Lasik for Astigmatism?

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Latest answer by Emil Chynn, MD
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Tags: astigmatism, vision, vision correction

Can Lasik fix astigmatism and make vision better in general?

5 answers to Lasik for Astigmatism?

The dreaded "Astigmatism"

Years ago, the correction of astigmatism was one of the greatest hurdles to a terrific LASIK result. Now, with amazing advances in laser mapping and technology, astigmatism has become a routine treatment. Patients, however, love to talk about their astigmatism as if it were some dreaded disease(like "Rheumatism")! Nothing could be further from the truth. Astigmatism can make wearing contact lenses very difficult, but that does not mean LASIK will be so. Once all of the... more

Anthony J. Kameen, MD
Baltimore Ophthalmologist

www.kameen.com

Astigmatism can be fixed by LASIK

In a perfect world, all eyes would have a nice spherical shape and be perfect optical lenses. In the real world, it is amazing that as many eyes are as good as they are. And the eye is formed during development there is a seam and to make a perfect eye is very difficult and not always accomplished. The eye has a shape like a football on end when astigmatism is present, and this scatters light rays traveling through it so that simple optics cannot correct it. This is why soft contact... more

Jon Dishler, MD
Denver Ophthalmologist

LASIK vs LASEK for astigmatism

If you have a low to moderate amount of astigmatism, either LASIK or LASEK can successfully eliminate that. I know this personally as both a surgeon and patient, as I had 1.50 diopters of astigmatism before my LASIK in 1999, and got rid of it totally (although I needed to be "double-carded" or my myopia shot first, then another treatment card inserted into the laser to treat my astigmatism, because this was so long ago it was before FDA approved the COMBINED treatment of myopia... more

Emil Chynn, MD
New York Ophthalmologist

www.ParkAvenueLasek.com