A 21-year-old member asked:
What causes presbyopia?
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Dr. Moonyoung Chunganswered
Ophthalmology 27 years experience
Aging: Presbyopia is the loss of near reading ability due to loss of accommodation of your lens/lens zonules in your eye associated with aging requiring use of reading correction. This starts approximately 40 years old.
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Dr. Ari Weitzneranswered
Ophthalmology 35 years experience
Lens gets too stiff: So it can't focus light on the retina as objects get closer.
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Last updated Apr 18, 2014
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