Choosing reading glasses today has become a bit more complicated as we are reading at many different distances. Reading distance determines the lens strength that you will need to see clearly. Read on and watch the video for a step by step explanation on how to choose the reading glasses strength that's best for you and your reading distances.
CHOOSING READING GLASSES STRENGTH:
If you don't have a prescription from an eye care professional use this timeline as a guide to find your lens strength. Since age is the main determining factor in the onset of presbyopia, choosing your reading glasses strength according to the guide is easy but make require some tweaking for reading distance.
If you do have a prescription from an eye care professional, ask them whether non-prescription reading glasses is right for you and if so what reading glasses strength they would recommend. If you haven't gotten an eye exam in a while, this is probably a good time. Just so you eliminate any uncertainty and get a correction that really works for your reading distance.