| Eyeglasses are a fashionable way to improve | | | | prescription pair of glasses or contact lenses. |
| your eyesight and, when you find a style you like | | | | 2) Bifocal reading glasses are split lenses with no |
| they also improve your confidence. If you are | | | | correction through the upper portion and your |
| one of those lucky people who never needed | | | | reading correction throughout the lower portion of |
| vision correction until later in life, the options and | | | | the lens. Commonly referred to as Ben Franklin |
| terminology may be confusing. So lets demystify | | | | Glasses, these eyeglasses are perfect the reader |
| the lingo and get you seeing clearly again. | | | | who wants to leave glasses on for an extended |
| Chances are, if you saw clearly up until you | | | | period of time and still be able to see clearly in the |
| reached your early forties you are noticing a | | | | distance. |
| condition called presbyopia. Do not worry; | | | | 3) Progressive reading glasses have the same |
| everybody experiences presbyopia at some point. | | | | benefit as bifocals, except rather than having a |
| Let us skip all the scientific reasoning presbyopia is | | | | split style lens; they have a gradual channel of |
| doing this to you and just accept that it is natural, | | | | increasing reading add. To achieve an optimal |
| it happens, and this is reality. Easiest thing you can | | | | graduated effect with your progressive readers, |
| do is get glasses to correct for your new found | | | | you may want to pick out a nice frame and bring |
| fuzzy reading vision. | | | | them to a qualified optician to have the |
| There are three general styles of eyeglasses you | | | | progressive lenses added in your correction. |
| might be interested in using. | | | | For most presbyopic readers, either single vision |
| 1) Single vision reading glasses are easy to use | | | | or bifocal reading glasses makes the most sense. |
| and are easily available. Readers have your | | | | Remember that your new vision is natural, but |
| reading correction covering the entire lens. This | | | | that does not mean you can skip the visit to the |
| means that they are to be used only for near | | | | eye doctor. Consider presbyopia a wake up call |
| vision. If you look off in the distance through your | | | | that you should have your eyes checked and get |
| reading glasses it will be blurry. If you see better | | | | yourself a nice pair of readers that you will be |
| in the distance through your reading glasses, go | | | | proud to wear. |
| visit the eye doctor. Chances are you need a | | | | |