Presbyopia & Near Vision Correction at
Alabama Eye & Cataract Center Birmingham

Presbyopia is an aging phenomenon, which occurs as the Crystalline Lens loses its flexibility. Presbyopia begins at around age 40 and progresses until about age 65. From birth, until approximately the age of 40, the Crystalline Lens is both “crystal “ clear and quite soft and flexible. This flexibility allows the Crystalline Lens to change its shape and alter its curvature in order to rapidly focus your vision at various distances-from far, to near, to arms length, to far or near again. The focusing capacity of the Crystalline Lens gives you the ability to see things at all distances.

Around the time we enter our 40’s, the Crystalline Lens begins to stiffen. The stiffening of the Crystalline Lens makes it progressively more difficult to change focus from distance to near, and thus making it more difficult to see close up. Initially, this reduces our ability to see objects clearly at arms length. As Presbyopia progresses it becomes more difficult to see reading material or objects close up. When this loss of flexibility occurs, it is called Presbyopia or “old eyes’.

As patients begin to experience Presbyopia they often notice that their "arms are too short" requiring them to see up close by moving near objects and reading material farther away in order to bring them into focus and to see them clearly. It is important to know that Presbyopia affects everyone including those who have Cataracts.

As Presbyopia begins, people who have never worn eyeglasses find that they need reading glasses or bifocals in order to read and see up close. People who already wear glasses may need bifocals or trifocals in order to see comfortably up close.

Advances in cataract surgery, lens replacement surgery and lens implant surgery procedures now allows treatments for the correction of Presbyopia. Presbyopia correcting lens implants that correct both distance and near vision can help patients achieve clear distance vision as well restore their normal range of vision without relying on eyeglasses, bifocals or reading glasses. At Alabama Eye & Cataract Center we offer all types of near vision lens implants including Crystalens Lens Implants, ReSTOR Lens Implants and ReZoom Lens Implants.

Alabama Eye & Cataract Center provides vision correction and lens implants for Presbyopia in Birmingham and is conveniently located for Alabama eye care patients from Huntsville, Montgomery, Dothan, Tuscaloosa, Adamsville, Forestdale, Fultondale, Gardendale, Center Point, Trussville, Moody, Leeds, Mountain Brook, Fairfield, Midfield, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, Bessemer, Helena, Alabaster, Gadsden, Auburn and Prattville Alabama. To schedule an appointment at Alabama Eye & Cataract Center, please call us Toll Free 877.879.0909.