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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by Diederich on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:50PM (#18981319)
> cannot be reversed easily

Do you mean via some kind of therapy or intervention, or in general?

I had pretty severe myopia 30 years ago, bad enough that I needed glasses in order to legally drive. But it steadily has gotten better, without any treatment. I stopped needing glasses to drive about 15 years ago, and now I have nearly perfect vision.

EDIT: I searched around a bit and indeed it seems that the consensus is that myopia never natural improves with age. But...whatever was causing my poor distance eyesight in the 1980s slowly got better. DMV records (granted, not high precision data) demonstrate it. So I don't know what to say.

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by outworlder on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:38PM (#18982630)
How old were you? Up to a certain age, your refractive power may change(in either direction). Doctors will often not perform LASIK until you have proven that your prescription has stabilized for a while.
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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by Diederich on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @07:16PM (#18984706)
My vision was at its worst when I was in my mid 20s. It's steadily improved since then.
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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by prewett on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @08:23PM (#18985171)
My eye doctors have always told me that we get far-sighted as we age, so if you were near-sighted to begin with, then the aging process is correcting it. In another 20 years I would expect that you might start needing glasses again to drive.
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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by jpindar on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @07:14PM (#18984678)
I think whatever causes people with normal vision to become farsighted as they age also causes nearsighted people (or at least some of us) to become less nearsighted over time. It seems to be happening to me, though only slightly.
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