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If you think about what really matters to you, in terms of your health and wellbeing, good eye care probably comes high on the list. But when you try to find out how your eyes work, you often end up drowning in Greek. So here, in plain English, is an explanation of a very common eye condition: Presbyopia.

Getting older is great. With age comes wisdom and the prospect of retirement. What’s not to love? One answer is failing eyesight due to presbyopia. As we grow older, many of us need help with our vision. The good news though is that, through the magic of multifocal lenses, crystal-clear sight remains accessible for everyone, however old we get.

When a lens bathes luxuriously in your freshly prepared contact lens case full of solution or sterile blister pack, it does so within a solution that keeps the material in perfect condition. When it’s in your eye, your tears and eyelids do a fantastic job maintaining the lenses’ softness and protecting eye health.

That’s the case for wearers whose contact lens prescription allows a week or even a month of continuous wear. There are also lenses worn overnight to correct the shape of the cornea. For this group, overnight wear is normal.

Astigmatism is a very common eye condition and highly unlikely to be anything other than an eye condition with easily available solutions. So don’t waste time getting anxious if your optician tells you that you’re astigmatic. A solution is just around the corner!