Top Tips for Caring for Ageing Eyes There are some things we simply can’t control as we grow older: Our declining ability to climb stairs, the fact that we can no longer party like we did in our 30s, and the inevitable sprouting of grey hairs all come to mind. While we can hide or postpone some things with the help of cosmetics, these are mostly just a natural part of the ageing process that must simply be accepted. And…
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Do Eye Health Supplements Really Work to Support Our Vision?
Do Eye Health Supplements Really Work to Support Our Vision? Health supplements may be a modern invention, but they originate from practices dating back thousands of years with the likes of the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Chinese, Indian, and Arabic herbalists. Today, dietary supplements are marketed to consumers to improve their intake of vitamins and minerals that we usually consume in our diet. Such products are believed by many to improve various aspects of their health, including their vision and eye…
A Closer Look at the Incredible Vision of the Himba Tribe
A Closer Look at the Incredible Vision of the Himba Tribe In the animal kingdom, senses such as vision adapt naturally to the environments we live in. Of course, evolutionary adaptations can only happen so fast, and, in contrast, there appears to be no limit to the speed the world around us is changing. In just a few hundred years, the average person’s day has changed beyond all recognition. From spending hours each day outdoors in open spaces, exposed to…
Rolling Back the Years: How to Treat Presbyopia (Ageing Eyes)
Rolling Back the Years: How to Treat Presbyopia (Ageing Eyes) While most of us don’t like it, we have no choice but to accept ageing as a fact of life. It is an unavoidable process that will eventually affect almost every aspect of our person, both physical and mental. But some parts of the ageing process are simply more frustrating than others, and when it comes to our eyesight, we will all eventually wish we could roll back the years….
Staring at Your Screen All Day Might Be Bad for Your Eyes…
Staring at Your Screen All Day Might Be Bad for Your Eyes… In this day and age, it can seem impossible to go more than just a few waking hours (if you’re strong) without looking at some kind of screen. Whether you’re glued to your computer at the office, watching TV with family in the evening, or doom-scrolling through your favourite social media app, many of us spend a significant amount of our lives in front of a screen. Yet,…
Where Do You Keep Your Reading Glasses?
Where Do You Keep Your Reading Glasses? Every day, we cart around a number of essential items with us: It seems that our mobile phones, our wallets and purses, or our house and car keys are constantly on or around our person. But for those of us with presbyopia, there’s yet another thing we have to remember: our reading glasses. Despite providing us with an incredibly important asset – our near vision – we seem to misplace our reading glasses…
Why Should the Young Have All the Fun? Ditch the Reading Glasses
Why Should the Young Have All the Fun? Time to Ditch the Reading Glasses Each year, we celebrate our chronological age. That is, how many years it’s been since our mothers performed the miracle of bringing us into this world. But once we reach a certain age, it becomes increasingly clear that this is just a number, after all. It doesn’t reflect how we feel about ourselves or what we can or can’t do. Sure, the number might keep going…
Common Questions: Is LASIK recommended after 50?
Is LASIK recommended after 50? It’s natural to regret the silly mistakes we make in our youth but, as we get older, it’s the things we didn’t do that often hold the most regret. It should make sense, then, that as we age, Laser Eye Surgery begins to look more and more appealing. After all, who wants to spend their golden years fumbling around for lost glasses or wrestling with fiddly contact lenses? Far better to take the plunge and find…
Does PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision Work For Everyone?
Does PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision Work For Everyone? For hundreds of years, glasses were the only solution to age-related vision deterioration – or indeed for any refractive error. By the mid-20th century, commercial contact lenses had come along, offering a discrete and effective alternative. Yet, many have continued to struggle with multifocal and varifocal lenses once presbyopia begins to set in. Eventually, an alternative came along in the form of monovision surgery. But once again, this solution is not suitable…
Symptoms and Treatments for Presbyopia (Reading Glasses)
Symptoms and Treatments for Presbyopia (Reading Glasses) Like many of the common signs of ageing, presbyopia is unfortunately a problem that will eventually come to us all. In fact, most of us aged over 40 will have probably started to notice the signs of this common vision problem. You might initially dismiss these symptoms but eventually, as the annoyance persists, you’ll concede that something really needs to be done. But what are the symptoms of presbyopia – also flatteringly known…
