Hyperopia is the medical term for"farsightedness." It occurs when an eye is too short for the cornea's curvature. Light rays entering the eye focus behind the retina, and as a result a blurred image is produced.

Some people Farsighted individuals, however, can use their focusing muscles to"pull" the image forward onto the retina. Once presbyopia sets in around age 45, the focusing muscle of the eye gets weaker and farsightedness seems to get worse, distance objects are seen more clearly then near objects. Hyperopic LASIK can correct this condition, but either reading glasses or monovision are necessary for most patients over 45 years of age.

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