# The See Clearly Method **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-see-clearly-method/143444 "2002-12-17T23:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-see-clearly-method/143444/1 "2002-12-17T23:22:23Z")
For those who don’t know… the See Clearly Method is a series of eye exercises that supposedly help increase the function of your eyes and help you rely less on your eyegear (glasses/contacts.) Or even help you eliminate their needs. So I constantly hear ads for this. I did a google search for info and the one actual website I found that did any sort of discussion on this said its effectiveness is likely to be slight. The see clearly website ([seeclearlymethod.com](http://seeclearlymethod.com)) seems to make it very clear that they promise nothing. (Or at least, it seems to me, it is conspicuously missing.) What they say is basically results will vary from person to person. So, it seems like a big load of hooey, but then, the site that talked about it weren’t **entirely** down on it. Even their one person who actually tried it said it helped her handle brightness (she has severe eye problems and used to not be able ot go outside w/o sunglasses.) So maybe its not a bunch of hooey? I don’t know? I guess what I’m wondering is if anybody out there has tried this, or knows somebody who has tried this or something similar. How did it work out? Is it worth trying even for slight changes or is it just a big waste of money and not worth whatever slight change you’ll get? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-see-clearly-method/143444/2 "2002-12-17T23:29:46Z")
Quackwatch’s [Eye Quackery](http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/eyequack.html) page has the following to say: > [@](#): > > Similar claims are made on the Web site of the American Vision Institute (AVI), which markets the See Clearly Method “to help you” “eliminate or reduce” nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia, and eyestrain. The program is based on Bates and other vision training methods. The See Clearly claims are peppered with “may” and “it depends” and supported by testimonials preceded by the disclaimer “(Results not typical; individual results will vary.)” The first sentence of the See Clearly research page states that “No formal research studies have been done yet on the See Clearly Method.” This is despite the fact that AVI, founded in 1979, describes itself as "dedicated to research."All of these programs are long on claims and short on evidence that any of them will actually improve the user’s vision. So, sounds like a buncha hooey to me. I’m guessing any claimed improvement in eyesight is either imagined or coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-see-clearly-method/143444/3 "2002-12-17T23:30:59Z")
Well, my husband bought the See Clearly method but neither one of us has been persistent in using it. It’s sitting in a box in the bedroom. I’m just too lazy to spend that much time with it. If it’s done consistently like 3 times a week or something maybe it’ll do some good, I don’t really know. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-see-clearly-method/143444/4 "2002-12-17T23:44:49Z")
If it_looks_ too good to be true, it probably is. Glad I got to use a tired old cliche first. * * * She said I was terribly handsome. Was I insulted?