Needing reading glasses is a common reason to consider PresbyMAX, provided the rest of the eye is suitable for laser.
When it can be helpful
It addresses the inconvenience of readers.
- Regular reliance on reading glasses for phones, books, and near tasks
- Desire to reduce spectacle juggling between distance and near
- Stable distance prescription and healthy corneas
- Clear natural lenses without significant cataract
- Motivation to adapt to a multifocal corneal optics profile
When simple readers may still be better
Surgery is optional, not obligatory.
- Reading glasses are only occasionally needed and not bothersome
- High sensitivity to any risk of glare or reduced contrast
- Other eye conditions limiting likely benefit from surgery
- Contentment with current spectacle arrangement
- Preference to delay interventions until presbyopia becomes more intrusive
