Originally Posted by
Sutekh
The first (and only?) appearance of the Hellfire Clubs battlesuited thugs had one of them designed to fight Cyclops with that exact setup, which seemed brilliant, but was never touched on again (that I can recall)...
Even then, his still having this weakness after all these years is just for IP / branding reasons. Astonishing X-Men suggested that Emma could, at any time, fix the damage done to his brain, which means Xavier or Jean should have been able to long before now, if not also various mutant healers like Elixir or Triage...
But, just like how Xavier, no matter how many times he's healed or cloned or whatever, always ends up back in that wheelchair, Cyclops is doomed to always be wearing a visor, even if Forge could make contacts for him, Jean or Elixir could (in different ways) heal him, he could get downloaded into a younger clone body by his dad, etc.
There is no lasting cure for 'marketing mandate to protect the brand.'