Blended Vision, which is also known as monovision, can treat presbyopia. If you find yourself constantly reaching for your reading glasses, only to misplace them moments later, or if you wear varifocal glasses, then you have presbyopia.
Presbyopia is the age-related loss of near focusing ability, which is usually corrected with reading glasses, varifocal glasses, or bifocals. However, blended vision offers an excellent alternative. Just like the perfect cup of tea blends the two ingredients of milk and tea well, good blended vision combines both near and distance vision to restore a range of vision.
Monovision or blended vision corrects one eye for distance vision and the other for close-up tasks, essentially giving you the ability to see both distances without the constant juggling of glasses. The focus of each eye is carefully adjusted to restore and optimise near and distant vision. The adjustments are specific to your eyes and visual needs just as your milk and tea are carefully blended in your perfect cup of tea according to your taste. You could just have distance or near vision correction just as you can drink just milk or just tea. But most people love the best mixture of the two.
Sure, this sounds a bit odd at first – one eye for this, the other for that – but our brains are remarkably adaptable. As you get used to it, you’ll begin to enjoy the freedom of blended vision and you’ll be pleased that you’ve left behind that frustrating time of your life. Millions of people over the age of 45 are once again enjoying clear vision at various distances without the hassle of constantly switching between glasses. And blended vision can be achieved with contact lenses, intraocular lenses, or laser eye surgery.
So, if you’re ready to ditch the glasses and embrace visual simplicity, blended vision might be the best vision correction solution for you! There are other presbyopia vision correction solutions too, such as multifocal intraocular lenses or the latest solution, corneal inlays by Allotex.
Discussing your specific needs with an expert vision correction eye surgeon like Mark Wevill in Birmingham will determine the best way to correct your presbyopia and remember that blended vision & monovision can treat presbyopia!
