Buying Over The Counter Glasses Is Okay
As we get older the inevitable creeps up on us! The print on papers gets smaller. I do not know why they are going with smaller and smaller print these days but they are. Kind of ticks me off really, who do they think we are owls?
Frankly I think it is all a conspiracy by the reading glasses industry. They are in cahoots with the print industry and paying them to write everything smaller and smaller. It is the same thing Hallmark is doing with making every day some holiday so you have to buy a card for everything. Don’t forget tomorrow is “Favorite 2nd Cousin Day,” They are probably out of cards already, if you didn’t get yours.
Back to why I started writing this, drugstore reading glasses. 43 million pairs of over the counter reading glasses are sold every year. People stash extras all over the house, car, in coat pockets, purses, and at work.
The problem as I see it, many people are not getting eye exams regularly which can help detect glaucoma and diabetes. Nancy Webb, chief of ophthalmology at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston says, people should have their eyes checked every 2-4 years after the age of 40 and every 1-2 years after the age of 60.
If you are going to buy drugstore test them first, start with a weak pair, go around and look at things in the store. See if things look alright and if they feel comfortable. If you need to move to a stronger set do so and again, walk around the store looking at things and see if they are right for you.
Know this, if you get a pair for reading, you may need a different strength for using your computer, depending on the size of your font and how far away your computer screen is.
Buying over the counter reading glasses can save you a lot of money over prescription glasses but don’t forget to have your eyes checked regularly for good health.
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