What is presbyopia?
Presbyopia is often confused with hyperopia. With advancing age, the human eye loses the ability to focus on near objects. Between the ages of about 40 and 50 years, everyone requires a new prescription for reading. This can be achieved by reading glasses, bifocals, or by removing distance glasses in certain cases of myopia.
Presbyopia cannot be directly treated with the excimer laser, but treatments can be adjusted to decrease dependence on reading glasses. People who only require glasses for reading are usually not good candidates for laser vision correction. Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) is a non-laser procedure approved for the treatment of presbyopia. Laser treatments for presbyopia are under development. |
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