Many adults go years between eye exams. Some go decades. The most common reason isn't carelessness — it's that vision feels fine, so why bother? But the eye conditions that cause the most preventable vision loss in adults — glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease — are largely silent until they aren't. By the time vision changes are noticeable, real damage has often already occurred. This is the case for regular ophthalmologist visits. Not when something feels wrong. Before…

