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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 companies unscrupulously team up to persuade us that we need this surgery too in order to become well-liked. What they do not tell you is that the pharmaceutical companies have paid the film stars to have free therapy and then paid (or sponsored) the chat programmes that so blatantly advertise 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 work your way through: face lift, liposuction, hair transplants, dentures and several others, but the one that really makes sense to me is vision improvement by whatever means works.

We live in a beautiful world and it is a shame that while we are at the right stage in our life to enjoy it – that is when we have more time, more money and have become more reflective, we begin to go blind. Just as your grandchildren start arriving, your sight starts going.

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 called age-related macular degeneration, but there is a rare kind that has an impact on the young. There are two kinds wet and dry. The dry kind is less severe, but the wet kind is more easily treated.

Cataracts are thought to be age-related as well, but I had premature senile cataracts 20 years early. Fortunately these are easily treated as well with only a couple of minutes of surgery. Glaucoma is a vicious 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 wrong with your eyes, go to a physician or optician instantly. Do not be fooled by sham remedies that you might see advertised on late night television or in the small ads. They ought to be 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 individuals who either do not have the money for surgery or who are afraid of it and there are many of them about too.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a number of topics, but is now concerned with macular degeneration glasses. If you want to know more, please go to our website at Macular Degenerative Disease

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