Can you see perfect after Lasik, or does it depend on your eyes?
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Like if your eyes are really bad can Lasik surgery make them see 20/20 again? Or would it just make them a little better than they were?
gold_miners_daughter
Posted 1 month ago
Lasik can make you see what your eyes are capable of seeing. Say if the best you can see in your glasses (your best corrected vision)is 20/30 then more than likely that will be the best you will see after lasik. I have had seen patients that see better after lasik but its not guaranteed. If you can see 20/20 with correction then you will see that if not better after lasik.As far as your eyes being really bad, it doesn’t matter as long as you have a healthy eye and enough corneal tissue for the amount of treatment you need you should see great after surgery.
Kelly C
Posted 1 month ago
I just had lasik done and I can see perfect! It is wonderful! They say some people may need reading glasses, especially if you needed reading glasses before the surgery.
LasikExpert
Posted 1 month ago
What you can expect from Lasik greatly depends upon many factors.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik.htm
I work for a nonprofit Lasik patient advocacy. We don’t provide Lasik, but we do provide Lasik information and we certify Lasik doctors’ patient outcomes.
There are too many considerations to list, but I’ll start with some of the major ones:
1) Type of refractive error. Correcting myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted) vision is generally more successful than hyperopia (farsighted, longsighted) vision correction.
http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/hyperopia.htm
2) Astigmatism. An irregular cornea even with normal astigmatism can be more challenging to correct.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-astigmatism.htm
3) Amount of refractive error. Myopia over about 8.00 diopters, hyperopia over about 3.00 diopters, and astigmatism over about 2.00 diopters or more than half the myopia/hyperopia are more challenging to correct.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-bad-vision.htm
4) Thin corneas. Lasik works by reshaping the cornea through tissue removal. The corneas need enough tissue to remain stable.
http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/thickness.htm
5) Ocular and general health. Some disease or even a family history of disease can elevate the risk for a poor Lasik outcome.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-faq.htm
6) Expectations. The most that you will gain from Lasik is the convenience of a reduced need for corrective lenses. To attain that convenience, you must be willing to accept some risk. It is unreasonable to expect vision after Lasik to be better than vision before Lasik with glasses. Yes, it happens, but don’t expect it.
http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/odds.htm
7) The surgeon. More than any other single factor, your choice of Lasik doctor will determine the probability of a good outcome. This is the person who will evaluate these and all other important indicators of your ability to have successful Lasik. The doctor is even more important than the laser. There is no amount of technology that can compensate for an inferior surgeon.
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Like if your eyes are really bad can Lasik surgery make them see 20/20 again? Or would it just make them a little better than they were?
gold_miners_daughter
Posted 1 month ago
Lasik can make you see what your eyes are capable of seeing. Say if the best you can see in your glasses (your best corrected vision)is 20/30 then more than likely that will be the best you will see after lasik. I have had seen patients that see better after lasik but its not guaranteed. If you can see 20/20 with correction then you will see that if not better after lasik.As far as your eyes being really bad, it doesn’t matter as long as you have a healthy eye and enough corneal tissue for the amount of treatment you need you should see great after surgery.
Kelly C
Posted 1 month ago
I just had lasik done and I can see perfect! It is wonderful! They say some people may need reading glasses, especially if you needed reading glasses before the surgery.
LasikExpert
Posted 1 month ago
What you can expect from Lasik greatly depends upon many factors.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik.htm
I work for a nonprofit Lasik patient advocacy. We don’t provide Lasik, but we do provide Lasik information and we certify Lasik doctors’ patient outcomes.
There are too many considerations to list, but I’ll start with some of the major ones:
1) Type of refractive error. Correcting myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted) vision is generally more successful than hyperopia (farsighted, longsighted) vision correction.
http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/hyperopia.htm
2) Astigmatism. An irregular cornea even with normal astigmatism can be more challenging to correct.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-astigmatism.htm
3) Amount of refractive error. Myopia over about 8.00 diopters, hyperopia over about 3.00 diopters, and astigmatism over about 2.00 diopters or more than half the myopia/hyperopia are more challenging to correct.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-bad-vision.htm
4) Thin corneas. Lasik works by reshaping the cornea through tissue removal. The corneas need enough tissue to remain stable.
http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/thickness.htm
5) Ocular and general health. Some disease or even a family history of disease can elevate the risk for a poor Lasik outcome.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-faq.htm
6) Expectations. The most that you will gain from Lasik is the convenience of a reduced need for corrective lenses. To attain that convenience, you must be willing to accept some risk. It is unreasonable to expect vision after Lasik to be better than vision before Lasik with glasses. Yes, it happens, but don’t expect it.
http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/odds.htm
7) The surgeon. More than any other single factor, your choice of Lasik doctor will determine the probability of a good outcome. This is the person who will evaluate these and all other important indicators of your ability to have successful Lasik. The doctor is even more important than the laser. There is no amount of technology that can compensate for an inferior surgeon.
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Lord_Darkclaw
Posted 1 month ago
It depends on your eyes, but they can probably be improved to better than 20/20. Just be careful to do some homework before you risk your eyes, it is NOT a minor routine operation so find out everything you can about the surgeon who will do the work. Scarring can occur which will leave you permanently seeing scratch marks in front of your eyes.