Yes, usually to read small print. Currently, nearly all lenses implanted in the USA are monofocal. This means they focus at only one particular distance (focusing distance depends on lens power). If your lens gives you perfect distance vision, you will have to use glasses to read. If your lens gives you perfect reading vision, you will have to use glasses to see clearly at distance.

Your old glasses may be adequate at first. You won’t harm the eye by wearing old glasses. After a couple of weeks the eye may be ready for testing and preliminary lens replacement. However, if you wait until about 4-6 weeks, refraction will be more stable. See similar questions...

In general, the prescription of glasses is more accurate than any type of refractive surgery. However, the vast majority of patients do not require glasses after refractive surgery. See similar questions...

Throughout childhood and the teens, a person's vision often does not remain stable. The body is constantly developing and changing. LASIK is a permanent procedure. For this reason, LASIK may not be performed on minors. Once your child is 18 or older, and his or her glasses or contacts prescription has been stable for at least a year or two, he or she may wish to consider LASIK corrective eye surgery. See similar questions...

It's best to allow a day or so before using your contact lenses following rhinoplasty. It's not uncommon for patients to tell us that giving their eyes a temporary rest from the contact lenses feels good for the first two to three days following rhinoplasty. It's OK to rest your glasses on the nasal cast. However, one week following rhinoplasty the cast is removed. At that time we will show you how to use the Frame-Ups® to prevent your eyewear from resting directly on your nose. See similar questions...

In most cases, the surgery is performed through incisions in the nostrils, leaving no visible scars. Bone and cartilage are trimmed and the nose reshaped. Nostril packs and splints may be required. This operation takes around two hours. Bruising and swelling may take three or four months to fully subside. Complications such as bleeding or infection are comparatively rare. Sometimes a chin implant is inserted at the same time to balance the profile. See similar questions...

In some cases, a deviated septum or enlarged mucous membranes (turbinates) in the nose cause breathing obstruction. These can usually be corrected at the same time as the cosmetic surgery. See similar questions...

Candidates for nose reshaping come in two categories: those who seek a rhinoplasty for cosmetic reasons, and those who need one to allow their noses to function naturally. A cosmetic nose job — most rhinoplasty surgeries fall into this classification — is a good choice for anyone who finds the shape of their nose unpleasing to look at in some significant way: too large, too small, too bent, too hooked, or anything else. See similar questions...

Most of the time, the patient will be unconscious under general sedation during the nose job procedure itself. In some cases, only local anesthetic will be used, but either way the goal is to ensure that the patient experiences minimal discomfort and pain while the surgery is underway. Most patients experience some mild to moderate discomfort after rhinoplasty for a few days. This pain can usually be dealt with using normal analgesics. See similar questions...

In most cases you will require glasses after cataract surgery, especially for reading. You may require a very thin lens to see distant objects along with normal reading glasses. See similar questions...

It depends on what type of intraocular lens you elect to have implanted. Most patients do not need glasses or contacts for distance tasks following cataract surgery with a traditional monofocal IOL Monofocal IOL: An intraocular lens that provides patients with only one focal point. Most commonly, these lenses correct only for distance vision. , but still rely on reading glasses for near tasks. See similar questions...

That depends on your age and whether you are already wearing reading glasses. Generally, if you are under age 40 you won't need reading glasses until you are older (mid to late 40s). If you are already wearing reading glasses or bifocals you may choose to have a monovision LASIK correction in which reading glasses won't be necessary. See similar questions...

If the patient opts to have only one eye treated at a time, a contact lens maybe needed for the untreated eye until the second eye is done. This can be done in almost all cases, even if you have not been able to tolerate contacts in the past. See similar questions...

Probably. One of our goals with modern-day cataract surgery is to reduce patients’ dependence on glasses. We frequently have patients able to drive without glasses following surgery. Many patients still need glasses for reading. We will take measurements and change glasses approximately four weeks after surgery. See similar questions...