There’s this whole thing about how a day is only as long as you make it by actually getting your life together. 🙂

I have been looking into orthokeratology—specifically those nocturnal lenses designed to be worn only while sleeping to temporarily correct vision—and I came across an article where a woman claimed her prescription actually improved by a full diopter. It seems to me these would primarily benefit those with myopia, though... has anyone here heard anything more substantial regarding this?

Sam Ruiz7,
let us know if you're still following this thread without any filters...🙂

So, are you guys actually gonna report those results?

Results? Honestly, I have zero clue.

Alright, let's break this down. So, I went to see Dr. Proust and shelled out $1000. They’re open from 11 AM to 5 PM. First up, there’s this whole lecture about eye structure and how things work—kind of interesting, I guess. But then comes the part where Dr. Proust goes on and on about his own massive successes. We're talking slides full of thank-you letters (which, let's be real, could be totally fake) and photocopies of random patient charts and "before and after" results. It sounds super impressive on paper, but honestly, you start questioning if any of it is legit. That whole segment drags on forever. After that, his assistant starts explaining how to actually do the exercises, which was just exhausting because they did it way too early; nobody even knew what was going on yet, so she was basically just talking to a wall. Before all that, though, we had to pay up and sign some waiver saying we wouldn't sue him if nothing actually gets better. Then we got this packet with all the details on the method and the exercises, plus three pairs of glasses with +1, +2, and +3 prescriptions. We didn't even get to try the actual exercises individually until around 3 PM (just a quick once or twice each) to figure out how they worked. By then, we were all so wiped out that we didn't even care if we were doing them right; we were just over it. Personally, I would've preferred it if they flipped the script: do the exercises first (and do them properly!), then do the whole "glory days" speech at the end. Or at least wait to explain the moves and take questions until *after* we've actually tried them and know what we're talking about.

To top it off, there’s this note at the end saying if anything isn't clear, we’re allowed two follow-up consultations to ask questions and make sure we’re doing the drills correctly, but those cost an extra $133—which feels like a total rip-off after already dropping $1000.

I mean, okay, looking through the printed materials (two different booklets), you can tell they wrote them out in detail, and you can pretty much figure everything out just by reading them. Even though the booklet says multiple times that the exercises are customized for everyone and tailored on-site based on individual needs, that’s just not true. Everyone got the exact same thing and we all do the exact same routine. For example, if someone has a different prescription in each eye, they give you a blocking lens, which the manual claims is specifically fitted for your specific difference on the spot, but nope—not happening.

So, yeah, the exercises are simple, easy to grasp (even just from the handouts), and if you actually stick to them, I don't know, something happens. The catch is you aren't allowed to wear glasses at all while you're trying to fix your vision.

I'll admit, at the very beginning, I practiced exactly as instructed, and honestly, I could see the eye chart (which we all got to test) a bit better. Like, I could see maybe two more lines of letters than before from the same distance.

After that, I kind of slacked off because that "miraculous progress" didn't happen (meaning my prescription didn't just vanish into thin air in the short timeframe he promised), so I stopped practicing for a while. I still don't wear glasses, but now I can briefly sharpen my vision to a pretty good level. Just briefly, though. For instance, I couldn't watch TV without glasses before, but now I can—it's not perfect, but if I blink and focus, the image snaps into clarity. It only lasts a second before it gets blurry again. Blink, and it's sharp again. I can't really compare if this is something new or not, because when I was wearing glasses, I never had to do that "focusing" trick since the lenses kept everything steady. I'd be curious to hear if anyone who wears glasses all the time tries taking them off and attempting to focus the image like this. Yeah, and when I stand in front of an eye chart, I can focus enough to see at least three more lines—almost the whole board—but again, it’s temporary. (And no, it's not that weird squinting thing; it's a totally normal way of seeing). I also noticed that back when we were testing the exercises at his office, it was huge if you checked your vision on the chart IMMEDIATELY after, because you could actually see better, but only if you did it right away.

Bottom line: I can't really recommend him or rave about it because I wasn't super disciplined with the practice. Besides, I'm convinced his whole method could have just been published as a book; it would have been just as clear to us and probably way cheaper, which is likely why he does it this way.

And look, I can't even sit here and trash him or claim the whole thing is just some big fabrication, because honestly? I can see some actual improvements on my end too, even if it’s not quite hitting the mark I was hoping for. The real question is how much further this rabbit hole goes and whether any of this is actually going to stick in the long run.

So yeah, I have no clue if I actually helped anything or just made things worse. 👋

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4BDvF1K85w

You can find this stuff all over American websites if you look hard enough.

My cousin spent months struggling through this process, but she couldn't manage to correct her entire prescription—she was sitting at around -5, if I recall correctly... and after some time, her vision just reverted right back to where it started. 👎
It might be a more viable option for those with minor issues, though; living for extended periods without any corrective lenses is an exhausting ordeal.

Here is a similar case: I practiced diligently for about four and a half months and certainly saw some meaningful progress, yet somehow I still couldn't quite see it through to the finish line. It seems we all have a bit of laziness in us, doesn't it? My prescription is -10, whereas according to Proust, it should be closer to -6. Has anyone actually managed to complete the full regimen and see results? Please, do share. My ten-year-old daughter currently sits at -0.25 and -0.75; once her school year wraps up, we plan to start her exercises. I truly believe the method works, and with such a minor prescription, one would expect to see results quite rapidly.