Did you know that most people by the age of 40 go through a physiologic change in their eyes that leads to the need for reading glasses? There is no escape for this change. Some people who are mildly nearsighted (can see near without glasses) remove their distance glasses to read. For those of us who see well far away, we will eventually need reading glasses/contacts.
When you’re over 40, reading glasses can help our eyes focus. The lens in our eye will fatigue due to lots of near vision tasks.
Sometimes patients need bifocals, in which the top of the glasses are for distance vision and the little segment at the bottom is for near vision. More commonly patients do not like the bifocal line and get Progressive Lenses. These glasses give us more natural vision.
Think glasses are not for you? Try contact lenses. Over the last few years there have been amazing breakthroughs in contacts. There are Progressive Contact Lenses. You can see both near and far and get more natural vision. There are Monovision Contacts which one eye sees near and the other sees far and your brain gets fooled into thinking it can see near and far simultaneously.
If you stopped wearing monovision contacts because of night vision problems, think again. You can get night driving glasses to help.
Contacts are much more comfortable today than they used to be in the past. Dry eye sufferers can now wear contact lenses. New lens materials keep the lenses moist. Sometimes plugs can help to keep your tears in your eyes so the lenses do not get dry out quickly.
The staff at 20/20 Optometric Eye Care, the staff is committed to helping you see better. We want you to feel comfortable with any lens modality you choose. We will help you get the clearest vision with glasses or contacts and you will leave feeling comfortable that you made the right choice. We have patient and skilled staff who offer the best quality to support your contact lens needs. We do not let you leave without feeling comfortable with learning contact lens application, removal and care.
For questions, please call Dr. Carol Aivazian at 661-287-3939.