Glasses cannot help with macular pucker as no type of glasses can correct the vision problems that are caused by macular pucker.
Glasses can help with other refractive errors such as farsightedness or nearsightedness they cannot address the wavy or distorted vision that is caused by the scar tissue formation on the retina that is associated with macular pucker.
In some cases, some people with macular pucker may be prescribed new glasses for helping with mild symptoms but it does not fix the macular pucker itself.
To fix macular pucker surgery is the main treatment.
Surgery for macular pucker, especially in severe cases can help and is called "vitrectomy with membrane peeling" and is often the only effective treatment to remove the scar tissue and improve vision.
Some people with macular pucker have mild symptoms that don't significantly impact their daily lives and in these mild cases of macular pucker no treatment may be needed other than just regular eye exams to monitor the macular pucker condition.
Macular pucker is sometimes a disability but not always.
Macular pucker is not automatically considered to be a disability although macular pucker can be a disability if it significantly impairs your vision or prevents you from working or performing of daily tasks.
The severity of vision loss as a result of macular pucker also varies and some people with macular pucker may experience a minimal impact on their daily lives and other people with macular pucker may have more significant visual impairment with macular pucker.
Macular pucker is also known as epiretinal membrane and can cause distorted vision or blurred vision, especially in your central vision.
And whether or not the macular pucker will qualify as a disability depends on the extent of your vision loss and it's impact on your ability to work and perform daily activities.
The social security administration or SSA does not specifically list macular pucker as a disability, although vision loss from any cause can be a qualifying factor disability benefits if it does meet certain criteria.
When applying for disability payments for macular pucker, the SSA also considers factors such as your visual acuity, "which is how clearly you can see", your visual field, "which is how much you can see to the side", and visual efficiency, "which is a combination of acuity and field", when they assess disability claims that are related to vision loss.
If you have macular pucker you may also be protected under the ADA act which is the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The ADA provides people with protection against discrimination that is based on disability, including visual impairments.