Can a lazy eye be corrected cosmetically in someone 40 years of age?!

Can a lazy eye be corrected cosmetically in someone 40 years of age?

Is there a surgery to correct a lazy eye in someone who is almost 40 years old? Cosmetic surgery maybe?

1 week ago
Well, I believe it is a lazy eye. When one eye gets tired, the other tends to drift.

You need to be clearer. Some people incorrectly use the words "lazy eye" to mean an eye that turns away from alignment with the other eye. This turning can be up, down, in, out or a combination of these. Realignment can be done at age 40 and above. As mentioned in a previous answer, you should see a pediatric ophthalmologist with experience in extra-ocular muscle surgery. You will find that they have probably done a number of older patients just like you.

If, however, you are correctly using the term "lazy eye" to mean an eye where the vision has not developed to the same extent as your other eye - called amblyopia, then successfully improving the vision to equal the other eye is not a realistic expectation. LASIK or any other laser surgery will only provide you with the best vision that contacts or spectacles can provide for you now - maybe a little better. If the previously referred to case of curing lazy eye (amblyopia) with a laser really did happen, it would have be the first and only, and a monumental case.