How to Stop Wearing Reading Glasses

Factors such as genetics, appropriate lighting, adequate sleep and proper nutrition may play a role in determining your need for reading glasses. Many people are born with imperfectly shaped corneas or lenses and may therefore need to use glasses to read. Hyperopia and astigmatism are types of refractive errors that may require you to use reading glasses. And as people age, they can develop presbyopia requiring the use of reading glasses by the time theyre 40 or 50. Lifestyle changes or possible eye surgery might put an end to your need for reading glasses.

Instructions

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Get a pair of pinhole glasses. Anecdotal reports indicate that these glasses may help improve your visual acuity.

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Consider daily eye exercises designed to strengthen muscles that hold the eyeball in its socket. Its possible that your vision could improve.

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Sit in a chair, hold your head still and face forward. Move eyes as far to the left and then as far to the right as you can. Repeat 10 times.

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Hold your head still and rotate your eyes to the left. Move your eyes in a circular pattern describing as wide a circle as possible. Repeat 10 times. Repeat the exercise 10 times in the opposite direction.

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Get adequate sleep. Strained and tired eyes can force you to use your reading glasses.

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Compare your ability to read in different lighting situations without your reading glasses. Try reading a book in a well-lit place such as a public library. Next try reading the same book at home using only a dim lamp for lighting. Its possible that with good lighting, you dont need reading glasses to read.

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Eat plenty of fresh or frozen carrots and green, leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale to benefit your general eye health. According to the National Institutes of Health, vegetables have beta carotene, a vitamin A precursor with antioxidant properties that can help protect eyes.

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Take a daily multi vitamin pill that contains the daily recommended dosage of vitamin A. Vitamin A, or retinol, is vital to the formation of chemicals in the retina that allow your eye to see in dim light.

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Consult an ophthalmologist to get information about monovision surgery. This surgical procedure corrects distance vision in one eye and near vision in the other eye. Its possible that after this procedure you wont need reading glasses.

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Ask the ophthalmologist about PRK - photorefractive keratectomy. This is a surgical laser procedure that may improve your vision and allow you to discontinue using reading glasses.