Lasik Possible Post Cataract Surgery?

Many people who have cataract surgery have some residual correction and this can be improved with either relaxing incisions or with laser surgery.  LASIK with a blade free approach can be done safely in most patients as long as the cataract incision is well healed.  The VisuMax laser is particularly good for this application in that it raises the eye pressure the least of any method for creating the corneal flap.  If your vision is correctable with glasses to 20/20 then LASIK should help, but if there is some other problem reducing your vision then LASIK will not be of much value.  Your eyecare professional can help guide you in this decision.  Most often this will not be covered by either Medicare or health insurance.

Cataract surgery has essentially become a refractive surgery procedure. What I mean by that is if a post cataract patient in 2010 still needs to wear eyeglasses after cataract surgery, then the patient feels the surgery was a failure. This was not the case 10 years ago. The good news, though, is that either LASIK or PRK can be performed to take away whatever remaining prescription there is after cataract surgery. I usually recommend waiting 3 months after surgery, then one can proceed with a laser vision correction procedure. It is becoming quite commonplace and is as safe as primary LASIK or PRK.