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Are you suitable for lazer eye surgery? There are a number of ways in which your eyes will be assessed. You will need to tick all these boxes in order to be a suitable candidate. Your eye prescription needs to be stable. Ideally it will have been the same for at least 18 months. Your health needs to be good in order to have any operation. Your eyes also need to be healthy. Part of you assessment will be to ensure that you do not have any eye conditions such as keratoconus and lazy eye The clear dome called the cornea needs to be thick enough. If it was too thin it might bulge out after the operation. Short sightedness should be less than 10 Diopters although there are procedure suitable for higher prescriptions. Your long sightedness should be less than 6 Diopters Egg shaped eyes, also known as astigmatism it should be less than 5 Diopters If you can pass these first 7 steps then you are on your way to being a suitable candidate. Is age a factor? If you are in the age group who wears reading glasses then you need to realize that lazer eye correction will not generally be able to fix this problem. There are however, 3 options available to you: Most opt to have their distance corrected and then just accept the fact that they are going to have to wear reading glasses for close up work. The second option might sound strange as it is called mono-vision. In mono-vision, the dominant eye is corrected for distance vision and the non dominant eye is corrected for near vision. Although this might sound hard to get used to, Optometrists do this with contact lenses and generally it works quite well for around 2/3rds of the population. It would be advisable to try out mono-vision with contact lenses first before you have your eyes permanently reshaped with lazer. The general rule is that mono-vision is easier to tolerate if you don't have to look intently at computers and small print. So if your lifestyle involves more talking than reading you could be an ideal candidate. There is another option which is much newer and more heroic. It is an implantable lens that moves with the muscles of your eye. This is a more invasive operation, although it is based on the traditional cataract surgical technique. Do your research and check out the prospective surgeon's website to see if they do the mono vision procedure. Lazer eye surgery is a safe and effective for most patients. One thing that is important for a positive outcome is realistic expectations. It is not a magic bullet. Reading glasses may need to be worn if you are over 45. The research shows that most people who have the procedure are pleased with the outcome.
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Optometrist Andrew Gay has an interest in refractive surgery. He has produced a blog refractive eye blog that give prospective refractive surgery patients a unique view on the procedure.
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