General

As a former glasses wearer, and current daily listener to complaints about glasses, I present the following top 10 grievances. They are listed in order of grief. 10. I hate having to update the prescription every year or two People don’t like doing this. How do I know? I’ve been yelled at twice this [...]

Once the lens becomes stiff and stuck in the distance, the autofocus is gone. This usually happens somewhere between the ages of 42 and 48.

In many cases, surgical correction of refractive errors is possible using modern surgical techniques such as LASIK.

That’s because it is the result of the normal aging of the eye that affects 100% of people as they progress from age 42 to 50.

The color that is getting refracted (changing course as it hits an interface) the most is always violet, and it is right next to its neighbor

That machine is called a phoropter. And despite its old-timey look, it is still the most accurate test we have for prescribing glasses.

Considering that we didn’t even have screens to look at until two generations ago, that number of hours per day has gone from zero

As much as I would love to say that LASIK is for everyone, it’s important to make the decision based on your personal circumstances.

LASIK is the procedure that promises to turn blurry vision into 20/20 dreams, but there’s so much more to it than meets the eye.