Can lasik surgery help people who are far-sighted?!


Question: Can lasik surgery help people who are far-sighted!?
I read that it's good for people who are near-sighted!. I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Lasik is capable of correcting nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism!. It doesn't matter whether one eye is one and the other is another!. Each eye is dealt with separately based upon its own individual needs!.

EDIT: Carson D is confusing farsightedness with a condition called presbyopia!. Farsightedness is NOT a difficulty with focusing at near!. That is what presbyopia is!. This is one of the most common misconceptions by those who are not educated in eye care!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

The main symptom is blurred vision when focusing on near objects!. If you find yourself squinting when looking at close up items, you may be farsighted!. If you use reading glasses but have no need of glasses to see distant objects, you may be farsighted!. A routine eye examine can determine if you're farsighted!.

In the not too distant past, most doctors felt that LASIK surgery was not an appropriate treatment for farsightedness!. The problem was that if the surgery corrected focusing for close up objects, distance focusing was sacrificed!. But new methods have been developed that make this way of thinking obsolete!.

LASIK surgery helps to correct farsightedness by using a laser to reshape the cornea so that close up focusing ability is restored!. But here's the trick - it's only performed on one eye! A preliminary eye exam determines which eye is best equipped for distance viewing and that eye is kept as-is!. The other eye receives the LASIK treatment to improve close distance focusing!. Now you have one eye for distance viewing and one for close up viewing!. Your brain merges the images from both eyes, and the result is that you can see near and far!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

i am long sighted and i would never get that done because it can go very wrong!. youd be better off just wearing glasses or contactsWww@Answer-Health@Com





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