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Laser Or Lens Implants?
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Am thinking about getting my eyes done. General vision is OK, just a struggle reading small print. But can’t decide between laser correction or lens implants; at 50+ do I need to consider permanency? Also, what about relative costs, and are the High St names as good as private in terms of cost/quality?
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it sounds as if you just need reading glasses (though if the deterioration continues, you may need to update them with new prescriptions occasionally). It happens to plenty of over-50s, including me.
In fact you may not even need a prescription: just take a book and try on a few different strengths in your local pound store.
In fact you may not even need a prescription: just take a book and try on a few different strengths in your local pound store.
Neither of those are permanent, as your eyes get older your vision changes. If you have ordinary glasses or contact lenses then you just get a new prescription for the lens as needed. If you use lazer correction you need to have it done again when your sight changes,same with implants you have to have them removed and replaced with new implants.
I started wearing cheapies a few years ago. Trouble is, the eyes adjust to rely on them, plus of course it’s something else that needs to be carried around. I’m in a position to get corrective surgery done so cost isn’t a huge concern – just want to take the right approach in terms of value for money and not needing further treatment later.
Go to an optician and get an eye test.Very very few if any people have exactly the same sight in both eyes, cheap reading glasses are the same for both eyes. An optician will check the sight of each eye separately and there will be a different prescription for each eye . I have just had new prescription glasses after making do with cheap reading glasses for a few months , the difference is astounding , just no comparison to cheap reader specs.
My lenses are different for the right and left eye and you can see it by looking through them with each eye in turn.
My lenses are different for the right and left eye and you can see it by looking through them with each eye in turn.
rather than trying eye surgery (whch can go wrong in a very small number of cases), I'd try getting better glasses first. And don't worry if your sight continues to deteriorate - that's what eyes do, and they'd do it if you'd had surgery too. But get a proper eye test first and get prescriptions for both eyes.
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But I'm really advising against surgery.
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I know someone who had surgery recently who's still having to wear shades weeks after the event, with some discomfort and impaired vision. Of course it could still work out fine for him (right now, he wishes he hadn't bothered), and it seems most operations are successful.
FWIW, my optician (albeit some years ago) said he didn't know of any ophthamologists who would opt for corrective surgery themselves, partly because of the statistical risk of making things worse in the short term, but also because the long term outcomes were unknown.
To summarise, I don't know, but at least I can spell ophthamologist correctly.
FWIW, my optician (albeit some years ago) said he didn't know of any ophthamologists who would opt for corrective surgery themselves, partly because of the statistical risk of making things worse in the short term, but also because the long term outcomes were unknown.
To summarise, I don't know, but at least I can spell ophthamologist correctly.
