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How Fast Does Eye Surgery Results Deteriorate over Time?
asked 7 months ago by healthyneeds
Latest answer by Jay Bansal, MD
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Tags: longevity, timing
How fast does eye surgery results deteriorate over time?
3 answers to How Fast Does Eye Surgery Results Deteriorate over Time?
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How long does LASIK last?
Girls over the age of 18-20 and boys sometimes between 19 and 22 or 23 stop growing and their eyes stop changing. If laser surgery is surgery is done once the eyes stop growing, and modern technology, most people will have excellent distance vision until they get cataracts.
Mark Golden, MD
Chicago Ophthalmologist
Chicago Ophthalmologist
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LASIK and other refractive surgery procedures
LASIK does not deteriorate with time in the way that you might be thinking. LASIK is a permanent change in the curvature of your cornea. It is performed in the corneal stroma, a location in the eye that does not regrow. Our eyes do naturally change throughout our lives and these changes occur regardless of having or not having LASIK. A person in his/her 40's can expect to need reading glasses at some times regardless of LASIK eye surgery. Cataracts will...
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Laser Vision Correction Results
The cornea tissue does not re-grow after laser treatments and the procedure is considered permanent. However, the eye does continue to age, so vision can change over time. This is especially true if laser vision correction is performed before the eye prescription has stabilized. For example, in younger patients their prescription usually won’t stabilize until 26-32 years old. After 40-45 years old, presbyopia (aging of the natural crystalline lens) becomes noticeable....
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