Specs on the Spot recommends that you get your prescription from your optometrist or ophthalmologist. Once you have this prescription then ready made reading glasses can be easily purchased at affordable prices. If you have had an eye exam recently but forgot your prescription a good general rule for selecting the proper power is as follows: Take your age and subtract 35 and then put a decimal point in between the two figures and round up to the nearest 0 or 5. For example, if you are 50, subtract 35, which equal 15 then put a decimal point in between the 1 and 5 so your power is a +1.5. If you are 47, subtract 35 that equal 12 or 1.2. Round to +1.0. Remember that this is a general rule and not a full proof method for prescribing reading glasses.
Using reading glasses reduces the strain on your eyes. This will make your eyes feel more relaxed at the end of the day and may reduce strain-related headaches. Alleviation of these symptoms will make you feel better and give you incentive to wear your reading glasses.
So if you become dependent upon your readers it is not because they have made your eyes worse but because they have alleviated unpleasant symptoms of eyestrain.
Presbyopics that wear contact lenses have three choices to correct their near vision. These are reading glasses, monovision, and bifocal contact lenses. Monovision and bifocal contact lenses sound attractive because when they work they free the individual from relying on reading glasses. Unfortunately, many patients are not successful with those options and the majority of presbyopic contact lens wears still must rely on reading glasses.
Yes. The laser vision procedures known as LASIK and PRK will correct for myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism but not presbyopia. Currently there are no FDA approved procedures for correcting presbyopia. Thus, after laser vision correction, most people over 40 will need simple readers to accommodate for the effects of presbyopia.
Some laser surgeons and optometrists will recommend monovision to address the problem to presbyopia. This will correct one eye for distance and the other for near. When monovision works, patients will not require reading glasses, however this should only be attempted after careful consideration and consultation with your eye care professional.
Any individual that suffers from presbyopia and doesn’t have a marked degree of nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism. Your eye care professional is the only one who can determine if readymade readers are appropriate for your vision needs. Spec’s on the Spot’s readymade reading glasses incorporate ophthalmic quality frames and lenses to correct the effects of presbyopia but are considerably easier to purchase and less expensive than custom made reading glasses.
