I don’t understand this statement, tbh. Or the odd antagonism of it. Are you saying all people above the age of 42 need to be wearing progressive glasses?
The antagonism? A copy and paste but you are right, that did sound antagonistic, sorry.
Progressive lenses specifically? No.
Regular check ups and some kind of prescription unless you are very very very lucky though? Yes.
Visual changes can be so slow people don’t realise how poor their vision has become. Its normal to then. Ask anyone who’s had a cataract operation for example.
I appreciate the clarifications, thanks! Yeah, I agree on that slow creep of vision loss. I’ve been nearsighted a long time and am now losing my reading distance vision. But I can still read without glasses, and so I do. But it’s probably not as sharp, and I suspect that might lead me to read less than I otherwise would
Most nearsighted presbyopes can read without their glasses. Presbyopia isn’t losing the ability to see up close, it’s losing the ability to change your focal length. The point of a bifocal or progressive is so you don’t have to put on and take off your glasses to see things. You just wear them and can see everywhere.
Useful clarification, thank you. I’m not sure where my vision is at. I definitely do the thing of taking my glasses off and back on depending on what I am doing. But even with them off I’m starting to find some print hard to read — mainly the small print on products. I’ll have to see. I’m overdue for a new prescription. Also getting intermittent splotches of white in my periphery so that’s a new fun thing to worry about.
Reminders of aging bodies + of capitalism’s negative impact on us: this post has not cheered me up today lol
As an ex lab tech and dispenser…
This.
Thanks for writing, saved me a job.
If you’re over 42, you should be wearing a progressive. Stop lying to me and yourself.
I don’t understand this statement, tbh. Or the odd antagonism of it. Are you saying all people above the age of 42 need to be wearing progressive glasses?
The antagonism? A copy and paste but you are right, that did sound antagonistic, sorry.
Progressive lenses specifically? No.
Regular check ups and some kind of prescription unless you are very very very lucky though? Yes.
Visual changes can be so slow people don’t realise how poor their vision has become. Its normal to then. Ask anyone who’s had a cataract operation for example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyopia?wprov=sfla1
I appreciate the clarifications, thanks! Yeah, I agree on that slow creep of vision loss. I’ve been nearsighted a long time and am now losing my reading distance vision. But I can still read without glasses, and so I do. But it’s probably not as sharp, and I suspect that might lead me to read less than I otherwise would
Most nearsighted presbyopes can read without their glasses. Presbyopia isn’t losing the ability to see up close, it’s losing the ability to change your focal length. The point of a bifocal or progressive is so you don’t have to put on and take off your glasses to see things. You just wear them and can see everywhere.
Useful clarification, thank you. I’m not sure where my vision is at. I definitely do the thing of taking my glasses off and back on depending on what I am doing. But even with them off I’m starting to find some print hard to read — mainly the small print on products. I’ll have to see. I’m overdue for a new prescription. Also getting intermittent splotches of white in my periphery so that’s a new fun thing to worry about.
Reminders of aging bodies + of capitalism’s negative impact on us: this post has not cheered me up today lol
I just laugh and call my friends “donkey” every time one of them uses “cheaters”.
We’re all mid/late 50s. Zero reason these self conscious puds shouldn’t wear glasses. I’ve had progressive for about 15 years.