What is presbyopia?

Many people over “a certain age” recognize it; unnoticed, you start to hold what you want to read further and further away from you. The arms become too short, so to speak. Why is it that at some point (often around age forty) you have increasing difficulty focusing on nearby objects, especially with reading?

In order to focus properly on nearby objects, your eye lens must make itself more convex (accommodate). The lens of the eye becomes less elastic over the years, making this increasingly difficult. The accommodation capacity decreases. This is called age-related farsightedness, or presbyopia in technical terms.

Reading glasses or multifocal contact lenses offer the solution here. CooperVision Specialty has a variety of multifocal lens options available to you. We offer multifocal scleral, hybrid and gas permeable lenses so you can choose the modality that best suits your visual, eye health, and lifestyle needs.