I’m tired of wearing reading glasses and bifocals. Are there any new developments that would help me?

The last couple years have seen many new advances in surgical correction and contact lenses that help people get out of reading glasses and bifocals. Almost every contact lens company has put out a new design for bifocal contacts over the past two years, giving us far more options than we ever had before. If bifocal contacts or monovision contacts didn’t work for you before, they may work now. There are two new surgical options as well that have emerged. When people have cataracts they will have cataract surgery in which the natural lens inside their eye will be replaced with an artificial lens. Bifocal lens implants have progressed and much more research is now available, so there are a few cataract surgeons who have become very skilled in implanting these bifocal artificial lenses. There is also a new surgery going through FDA trials right now called Scleral Spacing Procedure that allows people over 40 to regain much of their lost near vision. There are many options available, so contact your local eyecare provider and ask them what options might work well for your situation.

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