A recently approved eye treatment offers a safe, long-term solution for that very annoying problem of aging: the inability to read close-up.
The condition, called presbyopia (which literally means “old eye” in Greek) happens to nearly everyone and usually hits sometime after age 40. You'll find yourself squinting to read menus or whipping out glasses to check your iPhone.
Approved last June by the FDA, the Raindrop Near Vision Inlay is a permanent, implantable device that restores close-up vision.
“It allows you to turn back the clock,” said Dr. Steven Stetson, the medical director of Diamond Vision, who became certified to implant the inlay last fall.
The Raindrop looks like a small, clear contact lens and is made of a similar hydrogel material.
