Most people after age 40 need reading glasses since they may cause presbyopia and can’t see close things clearly. In fact, the term of reading glass had a special meaning in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Reading glass was just a form of magnifier. The very beginning form of reading glasses was hand-hold with a single lens that was large. People held these reading glasses a few inches above the reading matter but at a considerably distance from the eyes. This was the most comfortable position to use these reading glasses. Many museums still possess primary reading glasses. Some of them were made of silver or gold frames. The lenses of them were usually oval.

Modern lives make reading glasses even more useful. People read newspapers, books and documents more frequently. Reading glasses remove the need to set things a few feet away for reading. Modern reading glasses have a pair of lenses. They are more convenient and provide significant help. You can find reading glasses for men, women and unisex. Bold frames, semi-rim and rimless ones are all applied to them.

Reading glasses are available without a prescription. But they are never intended to replace prescribed eyeglasses. They don’t reduce the importance of eye examination and care. You may need to take a diopter test and the proper power of reading glasses will be calculated.

Reading glasses will stay in widely used since no refractive surgical procedures can cure presbyopia until now.

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