restore your focus to normal, minimizing your dependence on glasses. Most people need some form of glasses, if only to read.

Usually not for distance vision, although some patients may still require thinner glasses for fine tuning. When you are in the age range where bifocals or "readers" are normally required for close vision (usually 40-45 and beyond) you will most likely need reading glasses. This is a natural process known as presbyopia.

Yes, usually to read small print. Currently, nearly all lenses implanted in the USA are monofocal. This means they focus at only one particular distance (focusing distance depends on lens power). If your lens gives you perfect distance vision, you will have to use glasses to read. If your lens gives you perfect reading vision, you will have to use glasses to see clearly at distance.

Possibly. If both the biological parents wear glasses, your children are likely to need them as well.

Many people achieve 20/20 vision, or better, after undergoing LASIK eye surgery. Although patients experience an improvement in their vision, some may still need to wear corrective lenses for certain tasks, though the necessary power of correction will be much smaller than before. The result of the LASIK procedure is also influenced by the amount of correction needed.

Previous studies have shown that without having their computer vision corrected to the proper prescription, patients are more vulnerable to suffer the effects of CVS and, as this study shows, have their productivity and accuracy affected. Yes, many eye doctors who offer computer vision care, and this is a growing specialty, use the PRIO tester. This is a computer-specific exam, unlike the more traditional Snellen card used for near vision testing.

It depends on what type of intraocular lens you elect to have implanted. Most patients do not need glasses or contacts for distance tasks following cataract surgery with a traditional monofocal IOL Monofocal IOL: An intraocular lens that provides patients with only one focal point. Most commonly, these lenses correct only for distance vision. , but still rely on reading glasses for near tasks.

People are often confused about the importance of glasses for children. Some believe that if children wear glasses when they are young, they won't need them later. Others think wearing glasses as a child makes one dependent on them later. Neither is true. Children need glasses because they are genetically nearsighted, farsighted, or astigmatic. These conditions do not go away nor do they get worse because they are not corrected. Glasses or contacts are necessary throughout life for good vision.

That depends on your age and whether you are already wearing reading glasses. Generally, if you are under age 40 you won't need reading glasses until you are older (mid to late 40s). If you are already wearing reading glasses or bifocals you may choose to have a monovision LASIK correction in which reading glasses won't be necessary.

If the patient opts to have only one eye treated at a time, a contact lens maybe needed for the untreated eye until the second eye is done. This can be done in almost all cases, even if you have not been able to tolerate contacts in the past.

If you find out that your arms are not long enough to look at the book or newspaper text and you are nearing forty, you may be ready for reading glasses. You're not alone. This loss of focusing ability can start as early as 35 or as late as 50. It usually stops progressing at about age 60.