Eyesight Improvement
We are under great pressure not to look old, not to look our age. One of the best compliments people of more than 21 years think that they can get is: 'Really? You do not look it!' To some extent this mania for a youthful appearance has always been with us, but the pressure has ratcheted up due to films and TV.
Film stars and pharmaceutical businesses ruthlessly team up to persuade us that we have to have this surgery as well in order to become popular. What they do not tell you is that the pharmaceutical businesses have paid the film stars to have free therapy and then paid (or sponsored) the chat shows that so blatantly advertise them.
And ageism is rife too, both among the young, whose worst insults normally have the word 'old' included and among employers who can not wait to be rid of employees at 65 after a lifetime of service. Governments or at least some governments are exactly as bad, penalizing pensioners with a meager salary after fifty years of paying taxes.
Individuals used to grow old gracefully, now it is a sin. There is a long list of 'improvements' that you can plough your way through: face lift, liposuction, hair transplants, dentures and a number of others, but the one that really makes sense to me is vision improvement by whatever technique works.
We live in a beautiful world and it is a shame that while we are at the correct stage in our life to enjoy it - that is whilst we have more time, more money and have become more philosophical, we begin to go blind. At the same time as your grandchildren begin arriving, your sight begins to go.
There are numerous causes why you could begin losing your vision besides only old age, but old age does play a part in some of them as well.
Macular degeneration is usually called age-related macular degeneration, but there is a rare form that has an impact on the young. There are two kinds wet and dry. The dry form is less severe, but the wet kind is more easily treated.
Cataracts are considered to be age-related too, but I had premature senile cataracts 20 years early. Luckily these are easily treated as well with only a couple of minutes of surgery. Glaucoma is a nasty one, which can leave you totally blind, if you do not catch it soon enough and have it treated.
The trick to success with all of these sight impairments is tackling them early. If you suspect that anything is wrong with your eyes, go to a doctor or optician instantly. Do not be fooled by sham cures that you might see advertised on late night television or in the small ads. They ought to be banned.
Eye exercises and eye drops are all right for healthy eyes, but they will not help you if you have a difficulty, only a fully trained expert can do that. These advertisers prey on individuals who either do not have the money for surgery or who are frightened of it and there are many of them around too.
Film stars and pharmaceutical businesses ruthlessly team up to persuade us that we have to have this surgery as well in order to become popular. What they do not tell you is that the pharmaceutical businesses have paid the film stars to have free therapy and then paid (or sponsored) the chat shows that so blatantly advertise them.
And ageism is rife too, both among the young, whose worst insults normally have the word 'old' included and among employers who can not wait to be rid of employees at 65 after a lifetime of service. Governments or at least some governments are exactly as bad, penalizing pensioners with a meager salary after fifty years of paying taxes.
Individuals used to grow old gracefully, now it is a sin. There is a long list of 'improvements' that you can plough your way through: face lift, liposuction, hair transplants, dentures and a number of others, but the one that really makes sense to me is vision improvement by whatever technique works.
We live in a beautiful world and it is a shame that while we are at the correct stage in our life to enjoy it - that is whilst we have more time, more money and have become more philosophical, we begin to go blind. At the same time as your grandchildren begin arriving, your sight begins to go.
There are numerous causes why you could begin losing your vision besides only old age, but old age does play a part in some of them as well.
Macular degeneration is usually called age-related macular degeneration, but there is a rare form that has an impact on the young. There are two kinds wet and dry. The dry form is less severe, but the wet kind is more easily treated.
Cataracts are considered to be age-related too, but I had premature senile cataracts 20 years early. Luckily these are easily treated as well with only a couple of minutes of surgery. Glaucoma is a nasty one, which can leave you totally blind, if you do not catch it soon enough and have it treated.
The trick to success with all of these sight impairments is tackling them early. If you suspect that anything is wrong with your eyes, go to a doctor or optician instantly. Do not be fooled by sham cures that you might see advertised on late night television or in the small ads. They ought to be banned.
Eye exercises and eye drops are all right for healthy eyes, but they will not help you if you have a difficulty, only a fully trained expert can do that. These advertisers prey on individuals who either do not have the money for surgery or who are frightened of it and there are many of them around too.
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