Yes, CK® has been proven to be safe and effective for most patients that have already had a LASIK procedure. Those patients must wait approximately one year after their LASIK procedure to proceed with CK®. To determine candidacy with a certainty, you will still need a comprehensive exam with an ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.).

Unfortunately, the answer is usually no. Difficulty reading after the age of 40 is typically due to a hardening of the lens inside of the eye. LASIK is designed to correct nearsightedness and astigmatism by changing the shape of the outer surface of the eye. This change in shape does nothing to help or harm the flexibility of the lens, thus presbyopia (difficulty reading) is neither improved nor diminished. See similar questions...

Reading glasses will be required only for people nearing 40 yrs and above. This is due to ageing process. However your surgeon may be able to help you by compromising on distant vision or monovision. See similar questions...

No. LASIK will only eliminate your need for glasses for distance vision. If you have good distance vision, but only need glasses to read you have presbyopia and are not a candidate for LASIK. See similar questions...

Many people need reading glasses after they reach age 40. If you wear reading glasses or bifocal lenses, you may be able to eliminate them with monovision, which requires using LASIK to correct your vision so that one eye is slightly nearsighted, for reading without glasses. See similar questions...

YES! The LASIK procedure will be able to correct your shortsightedness or longsightedness with astigmatism. However, you will still need reading glasses to see clearly up close from 40 years of age onwards. Alternatively, some patients may prefer to have Monovision where LASIK can be performed under one eye so as to leave it slightly myopic, giving the patients the ability to use one eye for near vision while the other eye for distance vision . See similar questions...

Yes, the LASIK procedure can correct your shortsightedness or longsightedness with astigmatism. However, you will still need reading glasses to see up close from 40 years of age onwards. Alternatively, some patients may prefer to have monovision where LASIK can be performed to under-correct one eye leaving it slightly myopic, giving the patient the ability to use one eye for near vision and the other eye for distance vision. See similar questions...

Yes and no. The need for reading glasses usually begins at age 40 to 45, and is caused by a loss of elasticity of the natural lens inside the eye. This loss of elasticity results in an inability to focus on small print or objects at near. This condition is called presbyopia. Laser vision correction cannot restore the elasticity to the natural lens inside the eye. See similar questions...

Many people achieve 20/20 vision, or better, after undergoing LASIK eye surgery. Although patients experience an improvement in their vision, some may still need to wear corrective lenses for certain tasks, though the necessary power of correction will be much smaller than before. The result of the LASIK procedure is also influenced by the amount of correction needed. 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...

people add candles to their birthday cakes, at about the age of 40, the natural autofocusing lens of the eye begins to lose its autofocus capability. This is when reading glasses appear or nearsighted people start lifting their glasses in order to see up close. See similar questions...

Not necessarily. As with anything else you do in life, it is important to have the right tool for the job. You would not use a hammer when you need a screwdriver. The same goes for your vision: you would not use distance glasses for doing close work. So, in most cases, your reading glasses are probably not going to do the job at the computer. See similar questions...

Most customers can not justify the large price difference between prescription readers and ready readers. In addition, customers who do need prescription lenses should be able to buy ready-made readers in multiple pairs. A consumer can buy one pair of prescription readers for $200 once every three years, or they buy a pair of readers for $30 to $99 every eight to 12 months. 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...

Patients with virtually every degree of nearsightedness are enjoying good outcomes with LASIK. We are able to treat mild to moderate degrees of farsightedness and astigmatism. For more extreme farsightedness, implantable contact lenses may be an option. Our counselor will be happy to discuss this procedure with you during your free evaluation. See similar questions...

If your vision is clear without glasses or contacts and you've started wearing glasses around the age of 40 only to read then you have become presbyopic. This is a "normal" aging process and is not corrected by laser surgery. See similar questions...

There is no procedure available that can guarantee perfect vision for the rest of your life. The good news is, most people who elect to have vision correction surgery experience marked improvement in their vision for a significant amount of time. What's more, there are now vision treatments available to help your vision stay clear and sharp, without glasses, at different stages of life. See similar questions...