re: Turning 40 sucks: Do these Vuity eye drops work if you don't want to get reading glasses?

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his seems counterintuitive. My eyesight is dismal in low light. Forget reading a damn menu in a dim restaurant

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In low light, your pupils dilate or expand to let more light in. Thats the opposite of this. Constricting your pupils has a similar effect to squinting. (Squinting covers part of your pupil, lets less light in. )

Thats why the drops arent good at night because less light with a constricted pupil makes it worse.

You need reading glasses at 40.
I has stage 3 cancer.

Toughen up, it can be worse!
And yeah I got bifocals at 42.

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low light, your pupils dilate or expand to let more light in. Thats the opposite of this. Constricting your pupils has a similar effect to squinting. (Squinting covers part of your pupil, lets less light in. ) Thats why the drops arent good at night because less light with a constricted pupil makes it worse.

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yes.

Tgst is why I said I had more trouble in low light. As do most people that need readers

Absolutely am an eye doctor.

IF there were a reliable surgery that fixed reading in the majority of patients you would have a 2-3 year wait for the procedure there is that much demand. People would pay anything to not need readers.

Monovision LASIK is an option but what if that throws off your equalibrium or depth perception and you learn this after surgery?

Multifocal implants are way better than what they were but easily 20% of people struggle with them currently.

Monovision LASIK can be done but many times has fluctuation or Rx shift on the near eye afterwards. (We do LASIK as well, you really think we would leave that much $ on the table if we felt it worked for the majority of the population? You think every other Ophthalmologist wouldn’t be doing the same?)

If either of these scenarios happen it’s more surgery or being miserable with vision.

The multifocal implants are getting WAY better and will be they way of the future but there is still too high of a dissatisfaction rate with them. (We do a lot of them at our office)

I was 42 when I needed reading glasses. I like the half frame readers. I can look up at the tv and look down at the message board without shifting my glasses around. Sucks but you get used to it.

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My problem right now is my eyes are rapidly losing its auto focus abilities. I'm unable to focus or read things up close. I'll be looking at the TV, and then glance down to my phone and it takes my eyes literally take a couple of seconds to focus and even then I have to stretch my arm to read small text. I understand this is a natural part of aging and is called presbyopia. I don't really want to wear reading glasses as my distance vision is perfect. I got my lasik done in my early 30s, and don't want to go back to wearing glasses this soon.

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Just be glad you don't have chronic allergies that affect your eyes/vision as much as your sinuses. Never heard of someone getting frequent rando body aches at 40 unless they have some kind of medical challenge.