I have high prescription hyperopia circa +12 and would like to understand if RLE is a feasible option?

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I have recently started looking into the options of surgery for vision correction and have become aware of RLE. I am wondering if it would be an option, given my high prescription, but would like some advice first from an expert. Prescription: Right Eye: Sph +11.5 Cyl -075 Axis 180 Left Eye: Sph +12.0 Cyl -100 Axis 5 My eyes are very small, historically too small for soft lenses, if this has any bearing... And I am aged 39. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance. Richard

Kourosh Mohammadi, MD · Answer

+12 is a highly unusual prescription and certainly not ok for lasik. Are you sure you are not myopic and actually -12?

Anthony J. Kameen, MD (retired) · Answer

If your prescription is truly a +12.0,  then it would be one of the worst cases of farsightedness that I have ever seen. This is, however, consistent with your extremely small eye, since farsightedness results when you inherit a small short eye. This severity would make any laser approach impossible and the only treatment would be to remove your human lens and insert a synthetic lens, which is done all the time for people with cataracts. Since your eye is so small, it is a surgery that is not without risk, but likely the only one you can consider. I believe your age of 39 is the perfect time to consider this.

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