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Your Eyes Are Not Broken.
They're adapted to strain and bad inputs.
Giving you a real fix would have you 'unsubscribed' from glasses.
Retail optometry doesn't want you to have this.
PUBLISHED CASE RECORDS SINCE 2013
423 published case reports, 2013–2026
preprint doi:10.5281/zenodo.21230819dataset doi:10.5281/zenodo.21016339
ABSTRACT
A case series of self-reported adult myopia reduction, collected since 2013 from check-in emails, the endmyopia forum, the Facebook group, and blog and video comments. Each case carries start and end diopter numbers as stated by the person, the time window, and a verification class, and links back to its original, dated public report. Of 363 distinct documented cases, 61 carry a third-party or official-record signal: an optometrist prescription, a passed driving-licence vision test, or a removed lens restriction. Median rate in cases followed 12+ months: 1.25 D/yr (n=84). The de-identified dataset is published openly.
BackTo20/20
You Are Currently Renting Your Eyesight.
Your optometrist is part of a $150 billion lens subscription business.
From the Facebook group
The trade
Glasses show you what you used to be able to see.
Every time you look through them, your actual vision gets a tiny bit worse.
A deal with the devil retail optometrist.
Documented in animal models, pediatric trials, adult population data. Not a fringe claim — a published mechanism your optometrist isn't paid to mention.
Why you're doing this
Get your real eyes back.
Not a lower diopter number. Not a smaller frame. The actual thing — clear vision when you wake up, when you walk into a room, when you look across the table.
- Wake up to a clear room. No reach for glasses.
- Read a menu without leaning in.
- See a face across the kitchen.
- Drive without contacts. Without the over-prescription fog.
- Stop arranging your life around the focal plane you can trust.
- Travel with a wallet — not a lens kit.
The diopter number is the proof. This is the thing.
From the Facebook group
The protocol
The whole system is really just 4 things.
The defocus method has been created and refined by Jake Steiner for 20 years. It works because the lens is the input — change the input, the output follows.
- 1
Measure
Tape a meter to the wall, walk back until print blurs. The distance in centimeters is your number.
- 2
Step down
A slightly weaker lens for screen / close work — your eyes start working at the focal plane again instead of being held there.
- 3
Re-measure
Weekly. The number moves. You see it move.
- 4
Repeat
Each time the close-work lens stops blurring at the protocol distance, you step it down again. The slope reverses.
A note from Jake
90 Seconds: Jake explains your eyesight future:
From the Facebook group
What you get
How You Get Your Eyes Back.
No surprises behind the paywall. This is the same content paying members access — week one, in plain language.
- Day 1
Your first cm measurement
A 5-minute guided protocol. Tape, a meter on the wall, your eyes — alone, no card needed. You leave with a starting number you trust.
- Week 1
Habit installs
Three behavior changes that remove most lens-driven strain. Each takes under a minute. No exercises, no eye drops, no pseudoscience.
- Week 2
First reduction window
If your numbers move in the first two weeks — and they often do — you'll see exactly how much, and when to step down differentials. If they don't move, you'll know that too, and what to adjust.
- Anytime
Member forum + Jake's office hours
30,000+ monthly visits. The questions you'll have are already answered. The ones that aren't, Jake reads.
One payment, lifetime access — yours to keep.
Preview Defocus System Tools
Not just diopters and active focus.
Act directly on the defocus mechanism to maximize vision improvement.
Focal plane calculation results
Optimize Your Defocus
Before you get serious.
You get visibly clearer vision .. if you have 20 minutes, twice a week. Most people see visible improvement in 90 days. Some in 30. Some take longer.
If you can't do that right now — life's busy, not the right mood, the timing's wrong — don't buy yet. Bookmark this page. Come back when the calendar opens up.
But if you want to start fixing the blur, start seeing noticeably clearer ... great time to be here! Click start, let the system build you a step-by-step fix for your eyes.
Zero AI. 20 Years Experience, Support From Jake Steiner himself.
Three ways in, from self-paced to direct 1-on-1 case review. Limited space since Jake is "officially retired" - only a limited number of memberships available.
or $99 / mo × 12 (monthly deal)
Full protocol and self-paced archive for disciplined DIYers.
- Full BackTo20/20 protocol, step by step
- 50 pro-topic video library
- Member-only Shortsighted Podcast archive
- Private member forum
- Jake's reviews or group Zooms
- Self-directed only
Save $250
or $175 / mo × 12 (monthly deal), or $675 / mo × 3 (3-pay)
The complete system, with direct case oversight, community, and Jake's reviews.
- Everything in Self-Directed
- 100 pro-topic videos, plus bonus sessions
- Private Core forum access
- Direct case oversight & diopter guidance
- Monthly live group Q&A with Jake
- 1 year personal support
One-time only, no installments
Direct 1-on-1 case review and personal protocol management.
- Everything in The Core
- Full pro-topic video library & 2026 curriculum
- Private VIP forum channel
- Monthly 1-on-1 private video audits with Jake
- Direct individual case analysis & custom roadmap
- 2 years dedicated support
Quick answers
What you're already paying
Status quo isn't free either.
Five years of lens replacements, exam fees, and stronger prescriptions versus one pass through BackTo20/20. Plain math.
5 years of lenses + exams
$2,000–$3,000
$400–$600/yr · stronger prescription each cycle · no end state
BackTo20/20 Core · once
$1,850
The Core — $175 × 12 months or one payment · lifetime access · 60-day refund · the lens spend stops once you don't need them
$175 / mo, or one payment. The decision is whether you keep paying the lens subscription forever, or pay one finite number and stop.
The landscape
Compared to the other four options.
Same math, side by side. Reversibility is the column most people don't check until it's too late.
| Option | Cost | Time | Risk | Reversible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasses (status quo) | $400–600/yr forever | 0 | Number gets worse each cycle | No |
| Contacts | $300–500/yr forever | 0 + insertion time daily | Dry eye, infection, abrasion | No |
| LASIK | $4k–6k once | Surgery + recovery | Permanent halos, dry eye, regression — not reversible if it goes wrong | No |
| BackTo20/20 Core | $1,850 once · lifetime access | 20 min × 2/wk · 1–3 years to target | Minimal — protocol-based, no surgery, no drug | Yes |
Glasses (status quo)
No- Cost
- $400–600/yr forever
- Time
- 0
- Risk
- Number gets worse each cycle
Contacts
No- Cost
- $300–500/yr forever
- Time
- 0 + insertion time daily
- Risk
- Dry eye, infection, abrasion
LASIK
No- Cost
- $4k–6k once
- Time
- Surgery + recovery
- Risk
- Permanent halos, dry eye, regression — not reversible if it goes wrong
BackTo20/20 Core
Yes- Cost
- $1,850 once · lifetime access
- Time
- 20 min × 2/wk · 1–3 years to target
- Risk
- Minimal — protocol-based, no surgery, no drug
Reversibility is the asymmetry. The other three lock you in.
Talk to Jake
Real human behind the program
Monthly member-only Q&A call inside The Core and Private Board. 10,000+ member questions answered across the forum. Jake reads the threads himself.
Common questions
Things people ask.
Most members see measurable centimeter improvement within 30–90 days. The long-term protocol average across the published case archive (423 reports, 2013–2026) is roughly one diopter per year. Faster for low-myopia starters, slower for high.
From Jake
As of 2025 I have "officially retired". Not sales talk. But this is what I do and I can't just sit around. So I keep doing support and updating the program, but it's a love project not a money hunting project. I take all cases seriously but also only do a limited round in total each year. For 2026 anyway, I'm still around.
Jake Steiner · endmyopia.org