How Long Does Lasik Results Last?

If you go to a laser vision correction specialist who only does refractive surgery, your result will be permanent. This is because he or she would properly overcorrect you a bit to allow for regression (which everyone experiences a bit), and also if you're younger than 30 overcorrect you even more to allow for PROGRESSION, which is because your eye keeps growing until you're 30 (this is called axial progression). If you go to a person without sufficient experience, he or she will... more

This a great question and one that I frequently hear. Remember that nearsightedness means a person has inherited an eye that is too long; farsightedness means they inherited an eye that is too short; astigmatism means they inherited an eye which is not curved properly. With this information as a backdrop, once your visual condition is corrected with the laser(LASIK or PRK), then that inherited condition is permanently fixed. Since the average patient(let's say 28 years old) is no... more

We are often asked about how long LASIK will last, and there is no absolute answer. In the fifteen years we have been performing this procedure it is permanent for most patients. A small percentage of patients will have some decrease in the effect over many years, but in most cases the remaining vision is still very good and although it may be noticed by the patient, objectively almost all of the effect of the LASIK remains. The most important factors are that the vision is stable to... more