Lasek Vs. Lasik for High Myopia

asked 1 year ago by charmer in Manhattan, NY
Latest answer by Christopher Coad, MD
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Tags: comparison, high, myopia

if you are a good candidate for both procedures, which is preferred for patients with high myopes (greater the -7.00). i would like a definitive answer. i keep getting differing answers.

3 answers to Lasek Vs. Lasik for High Myopia

LASIK vs LASEK for high prescriptions

You're getting different answers because the doctors you speak to are not explaining things to you in the detail necessary for you to make your own informed decision. I do things differently, i.e. assume my patients are smart enough to make the correct logical conclusions--provided I provide them with sufficient information (which I do)! I was the 1st LASIK surgeon in NYC to have LASIK myself, which means out of the 1,000 eye surgeons in NYC who say they do LASIK, and the 10 who do... more

Emil Chynn, MD
New York Ophthalmologist

www.ParkAvenueLasek.com

Recovery from LASIK is much quicker

I generally prefer LASIK but with a laser created flap. Recovery from LASIK is much quicker. The intralase (or femtosecond) laser has made bladeless LASIK more precise and safer for higher myopes. see video

Christopher Coad, MD
New York Ophthalmologist

www.lasikdoctornyc.com