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Can You Have Regular Lasik and then Change to Mono Vision Lasik?

asked 1 year ago by Kayrae in Pennsylvania
Latest answer by Christopher Coad, MD
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Tags: combination, monovision, regulations

Can You Have Regular Lasik and then Change to Mono Vision Lasik?

7 answers to Can You Have Regular Lasik and then Change to Mono Vision Lasik?

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Be certain before you take this step

Yes, but consider trial contact lenses to be certain that you understand the post operative results/outcome.
Christopher Coad, MD

New York Ophthalmologist

www.lasikdoctornyc.com

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How to obtain reading vision after LASIK

As people age, they lose the ability to focus up close. By the time that most individuals are in their mid forties and have good vision for distance they will need glasses for reading. Just like someone who was born with naturally good vision for distance, those with LASIK are in the same situation. Monovision can be a great solution for some people. In my experience about one half of people enjoy monovision and the other half don't. Testing can be done to... more
Mark Golden, MD

Chicago Ophthalmologist
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LASIIK Retreatment to Create Monovision

If you had LASIK at age 30 and now you are 45 and starting to have some difficulty reading, it is possible to perform an enhancement to create monovision. There are a few things to look at first, however. Is there enough remaining corneal tissue to allow for a safe retreatment(your surgeon can tell you this). Second, will this treatment improve your near vision enough to make it "worth it".....your surgeons office should be able to show you, via an eyeglass or contact lens tria more
Anthony J. Kameen, MD

Baltimore Ophthalmologist

www.kameen.com

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Not Always a Good Idea

It depends on many things whether having another LASIK procedure for monovision is a good idea.  If the original LASIK was many years ago (as I suspect) then you run a much higher risk of complications having it done again for monovision.  Specifically, the risks of epithelial ingrowth which is when a layer of the skin of the eye grows under the flap can be problematic.  In general it is best to decide what the refractive goal is and not make a later change. more
Jon Dishler, MD

Denver Ophthalmologist
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Monovision LASIK after Distance LASIK

You can usually have an enhancement to perform monovision LASIK after Distance LASIK.  If there is not enough corneal tissue, another laser vision correction may be possible, known as Advanced Surface Ablation. 
Sandy Feldman, MD

San Diego Ophthalmologist
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Good question

In monovision LASIK or PRK we leave the non-dominant eye a little nearsighted in order to allow comfortable reading with that eye. The other eye is corrected for distance vision. This procedure is only performed on patients in the presbyopic age group, typically above the age of 40. Before inducing monovision surgically I always have my patients try it out first with a lengthy contact lens trial as this can help avoid the situation you are in now. The good news is that you can have... more
Christopher Starr, MD

New York Ophthalmologist
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Choosing monovision LASIK after both eyes have been treated for distance

Yes, this is possible IF corneal thickness permits.  Also, I would recommend a contact lens trial of monovision first, to make sure that you like that type of vision (about 90% of patients like monovision).  It would not be good to do monovision surgically with a second procedure, then find you don't like it, and have a third procedure.
Gary Kawesch, MD

San Jose Ophthalmologist

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