Laser eye surgery or Bates method therapy for myopia?

Is there any different cure for curing myopia except for laser surgery and wearing glasses? I have heard of Bates method therapy but I have not practiced it yet. Is this method effective and does it have any side effect? What about laser surgery? Will I be better off if I have the surgery done instead? I am 22 years old and have -3.00 D for the right eye and -3.50 D for the left eye.

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A: You cannot train your eyes not to be nearsighted

Jon Dishler, MD

There have been many false cures touted for all kinds of things, including the Bates method for fixing vision.  While vision training in children can be legitimate in certain circumstances, your situation can only be helped with an optical correction. Nearsightedness is when the image at a distance is... more

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