re: Turning 40 sucks: Do these Vuity eye drops work if you don't want to get reading glasses?

I tried the vuity drops and it worked better than i expected. Its not for everybody, but early 40s with no distance correction is probably the best situation for it. It doesnt affect your lens like somebody said earlier, it constricts your pupils. So it would not be good to use at night, but you get about 8 hours out of it so probably enough to get through a work day if you dont do a ton of reading. It can give you some headaches at first when adjusting to it. Its not a perfect solution but good for some situations.

The funny thing is its just pilocarpine, which has been around forever for constricting pupils, which can improve near vision as a side effect. Somebody got smart and marketed it as a miracle reading vision cure under a new name and slightly different % and charging 5x more for it

Have you tried eating carrots?

quote:

---

That's the replacement of the lense with an artificial one, right?

---

Two people I know had a mono vision laser surgery done. One eye is for near vision and the other is for distance. Sounds like it would be terrible but they both said it worked great after they got used to it. Now they don’t even think about it. They wore a contact in each eye for about a week to see if they would like it before the surgery. Said it took about 3 days to adjust.

Just get some cheap readers at Walgreens and keep several pairs around the house in spots you frequent. It's the new normal for you. Took me until I was 46 to figure out I needed to do that. If that's the worst thing to happen to you at 40, count your blessings.

I have no clue, but the cataract surgery was life changing. Game changer for me. One eye was bad and had both done with the multi focus lens. UNBELIEVABLE

quote:

---

I'm still fighting the good fight at 45, but quickly losing the battle

---

It was like a light switch almost. I think I was mixing some Roundup and I couldn’t remember the ratio and realized I couldn't read shite on the back of that bottle anymore

40? It’s about to rain pussy.

quote:

---

It doesnt affect your lens like somebody said earlier, it constricts your pupils.

---

this seems counterintuitive. My eyesight is dismal in low light. Forget reading a damn menu in a dim restaurant

quote:

---

My eyesight is dismal in low light.

---

Same. I've always worn glasses but a couple years ago got progressive lenses. I don't care and I know it sounds vain but there is no way I'm wearing bifocals in my 40s.

quote:

---

Or pay for LASIK if you’re eyes can benefit from it.

---

I already had Lasik done many years ago. My distant vision is fine. It is the upclose stuff that I have problem with, which comes from aging (presybyopia), and Lasik can't fix that.