I wear progressives (and really dislike them, btw) and am able to see eggs just fine. Perhaps you need an improved prescription? I have three focal areas, for distance, computer use, and reading. It's fairly natural to hold up a frame and look through the center, the area for computer distance. So if I want to look closely, I need to hold it down and look through the reading area. But if I really want to see detail, I use a camera. Even the camera on most smartphones will take pretty reasonable up-close photos.
Brian