Allowing for deterioration of eyes when having laser eye surgery?
Tom asked:
Hey I’m considering laser eye surgery my prescription is -5.0 in both eyes. I wonderd if it was able to have the surgery to make me say +0.50 after surgery, to allow for any deterioration in my eye sight in later years as I am 22. Thanks for any advice.
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Hey I’m considering laser eye surgery my prescription is -5.0 in both eyes. I wonderd if it was able to have the surgery to make me say +0.50 after surgery, to allow for any deterioration in my eye sight in later years as I am 22. Thanks for any advice.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:20 am
This is a question you will have to ask the surgeon. Myopes don’t generally like to be overcorrected to being farsighted though, so I’d caution you against that.
And your vision WILL deteriorate later in life regardless of the laser. Eventually you will need reading glasses, eventually you will develop cataracts, and so on and so forth. umdbhik
February 18th, 2010 at 12:22 am
I am not positive about this, but I do know, most eye places offer a lifetime guarantee if you have laser surgery.
So, why worry about it, when, if it becomes necessary to fine tune it later, it won’t cost you more?
I know someone who had it and loves it. Good luck. Bub
February 20th, 2010 at 3:42 am
Yes you can have that but i advise getting the best laser surgery out there for the best results and safety. MaybeBaby
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:10 am
You should not be having LASIK if your eyes have not stabilized. Before you have LASIK, you should have a cycloplegic refraction. This eliminates inappropriate accommodation from your prescription and may even result in them changing your eyes less than 5.0D. You do not want to need a prescription of +0.50 when you are over 35. Immediately after your LASIK, you may be just a little over corrected because it tends to regress a little over the first few months after your procedure. David E
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:06 am
Before you do it, I suggest you watch
and have a look at:
I know lasik is tempting but you should be informed of the risks! Jon S
February 26th, 2010 at 2:10 am
Firstly, you don’t get to make this choice about over-correction whether you want to or not. At 22, you either have stable vision or you don’t - ie: surgery is appropriate to target a Plano end result or not. We are not in the business of inserting safety nets for your vision in an indeterminate time for an unknown outcome. You get +-15 to 25 years of good distance vision until you start to develop presbyopia and require reading glasses.
Who is to say that you are going to regress first of all, secondly why myopically, you can as easily shift hyperopically.
Make sure you go to a reputable specialist. This means : avoid Optical Express, Optimax, Ultralase and Moorfields. Do go to : Accuvision, Centre for Sight, Advance Vision Care, London Vision Clinic or see for further clinic information.
As per some of the responses:
1. Do explain the point of a cyclo refraction (on a young hyperope, yes) myope, complete waste of time from a refractive point of view. (if you are worried about over correcting, this is what a red/green visual target test is for).
2. A 22 year old myope left +0.50 in both eyes after treatment would hardly be unhappy, he’d be thrilled!!!! Distance vision will be fantastic - if you left him -0.50 he would be equally unhappy with you.
3. Life-time guarantee, why worry etc etc. Just the consumer environment that the specialists within the industry have been trying to avoid. This is surgery, it carries risk and life time guarantees are as well worded as consent forms - does every generation need to learn about how useless guarantees are. What use is the guarantee when the company providing it sells out or goes bust? FMJ