I'm 19 and have a -10 in one eye and a -7 on the other. I’m afraid to get ICL surgery, does it work?

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My vision in a few years will change to the point where I have to use glasses or get lasik done. What are my chances of getting guaranteed that this ICL Sugery works?

Emil William Chynn, MD, FACS, MBA · Answer

you cant have lasik or ilasik you dont have enough tissue for that
you cant get prk it would scar
you can get lasek + mmc
you can get icl but it's more risky and more expensive
look at the table on my site it explains all of this and you can then email me any ?s fr the site!:)

Ahad Mahootchi, MD · Answer

All these surgeries are "Want to" not "Have to" surgeries.If your vision is changing you probably want to avoid surgery all together until the prescription stops changing. It's hard to satisfy the patients if the target prescription isn't stable.Lasik, PRK and ICL are all "low risk" but not "no risk" procedures. ICL has some advantages in high prescriptions like yours. In experienced hands, it's really a nice procedure.

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