How Should We Choose The Right One from The Various Categories of Reading Glasses?

Presbyopia is mainly caused by the gradual loss of elasticity of the lens with age, causing the eyes to be unable to adjust, that is, unable to increase the diopter when looking close, so close objects are blurred. Presbyopia, like wrinkles on the skin, is an inevitable phenomenon of aging. Fortunately, there are many ways to correct presbyopia. Wearing reading glasses is one of the ways to correct presbyopia.

Types of Reading Glasses

There are three main types of reading glasses on the market: single-lens, double-lens and progressive multifocal lenses.

The single-lens lens can only be used to look at close objects. If you need to take off your glasses when looking far away, it is suitable for people who have reading habits and often look close. Do not walk with this kind of reading glasses, because seeing the road clearly may cause the elderly to fall.

Bifocal reading glasses refer to the upper half of the lens for looking far away, and the lower half of the lens for looking near, but this kind of reading glasses has the phenomenon of jumping and the appearance is not very beautiful. If you plan to get a pair of trendy reading glasses, then this lens may not be able to meet the demand. It takes care of the vision in the middle and short distances. People with myopia can also take off the myopia and read books directly. Generally, people with myopia within 300 degrees can see close objects clearly without wearing myopia in the early stage of presbyopia. Of course, if accompanied by significant astigmatism, or high myopia, the lens will still have difficulty seeing close.

For people with heads up or slightly farsighted, you can only wear reading glasses when you need to look close. These people don’t even need a prescription for glasses and can buy reading glasses at the counter. Reading glasses on the counter range from 125 degrees to 325 degrees, you can choose the one that suits you. It should be noted that the reading glasses bought at the counter have the same lenses for both eyes and do not correct astigmatism. Therefore, if your eyes have a large difference in power or are accompanied by astigmatism, you still need to prepare prescription reading glasses.

Progressive multifocal glasses can meet the needs of vision at different distances in the far, middle and near distances. There are also optical deformation zones on both sides of the multifocal eyeglass lenses. If you look at something through here, the image is distorted, so learn not to look at it here. They have a good appearance and are suitable for people who need alternate vision of far, middle and near. However, first-time wearers need 1 to 3 weeks to adapt.

Cheap reading glasses are easy to get, and they are relatively popular. However, many people may find it troublesome to wear glasses and remove glasses constantly, and they often have to carry two pairs of glasses with them. At this time, you can consider the following glasses. There are two focal lengths in the lens of bifocal glasses. One part makes the light from far away focus on the retina, and the other part makes light from near focus on the retina, so you only need to wear a pair of glasses to see far and near. You can choose women’s bifocal reading glasses or men's bifocal reading glasses according to your needs.

All of the above require frame glasses to correct presbyopia. In addition, monocular contact lenses, multifocal contact lenses, monocular LASIK or OK lenses are other ways to correct presbyopia in the form of rimless reading glasses. In addition to wearing glasses, corneal chip implant surgery can also help correct presbyopia.