Presbyopia can be managed with glasses, contact lenses, or surgery. This defect is usually corrected by using glasses with bifocal power of suitable focal lengths.

Which lens is used to correct presbyopia?

Presbyopia can be corrected using glasses, contact lenses, multifocal intraocular lenses, or LASIK (presbyLASIK) surgery. The most common treatment is glass correction using appropriate convex lens. Glasses used to correct presbyopia may be simple reading glasses, bifocals, trifocals, or progressive lens.

How do glasses correct presbyopia?

The lenses of eyeglasses make up for (“correct”) this: They refract (bend) and focus light before it reaches the lens of the eye. This makes up for the poor refractive power of the natural lens. So wearing reading glasses helps you see nearby objects clearly again.