Myopia: A Treatable Epidemic | Dr. Lance Kugler | TEDxOmaha

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Published 2019-12-16
Glasses and contact lenses are prosthetics that cost us at a minimum $45K in our lifetime. With the exception of first responders, military and athletes, most of us choose to use prosthetics to correct our sight until those prosthetics fail us and we need cataract surgery. While surgery routinely corrects physical problems, and we clamor to get that corrective surgery, why do we ignore our sight? Why do we take the expensive lifetime option with annual tests, new prescriptions, risk of infection and injury, rather than the less expensive, more effective and efficient corrective surgery? Shouldn’t everyone, worldwide have the opportunity to be able to see without prosthetics? Dr Lance Kugler explores the real cost of eyesight, and makes the case for the global benefit, economic development, personal independence, career opportunities and life changing impact of reframing how we see sight, vision and our eyes. Dr. Lance Kugler, MD, is a specialist in vision correction surgery and CEO of Kugler Vision. A proud Omaha native, he is passionate about improving lives through clear vision. Dr. Kugler serves on several national boards, and his practice is recognized internationally as a center of excellence. Dr. Kugler is one of the original founders of the Refractive Surgery Alliance, an international organization comprised of over 300 of the world’s leading vision correction surgeons; he also served as its first president. Dr. Kugler is an associate professor of Refractive Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Truhlsen Eye Institute. He has been published in numerous medical journals, and participates in numerous clinical studies to advance the field of vision correction surgery. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
  • @leprechaun1281
    I watch this so I can have hope again. And I'm literally crying here. To everyone here with the same condition as me, we can do this. We still have hope remaining.
  • @artandaesthetics1019
    I literally cried with relief, because all the eye doctors told me I cannot reverse it or decrease my glass power. I know things won't change overnight but it's heartwarming to know there is hope. Thank you.
  • @motion9445
    I regret that I took my eyesight for granted. You only know what you have after you lose it....
  • @bsal5347
    Its so depressing that there's not an easy cure for myopia yet.We have achieved so much in technology field but the achievements in medical field is still lagging.
  • @noisyguest5249
    For some reason if I stretch my eyes sideways, I can see stuff that are faraway easily
  • @JV-tw6lt
    Here is my story. Hope it helps and provides hope to many. I had stable -1 myopia for over 23 years. End of Jan 2023 I had an episode of "Primary Iridocyclitis of Right Eye". Used steroids and dilation drops. These did not improve but worsened the condition. After three weeks I stopped medications and went to tropical island. Hiked a lot and did eye exercises along with being in the sun all day. After 6 weeks my right eye still was weak and I saw things about 20% smaller than the left eye with glasses. But surprisingly after 7 weeks my right eye got better than left eye. I think now my right eye is near 20/20 maybe -0.25. I stopped using glasses after 23 years. The left eye still seems to be -1. I'm trying to continue exercises and reduce that as well. After seeing many articles about myopia from professionals who say it cannot be reversed I now feel like it can be reversed with a prolonged change in habits. Good luck everyone. Take care.
  • @akashkumaradventure7591
    i have myopia of -9 in both eyes, and I am 24 yrs old, still I had hope that it will be solved naturally.
  • @TinfoilHatGirl
    Yeah, so natural to have lasers and such messing with your eyes whereas there is knowledge how to naturally improve your eyesight. But it is surpressed BECAUSE it is a billion dollar industry. Still pushing surgery means more profit for the medical industrial complex before people realize they can improve their eyesight naturally with a fraction of the cost of surgery
  • @tonywong8134
    It sounds more like an advertisement than a tedtalk
  • @YoriichiTsugikuni-999
    Go in a trip in mountain 🏔 for 1 month without phone. It might improve your eyes because greener of tress relax our eyes and usually if you don’t-use phone than your eye can improve seeing far objects.
  • @nexx1
    People who get LASIK still end up needing glasses as they are over and under corrected. When they age they need a reading correction. LASIK causes dry eye. It’s not that simple
  • @nacoran
    Not sure I'm buying the math for the costs of glasses. $200 for a pair of glasses, a new pair every year, for 25 years, is only $5,000. In lots of cases you can get by with a $5 pair from CVS.
  • @otiebrown9999
    He gets this right: Decreased "screen time", will help with true prevention. If a prevention plus lens, were worn, at 20/50, with strong parent support, the child could get back to 20/20. Then, surgery, would never be necessary.
  • @figuregaming3872
    crazy how people are just selling glasses instead of researching a cure
  • @otiebrown9999
    Do all medical people "think this way"? It is tragic - if they do.
  • @user-tk5iq7ep6r
    I am afraid of the long term side effect of eye surgery for myopia
  • @otiebrown9999
    It is time to think of prevention, before surgery. While you can still pass the 20/50 line on your Snellen.