Myopia – The advantages of being myopic in later life

As you get older the inability to focus on close objects such as reading material,caused by the hardening of the internal lens making it difficult for the lens to reshape (increase power) when trying to focus close up. Known as loss of accommodation, usually occurs after the age of 40. First signs are pushing away reading matter to focus clearly. Can be corrected with reading glasses.

For the mildly myopic person they can, for the first time, claim an advantage over the ‘normal’ sighted person in as much as they are able to read generally close up without the aid of spectacles.

This may come as a pleasant surprise to those who have suffered with poor vision for a large part of their lives.