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Too young<br />
for reading<br />
glasses?<br />
If you’re having trouble<br />
reading things up<br />
close - and perhaps<br />
you are holding this<br />
at arms length for a<br />
clearer focus, it’s likely<br />
you’re experiencing<br />
presbyopia. A naturally<br />
occurring vision<br />
condition, which starts<br />
to affect most people in<br />
their forties.<br />
6<br />
<strong>Eye</strong> on the<br />
facts…<br />
Presbyopia<br />
despite its prevalence, over<br />
40% of people over 40 are<br />
unaware of it:<br />
n 80% find reading medicine and<br />
food labels a struggle<br />
n 65% find close-up work like<br />
sewing or craftwork difficult<br />
n 52% find using a PC problematic<br />
Astigmatism doesn’t<br />
have to hold you back!<br />
Astigmatism is a common<br />
condition and is usually<br />
present from birth. It<br />
occurs when the front<br />
part of the eye, the cornea,<br />
is not a regular<br />
symmetrical spherical<br />
shape - like a football.<br />
Instead, its shape is more<br />
like that of a rugby ball<br />
- longer in one direction<br />
than the other.<br />
Because the cornea is an<br />
irregular shape, the eye<br />
has difficulty focusing<br />
properly.<br />
When this happens, the<br />
person’s vision may be<br />
blurred and the individual<br />
may struggle to focus or<br />
read. They may also<br />
complain of tired or dry<br />
eyes, and headaches.<br />
If the thought of having to<br />
carry around glasses<br />
everywhere sounds onerous<br />
or if you are self-conscious<br />
about being seen needing<br />
glasses when out and about,<br />
you might be interested to<br />
know that with multi-focal<br />
contact lenses, such as <strong>Bausch</strong><br />
& <strong>Lomb</strong> PureVision ® , you’ll<br />
be able to see clearly at all<br />
distances. This means that<br />
you can continue to lead a full<br />
and active lifestyle and no-one<br />
need know you are wearing<br />
contact lenses!<br />
Correction is often<br />
offered through<br />
spectacles. However in<br />
most cases, astigmatism<br />
can be corrected by<br />
wearing specially-designed<br />
contact lenses such as<br />
SofLens® daily disposable<br />
Toric for Astigmatism.<br />
A guIdE To eye HealTH And BeauTy
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