Astigmatism Lasik
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
I have astigmatism, can I get Lasik Eye Surgery?
How old do you have to be? What other alternatives are there, besides glasses, contacts, and lasik eye surgery? I’d like something permanant. How long does it take for it to heal? Are there serious risks during the procedure? If I can’t Get Lasik eye surgery done, what’s the problem? Sorry about all the questions, feel free to give me as much information as you can because I’m pretty sure I’m missing something that I’ll want to know later . .
Sure.
Lasik works for most healthy people with healthy eyes who need total corrections less than about 3 or 4 diopters. It has to do with the shape of the eye and the thickness of the cornea.
You really should wait to have the proceedure until you have stopped growing and until your corrective prescriptive lenses have been the same for a year. When you are older, you will probably go 3 or 6 years without changing your prescription. You will not want to risk complications by having a lasik revision frequently while you are young.
The cornea is sliced with a micro thin blade (micro karatome) and flipped up. The lazer contours the freshly exposed inside tissue of the cornea and corrects the vision. The flap is then closed.
The corneal flap makes a bandage and the whole thing heals pretty quickly.
There are risks. Infection, halos in the night vision are the ones that come to mind.
You need to see two or three doctors, in my opinion. The consultations take about an hour. The consultations are free or about 50 dollars.
Lasik will not work if the astigmatism is very severe. My correction was more than 4.75 diopters and would have required PRK.
PRK requires the lazering off the front of the cornea and takes 2-3 weeks of rest and no work to heal.
My brother had PRK and needed 16 days. My sister had lasik and was back to work in three day. Both are happy and generally do not need any glasses.
See the doctors. Google LASIK and read about twenty sites.
God Bless you.
Lasik Minute – Astigmatism