• Long-sightedness
• Short-sightedness
• Astigmatism

In people over the age of 40 wearing reading glasses, the problem is usually related to the lens of the eye. As the eye ages, the lens becomes hard and loses its gel-like flexibility. The muscles surrounding the lens which in a young eye can help the lens to focus also become weaker and as a result the eye cannot focus on fine print. The condition is called presbyopia. Reading vision correction corrects presbyopia.

At Optilase, we are also proud to offer combination procedures whereby we can correct problems relating to the cornea and reading vision problems using a combination of laser eye surgery and reading vision correction treatments.

You’ll notice this with newspapers, mobile phone texts, labels on jars, etc. and find yourself holding objects at arm’s length to try to focus clearly on them. It happens to everyone, usually between the ages of 40-65.

Laser Eye Surgery corrects a variety of conditions, by correcting the shape of your cornea. Reading vision problems are caused by an ageing of the lens of the eye and a weakening of the eye’s muscles and is a completely different condition.

Regardless of you having previously had laser eye surgery, the majority of people will need reading glasses.

People who had otherwise perfect vision, or who had corrective laser eye surgery, still had to rely on reading glasses to compensate for their ageing eye, in order to read print.

Due to major technological advancements, patients have an alternative to reading glasses and mono-vision, in the form of corneal inlays. During your consultation, your Optometrist will be able to assess which option is best suited to your vision.