Lasix Surgery?!
Question: I'm 15 years old and my eyesight is above -6.00 in each eye. I have glasses and contacts, and with them i can see fine. But I would really very much prefer the surgery (cheaper, in the long run).
I need to know, though, if my eyesight is steadily getting worse (need new prescription about every year), can I still get it?? I mean, is it a surgery that completely eliminated nearsightedness? Argh, explaining it is difficult. >.< Mainly, will one surgery now eliminate my bad sight completely, even in several years? I'm not quite sure how it works.
Answers: I'm 15 years old and my eyesight is above -6.00 in each eye. I have glasses and contacts, and with them i can see fine. But I would really very much prefer the surgery (cheaper, in the long run).
I need to know, though, if my eyesight is steadily getting worse (need new prescription about every year), can I still get it?? I mean, is it a surgery that completely eliminated nearsightedness? Argh, explaining it is difficult. >.< Mainly, will one surgery now eliminate my bad sight completely, even in several years? I'm not quite sure how it works.
First of all, any reputable company would not even consider you at age 15.
Secondly, laser treatment is a temporary solution. No-one'e prescription is ever stable their whole life so, yes your prescription will increase after the surgery and you would need glasses again after wards, it might be a few years before this happens but it will.
If you want to be free of glasses, continue with contact lenses, they can change with your prescription. Just follow your opticians advice. If they say only wear the lenses for so many hours and so many days, then listen to them. If you over-wear your lenses you can starve your eyes of oxygen and that can lead to blood vessels growing into the cornea. If this occurs you have to stop wearing lenses, possibly forever- you don't want that!
Listen to the advice of an independent optician and approach any such thoughts of eye surgery with extreme caution.
laser surgery produces scar tissue and repeated operations will increase this too.
Your eyes have not stabilised and it would appear that any benefits would be highly questionable and short lived.
I agree with you that the percieved benefit of freedom from lenses is most attractive and desired, but be "long sighted" in considering your situation and apply a bit of patience too.