Reading glasses aren't the worst things in the world, but if you could snap your fingers and be done with them, would you?
Probably so.
Well, you may get that chance very soon:
A newly approved eye drop hitting the market on Thursday could change the lives of millions of Americans with age-related blurred near vision, a condition affecting mostly people 40 and older.
Vuity, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October, would potentially replace reading glasses for some of the 128 million Americans who have trouble seeing close-up. The new medicine takes effect in about 15 minutes, with one drop on each eye providing sharper vision for six to 10 hours, according to the company.
Toni Wright, one of the 750 participants in a clinical trial to test the drug, said she liked what she saw.
"It's definitely a life changer," Wright told CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan.
Now that sounds like a "life changer" indeed. It might not be an alternative for people who wear glasses or contacts 24/7, but for those who get annoyed trying to deal with reading glasses, this is a major game changer.
And who knows how this new technology will develop from here??
I mean, imagine doing this one more time:
...and then never again!
