Quote Originally Posted by EyeKhan View Post
My first thought was "Fuzzy's younger than that, right?" Now I understand you to mean you've been stuck with glasses for the longest. I have to wonder if its easier to deal with if you've had to from your earliest memories. Transitioning from the life-long-luxury of glasses-free vision to a state of can't-see-shit was tough at age 47 or so... Yeah, I know, cry me a river.
Having first world cosmetic/convenience & age-related problems? Join the crowd Old Man Don't look to "epigenetic reprogramming" just because needing corrective glasses or contacts is a pain in the ass as we grow older. Entropy is a natural part of the human life cycle -- we're not designed to live 200 years -- let alone with perfect vision. Even with Lasik surgery you'd still need "readers" for presbyopia.

My suggestion is to embrace your 'normal' aging, just like wrinkles and grey hair. Choose glasses that also mask under-eye circles or any other facial flaws, and get corrective sunglasses, too. Be grateful that you can afford to buy these things and still look "cool". (Eyewear is actually a fashion industry, and it's been incorporated into car design too, like those flip down compartments.)

Keep a magnifying glass in the kitchen (to read all the tiny print on food labels). And count yourself lucky that you haven't been practically blind since childhood, like my sister (or Fuzzy) who needed glasses when they were toddlers, and now need prisms just to see the floor when they get out of bed.