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Someone around that age at my workplace had a moment like that too, in fact he went from near sighted to far sighted and had to get new glasses.
by cordite 9y ago
Someone around that age at my workplace had a moment like that too, in fact he went from near sighted to far sighted and had to get new glasses.
- walterbell 9y agoThis HN comment has a good diagram about myopia vs presbyopia: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16196062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16196062
- JepZ 9y agoThat diagram is pretty cool :D It explains the terms in a visual way with 5 ascii lines (probably a little exaggerating and not 100% correct, but easy to grasp).
- jpindar 9y agoThat's very common. People with good eyesight tend to become farsighted as they get older - hence their need for reading glasses - and people who are nearsighted tend to become less nearsighted.
- lttlrck 9y agoI was told by my optometrist not to get laser surgery to correct short sightedness because as I get older my eyes will naturally become longer sighted. So if I reset my eyes through surgery now I would then need glasses to correct long sightedness in about 10 years... I was 40 at the time. Basically I left it too late. Surgery for just 10 years without glasses is barely worth it for me as I only wear glasses for driving.