Pin Hole Glasses, do they work

[clemso]

As I get older, i have noticed my eye sight is starting to go, small print is almost becoming impossible to read. A friend of mine recommended that I try pin hole glasses Clear Vision with Pinhole Glasses - Buy Now - Fast Shipping , I am wearing them now as I am typing this. Do they work? Man they are straining my eyes

[Mikey]

Never heard of them before.

I would say just pick up a cheap pair of reading glasses at your drugstore.

[Hector]

If you have health insurance...you should get a pair for free.

I got my prescribed ones about two years ago for the very first time...my reading was beginning to trouble me as well...but now it's all great...and they are designer thin-framed Harley Davidson's.

On my next pair...I'm going to get Clark Kent type glasses...

[rche]

too bad you aren't in this neck of the woods. I was at my local Target all around store and they had a big basket full of reading glasses for a buck a pair.
My eyes began to betray me for reading purposes after I crossed the 40 line, so I have a few sets of them laying about. They tend to get knocked around a bit and scuffed up since I don't have them on all the time tho. So the one dollar thing was great; I picked up a couple of pairs and now I am set for spares for the next couple of years. - or until my eyes get worse.

[jessica]

I have always wanted to get a pair of pinhole glasses!

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Mmm, I would be asking an optometrist if I were you.

[Hector]

Mmm, I would be asking an optometrist if I were you.

Exactly.

[Random Axe]

A buddy of mine from high school was desparately wanting to be an Air Force aviator, but they require perfect vision, so he wore those for a year and never had any improvement. It all worked out in the end. He's currently a LT. Colonel working in the Pentagon.

I'll ask him what he's doing and he says," I can't talk about that."

I then ask him where he's at and he says,"I can't talk about that."

He's into some deep, covert classified stuff.

Oh, back to topic, pinhole glasses do not work.

Scott

[Hector]

He's into some deep, covert classified stuff.

Well, thanks to you...no more...

[Adam West]

My wife has problems with reading and just buys a few of the cheapie pairs at Wal-Mart or Target and they work fine for her.

I have heard those pin hole glasses don't work. The other option would be laser surgery.

[fallensaviour]

Mmm, I would be asking an optometrist if I were you.

I used to make eye glasses for a living.That is the best advice I would give you.

You are probably suffering from presbyopia the natural degeneration of the eyes(corneal lens) that come with age it is unavoidable.
At least get yourself a cheap pair of readers if you don't have insurance.

Presbyopia (aging of the lens in the eye and the muscles that control the shape of the lens) commonly occurs after age 40, when the lens of the eye becomes more rigid and does not flex as easily. The result is that it is more difficult to read at close range. This normal aging process of the lens can also be combined with myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism.

Presbyopia is a refractive error, which results from a disorder rather than from disease. A refractive error means that the shape of your eye does not bend light correctly, resulting in a blurred image.

Symptoms

Near objects appear blurred
Difficulty seeing objects up close

The symptoms described above may not necessarily mean that you have presbyopia. However, if you experience one or more of these symptoms, contact your eye doctor for a complete exam.
Treatment
Presbyopia is commonly treated using corrective lenses, such as eyeglasses or contact lenses.

[Doc]

Now if the X ray glasses I got from the back of comic books was just as good..

[jds1911a1]

I suspect the makers claim is that by forcing you to look through a smaller aperture you are "strengthening" your eye control muscles, there was a whole "program" sold on infomercial about 10 years ago (I think Mariette Hartley was the barker) that made claims like that to "eliminate your need for glasses without surgery". While this may give you some improvement I suspect it will be minimal

If you have vision insurance that is probably pretty low cost. If your vision isn't too bad the cost of lasik is low enough that it may be more economical than 10 years of glasses purchases

the first thing you should do is get your eyes checked. vision issues can also be a sign of other heath problems