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Are reading glasses suggested?
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Why not?: Almost everyone in their 40's and older need them.
Answered 3/6/2013
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Depends: If you never had problems with seeing up close there could be other causes of shortening the focal distance of the eye. I would suggest a full ophthalmological workup. Most people do not become presbyopic ( hardening of zonules of the lens) until their 40"s. If you always had problems seeing up close and were never refracted properly you could have just been born with a short eye.
Answered 7/6/2013
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