Laser Eye Surgery For Nearsightedness
is there a Laser Eye Surgery for rapid eye movement and nearsightedness?
i am near sighted and have rapid eye movement would it be possible for me to get lasic eye surgery
That mostly depends on what you mean by “rapid eye movement”. I suspect you don’t mean the eye movements during deep sleep (“REM sleep”) — are you talking about nystagmus, which is involuntary rhythmic eye movements? For the rest of my answer, I’m assuming you do in fact have nystagmus.
There’s a few problems with this. First off, you’d need to go to a big laser centre with an upgraded eye tracker on their laser so that, during surgery, your eye movements can be compensated for. Some surgeons have this equipment but still don’t feel comfortable operating on people with nystagmus because the results may not be as good, and a complication in one eye’s surgery could potentially make the eye movements worse. Secondly, your reduced vision may be from the nystagmus, at least in part, which would mean the vision may not improve to a normal ’20/20′ level after surgery. Thirdly, it’s possible that you aren’t nearsighted but have been given nearsighted glasses to help your vision by reducing the eye motion, meaning the laser surgery might not help either. Not being able to see your eyes, I don’t know, but even if everything else is fine, it might take some work to find a surgeon who’s familiar enough with these sorts of things to be comfortable.
Long story short, it’s not impossible, but it sounds like your eyes are complicated. Your best bet will be going in to talk to a surgeon at a major laser surgery centre near you — most places here have free consultations — and get some definite answers based on examining your eyes.
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April 26th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Well I’m 22 and had all laser interlase Lasik Eye Surgery last Thursday and love it already. I went to my 24 hour follow up on friday and my vision is now 20/20 (I was classified as legally blind before the procedure). The first 24 hours were definitely uncomfortable (I slept most of it though). I was told by my surgeon that due to my age there is a 30% chance that I will need what they call an enhancement procedure in 10 years. However my surgery came with 100% lifetime guarantee so if I do need an enhancement I won’t need to pay again which is nice since the procedure did cost me $4000. Like the other posters have suggested go to a free consolation and find out if you are a candidate (I actually went to a few places). I ended up going to Lasik Plus (http://www.lasikplus.com/), they have tons of locations. During the consolation you bascially go through a very in depth eye exam to check various things (one of the big ones is testing the thickness of your cornea (if they’re not that thick it will limit which types of Lasik Surgery you may be able to get, if any). Generally they won’t do surgery if your vision has not been stabilized for at least 1-2 years. Also, your vision is not very bad so they may still recommend you wait a few more years. Just remember there are risks but the recent FDA complainants are not new (or really lot when you consider how many people have had it done), the press just focuses on them every once in a while. The key is to make sure you find a surgeon that you feel comfortable in that is willing to answer any questions you may have. Also the poster that said the surgery is reversible for up to 2 years is totally wrong! Enhancements can be preformed, but there is no way the procedure can be reversed.
May 18th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
You have to be at least 18-25 years old, unless there are extenuating circumstances. If there is a reason for this to be done, more work may have to be done later due to the eyes changing as you grow up. Okay, if your son is 17 1/2, wait the few months til he’s 18, then check around with surgeons in the area to find one who is willing to take patients that young. Then he will have to be evaluated, and if his prescription hasn’t been stable enough, they will not perform it on him until it stabilizes.