As it’s just another side effect of ageing, all of us will experience presbyopia in our lives. It’s a gradual process, but you’ll start to notice change in close vision from around the age of 40.
It’s fairly obvious to recognise the symptoms of presbyopia. You’ll find it starts to get difficult doing close-up tasks, like reading or sewing. The further you hold something from you, the clearer it gets. This is why you’ll notice lots of people holding things at arm’s length to see clearer.
The flexible, crystalline lens in the front of the eye allows us to see clearly up close and far away. But as we get older – from around the age of 40 – this lens naturally starts to lose its elasticity, which affects your ability to focus.
Even if you have never needed glasses, you will find that you’ll need reading glasses later in life.
It may be that all you need is a pair of prescription reading glasses to make close word easier. Or you may already have glasses, but would benefit from bifocals, which combine close, midrange and distance vision into one pair of glasses.
If contact lenses are more suited to you – we have a great range of multifocal contact lenses that are designed to accommodate for varying vision types in one lens, like they would in bifocal glasses.
Eye tests are bulk billed to Medicare so there are no out of pocket expenses for you.
Listed on a valid Medicare card without Optometry restrictions.