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CLAIM YOUR PROFILEWe don’t recommend that you have LASIK done but rather consider PRK with mitomycin C.
Here are the concepts which you need to keep in mind:
But in our opinion patience is a virtue, and is well worth it because you only have 2 eyes. Good luck!
Board Certified Ophthalmologist
You can have either PRK or LASIK for your level of astigmatism. Which procedure you have is not as important as the technology and surgeon that does your procedure. For the past 15 years we have done PRK and LASIK BOTH for your level of astigmatism with excellent results.
Good luck, you only have 2 eyes!
Board Certified Ophthalmologist
Yes, you may have LASIK for myopia of minus 7.5, BUT you have to make sure that your cornea is thick. There is also a non flap option for correcting minus 7.5 called PRK. However, in your post you wrote + 7.5 which means you actually have farsightedness or hyperopia which is very different than myopia or nearsightedness. If, indeed, that is the case, than your options at your age are limited to either doing nothing or doing a clear lens exchange and replacing your natural crystalline lens with an implant that is an entirely different and much more serious procedure than LASIK or PRK.
Good luck, you only have 2 eyes!
Board Certified Ophthalmologist
We feel that PRK is a much better option for you. Here is why. Because you are young your prescription may change a bit into your 30’s, having PRK will give you the opportunity to have an enhancement 5, 10 or even 15 years from your initial treatment. If you had LASIK and need an enhancement 5,10 or 15 years later you must do PRK anyway.
Secondly, if you are very active and participate in sports, after LASIK there is always the possibility of dislodging the flap (which has serious visiual consequences). And last but not least a cornea of 520 in our opinion is a bit too thin to do LASIK, you risk a small chance of corneal ectasia in the future.
Your “higher prescription” should not worry you for the PRK procedure because we have done PRK for patients as high as minus 9 with excellent results. One caveat we routinely use Mitomycin for PRK patients to prevent corneal haze again with good outcomes.
Good luck, you only have 2 eyes.
Board Certified Ophthalmologist
We agree with monovision and PRK. Your myopia is significant and pupil size large in order to perform the proper LASIK correction it would require significant removal of corneal tissue which may possibly lead to corneal ectasia in the future and poor quality vision.
PRK is a better option BUT there is a possibility of corneal haze with PRK therefore the doctor who does your treatment should consider using Mitomycin which is used during the PRK treatment to reduce the possibility of haze.
Regarding monovision and your lifestyle. Tennis and computers are very different in terms of visual function but you CAN have good vision for both of those activities. Here is what we would recommend have the surgeon determine your dominant eye and do that dominant eye for minus .50 diopter and do the non-dominant eye (the near vision eye) for minus 1.25 to minus 1.50 diopters. If you are able to achieve those prescriptions after your surgery you should be able to drive, watch movies, read and use the computer well into your late 50s and early 60’s without glasses.
We have done this type of correction for patients in our office for many years and everyone has been very pleased and happy with their vision.
Good luck you only have 2 eyes.
Board Certified Ophthalmologist
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