This is due to growth of the eyeball, which usually stops by around age If we were to perform laser vision correction while the eye was still growing, we would not expect the result to last.
This is why Moorfields Private surgeons need to see evidence of stability in your eye prescription before offering surgery. Some variation between spectacle tests is normal, but if you are in your early twenties and there is a progressive increase in the amount of short sight, you will probably need to wait before having laser eye surgery.
Understand what your eye prescription means here. You have a thin or irregular cornea If you have a predisposition to corneal shape irregularity, this can be made worse by laser eye surgery, and a condition called corneal ectasia may develop.
This occurs infrequently and can often be treated successfully without the need for a corneal transplant. How long does laser eye surgery last? Can I get laser eye surgery? This website uses cookies and third-party services. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.
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We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Our top-of-the-range Schwind lasers have proven successful at treating long-sightedness, far beyond most other models on the market.
It tends to develop through your childhood and teenage years, affecting around a quarter of the population, but laser treatment for short sight is a simple and effective procedure. It means you can only partially focus on an object, while blurring occurs over all distances. We can treat astigmatism at the same time as correcting your prescription and unlike some companies, we do not charge extra for this.
For a lot of patients, laser eye surgery is appropriate. However, it tends to be more suitable for those under the age of 45 and there are instances where you will not be considered eligible.
And we do not recommend laser eye surgery for long-sighted patients under the age of 35 as, due to age-related eye changes, we cannot guarantee satisfactory long-term results. There are some different conditions which the laser cannot treat. We have multiple lens treatment options available, which you can read about here. These are implantable lenses that are used for correcting very high prescriptions of short sight, long sight and astigmatism.
A reversible procedure that sees an artificial lens placed in front of the natural lens. This treatment is generally recommended for people under 40 who do not require reading glasses.
It is usually more suited to patients above the age of 40 and can correct the need for reading glasses. The following medical conditions may preclude you from treatment which can only be confirmed on consultation :. As results are not guaranteed, we cannot treat people who have great difficulty in finding glasses to correct their eyesight, nor those with an obsessive nature or those who suffer from acute depression. Please fill in your prescription details.
Don't worry if many of the boxes are empty. Axis is not required. Most people have it done at a private clinic. Costs vary according to what kind of surgery you're having. Laser eye surgery, or laser vision correction, involves using lasers to reshape the front surface cornea of your eyes so that you can focus better. It can correct short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism. Laser eye surgery is suitable for most people over Ideally your eye prescription will have stayed more or less the same for about 2 years.
Lens surgery may be more suitable if you have a high spectacle prescription or later in life. All 3 types of laser eye surgery have similar results. Your surgeon will talk through your options with you and help you decide on the most helpful one for you. About 1 in 10 people who have laser eye surgery need more surgery to get the best possible results. There's usually no extra cost for this. With PIOL artificial lenses are placed in your eyes without removing your own natural lenses.
It's a bit like building contact lenses into your eyes. Because the lens is inside your eye, you can do things you could not normally do in contact lenses, such as swimming or water sports. PIOL can be a good option for younger people who are not able to have eye laser surgery, perhaps because they have a high eye prescription or a high degree of astigmatism. Later in life, RLE may be a better alternative.
The surgeon makes a small cut in the surface of your eye and slips the news lens in through this. No stitches are needed.
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