In lieu of bifocal lenses my surgeon suggests one of each in cataract surgery will this work?
laser eye surgery 50 years old
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Celia P
I am 74 years old and have worn bifocal glasses for 36 years, I have cataracts in both eyes and am having surgery. I do not wish to spend $6000 for the bifocal lenses so the surgeon strongly recommends putting a distance lens in one eye and a reading lens in the other. I worry it won't work and once it is done, it is done. Has anyone had this done and how did it work?
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I've met many who have had that done, and every one of them I have met, regret it. Either with implants after cataract surgery or with Lasik surgery which many laser clinics also push as a solution.
Not everyone can get used to that to begin with , and even those who can , still find that night driving is a nightmare after because they have lost depth perception.
Using just one eye for reading is also tiring much faster than when both are used.
There is much more pleasure in having good distance vision in both , and using reading glasses for near.
That is the same process we often try on people in their 40's called Monovision , with contacts lenses. Only about 40% are successful with it, during daylight hours but the vast majority of that 40% also find they can't wear the lenses like that ( one for near, one for distance) comfortably at night.
It must work for some people, but being irrreversable, personally, I wouldn't take the chance. With monovision in contacts, they just stop wearing them like that if it doesn't work.
Good luck with your choice. I have given you my experience with probably 50 or 60 patients over the last couple of years.
I've met many who have had that done, and every one of them I have met, regret it. Either with implants after cataract surgery or with Lasik surgery which many laser clinics also push as a solution.
Not everyone can get used to that to begin with , and even those who can , still find that night driving is a nightmare after because they have lost depth perception.
Using just one eye for reading is also tiring much faster than when both are used.
There is much more pleasure in having good distance vision in both , and using reading glasses for near.
That is the same process we often try on people in their 40's called Monovision , with contacts lenses. Only about 40% are successful with it, during daylight hours but the vast majority of that 40% also find they can't wear the lenses like that ( one for near, one for distance) comfortably at night.
It must work for some people, but being irrreversable, personally, I wouldn't take the chance. With monovision in contacts, they just stop wearing them like that if it doesn't work.
Good luck with your choice. I have given you my experience with probably 50 or 60 patients over the last couple of years.
I want eye surgery to correct my vision will lasik eye surgery work for me?
Justin L
My left eye is -7.75 -50 x135 and my right eye is -8.00 can somebody tell me if lasik is right for me?
Answer
Technically, we can't determine that on-line; you would need to go to one of the places that does it and have them look at your eyes and make an evaluation if you are a suitable candidate; (most places will do the evaluation for free).
Typically, you need to be about 20ish or older and have had stable vision for at least a year (they want to make sure that once they do the procedure, your vision won't get worse and mess up the results). Your level of nearsightedness is pretty close to the limit of what they can correct for (the more correction they have to do, the more of your cornea they have to blast away with lasers, and they don't want it to be too thin to function properly).
You really want to choose the place where you get this procedure done very carefully, to minimize the chance that something will go wrong.
Technically, we can't determine that on-line; you would need to go to one of the places that does it and have them look at your eyes and make an evaluation if you are a suitable candidate; (most places will do the evaluation for free).
Typically, you need to be about 20ish or older and have had stable vision for at least a year (they want to make sure that once they do the procedure, your vision won't get worse and mess up the results). Your level of nearsightedness is pretty close to the limit of what they can correct for (the more correction they have to do, the more of your cornea they have to blast away with lasers, and they don't want it to be too thin to function properly).
You really want to choose the place where you get this procedure done very carefully, to minimize the chance that something will go wrong.
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