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 receive is: ‘Really? You do not look it!’ To a certain extent this obsession with a youthful appearance has always been with us, but the pressure has ratcheted up due to films and television.
Film stars and pharmaceutical companies unscrupulously team up to persuade us that we need this surgery too in order to become popular. What they do not tell you is that the pharmaceutical businesses have paid the film stars to have free treatment and then paid (or sponsored) the chat shows that so blatantly promote them.
And ageism is rife as well, both among the young, whose worst insults usually 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.
People used to grow old gracefully, now it is a sin. There is a long list of ‘improvements’ that you can work 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 picturesque world and it is a pity that when we are at the right stage in our life to enjoy it – that is whilst we have more time, more money and have become more reflective, we begin to go blind. At the same time as your grandchildren start arriving, your sight starts going.
There are numerous factors why you could begin losing your eyesight 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 kind that has an impact on the young. There are two kinds wet and dry. The dry kind is less severe, but the wet kind is more easily treated.
Cataracts are thought to be age-related as well, but I had premature senile cataracts 20 years early. Fortunately these are easily treated as well with only a couple of minutes of surgery. Glaucoma is a vicious one, which can leave you totally blind, if you do not catch it soon enough and have it treated.
The key to success with all of these eyesight impairments is tackling them early. If you suspect that anything is not right with your eyes, go to a GP or optician immediately. Do not be fooled by quack cures that you might see advertised on late night TV or in the small ads. They ought to get 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 qualified expert can do that. These advertisers prey on individuals who either do not have the money for surgery or who are scared of it and there are many of them about too.
Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a variety of topics, but is now concerned with macular degeneration glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Macular Degenerative Disease
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