Too Old for Lasik?

I have successfully done LASEK on a man who was 84, all you need to know is you need punctual plugs, Restasis, and Lacrisert to prevent/treat your dry eyes in the postop period (for a few months), and also MonoVision so you won't need readers, afterwards, either!

You can technically have Lasik at any age although it is not the best option for quite a few reasons. Those over the age of 50 often require reading glasses after Lasik, and for this reason I often recommend MonoVision. In addition to Monovision, the real diamond standard for someone over the age of 50 is contact lens implants, preferably the ClearLens exchange. This will prevent you from needing cataract surgery down the road and will hit 2 birds with one stone when it comes to vision correction.

There is no age limit for LASIK. However, most of the time, we prefer Intraocular Lens Surgery for patients beyond the age of 60. On the other hand, we often times perform LASIK for refractive adjustments after performing Intraocular Lens Surgery. We have successfully performed LASIK on patients as old as 85-years-of-age.