VTEC John
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For 5-6 years, I felt that I just wasn't seeing the balls properly when down low over a shot. That is, with head low and looking thru the upper part of my eyes towards the object ball, as I got older nothing ever looked right. A year or so ago, I finally tried pool glasses. They didn't help. Then I had myself tested for cataracts. I was told that I have them but they're not bad and not worth correcting yet. One day, looking straight in the mirror, I realized that with my eyelids at rest, they covered part of my pupils. When I experimented on the table, I discovered that the lower of the two eyelids was completely blocking my vision in the down-low shooting position adn the other eye was partially blocked. To make a long story short, if you have droopy eyelids interfering with your vision (this common condition is called Ptosis) there are three ways to see the balls better.
1) Adopt an upright stance (didn't work for me--couldn't make the adjustment).
2) Have eyelid surgery (upper blepharoplasty).
3) There is an eyedrop called Upneeq that actually causes droopy eyelids to lift up. (No joke. Google it.) A dose lasts about 6 hours.
Upneeq is expensive. It's non-prescription but sold under license to opthalmologists and other eye doctors. It made an instant improvement in my game, because suddenly I could see the balls properly. I use it every time I play. Hope someone finds this useful.
1) Adopt an upright stance (didn't work for me--couldn't make the adjustment).
2) Have eyelid surgery (upper blepharoplasty).
3) There is an eyedrop called Upneeq that actually causes droopy eyelids to lift up. (No joke. Google it.) A dose lasts about 6 hours.
Upneeq is expensive. It's non-prescription but sold under license to opthalmologists and other eye doctors. It made an instant improvement in my game, because suddenly I could see the balls properly. I use it every time I play. Hope someone finds this useful.