We are under immense 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 some extent this obsession with a youthful look has always been with us, but the pressure has ratcheted up due to films and television.
Film stars and pharmaceutical firms ruthlessly team up to persuade us that we need this surgery as well in order to be well-liked. What they do not tell you is that the pharmaceutical firms 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 too, both among the young, whose worst insults normally 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 just 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 plough your way through: face lift, liposuction, hair transplants, dentures and several others, but the one that actually makes sense to me is sight improvement by whatever technique works.
We live in a beautiful world and it is a shame that whilst we are at the correct stage in our life to enjoy it - that is while we have more time, more money and have become more philosophical, we begin to go blind. At the same time as your grandchildren begin arriving, your eyesight begins to go.
There are numerous reasons why you could start losing your vision besides only old age, but old age does play a role in some of them too.
Macular degeneration is usually known as age-related macular degeneration, but there is a rare kind that affects the young. There are two forms wet and dry. The dry form is less severe, but the wet form is more easily treated.
Cataracts are considered to be age-related too, but I had premature senile cataracts 20 years early. Fortunately these are easily treated too with only a few minutes of surgery. Glaucoma is a nasty 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 problem, only a fully trained expert can do that. These advertisers prey on people who either do not have the money for surgery or who are afraid of it and there are many of them about too.
Film stars and pharmaceutical firms ruthlessly team up to persuade us that we need this surgery as well in order to be well-liked. What they do not tell you is that the pharmaceutical firms 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 too, both among the young, whose worst insults normally 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 just 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 plough your way through: face lift, liposuction, hair transplants, dentures and several others, but the one that actually makes sense to me is sight improvement by whatever technique works.
We live in a beautiful world and it is a shame that whilst we are at the correct stage in our life to enjoy it - that is while we have more time, more money and have become more philosophical, we begin to go blind. At the same time as your grandchildren begin arriving, your eyesight begins to go.
There are numerous reasons why you could start losing your vision besides only old age, but old age does play a role in some of them too.
Macular degeneration is usually known as age-related macular degeneration, but there is a rare kind that affects the young. There are two forms wet and dry. The dry form is less severe, but the wet form is more easily treated.
Cataracts are considered to be age-related too, but I had premature senile cataracts 20 years early. Fortunately these are easily treated too with only a few minutes of surgery. Glaucoma is a nasty 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 problem, only a fully trained expert can do that. These advertisers prey on people who either do not have the money for surgery or who are afraid of it and there are many of them about too.
About the Author:
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, 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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