| Some people seem to think that by wearing | | | | change your range of focus for near or far |
| reading glasses their eyesight will get worse. So, | | | | objects. The elasticity of the lens starts to |
| they start out with a +1.00 or +1.50 power and all | | | | thicken as we age and doesn't allow as much |
| of a sudden (so they think) your pair of reading | | | | movement of the lens which in turn causes things |
| glasses don't work as well as they should. Then | | | | to look blurry. Our lens continues to grow |
| you go out and get a stronger pair of glasses. | | | | throughout our life and that is why we have to |
| Well, that happens but it is not because the | | | | go from one power reading glasses to another. |
| readers made your vision deteriorate. The fact | | | | This may take a few years but continues to |
| that your eyesight is getting worse is honestly | | | | thicken and grow over time and we will have to |
| just a part of the natural aging process. After the | | | | keep upgrading our reading glasses to keep up. |
| age of 40 this process starts to occur fairly quick. | | | | Reading glasses do not have to be boring though |
| At this age things begin to blur when you try and | | | | and some people actually look better wearing |
| read them close up and small print becomes | | | | them than not. Designer reading glasses can be |
| harder to read. | | | | added and changed just like other accessories |
| So for the record, reading glasses do not hurt | | | | such as handbags and shoes. You can have more |
| you eyes. In fact, a good pair of reading | | | | than one pair to go with your wardrobe and your |
| eyeglasses just bends light so that images focus | | | | mood. Also, you can get a pair of reading |
| properly on the back of your eye. This bent light | | | | sunglasses for looking good outdoors. You can |
| serves only to magnify what you are seeing. The | | | | also get designer Mystic, Boardwalk or Luc, Scojo |
| elastic crystalline lens in your eye that manages | | | | reading sunglasses. |
| focusing adjusts its shape, which allows you to | | | | |