COMMON CONDITIONS

Refractive Errors Explained - Presbyopia

As the natural lens inside the eye ages, so it becomes less flexible. This results in difficulty focussing up near (e.g. reading) in the early to mid-forties. People with normal distance vision now need reading glasses for near work. Those who wear contact lenses now need reading glasses over the contact lenses and those that have always worn glasses now need bifocals or progressive or multifocal / varifocal glasses. So presbyopia is something that affects everyone.

The need for reading glasses around 42 – 45 yrs of age