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I always assumed I'd get LASIK if my vision started to degrade. Then I learned that apparently LASIK can't treat age-related farsightedness: fixing your close
by haberman 3y ago
I always assumed I'd get LASIK if my vision started to degrade. Then I learned that apparently LASIK can't treat age-related farsightedness: fixing your close vision will mess up your far vision. The only option AFAIU is to treat one eye only, so you have one eye for close vision and one eye for far. That doesn't sound very enticing to me.
- lttlrck 3y agoYep. I have had myopia since my teens and by the time I decided to consider LASIK at 40 my optician told me it wasn't worth it because my vision will start to adjust toward far sightedness within 10 years. Fantastic advice! A few years later my prescription started to drop and I wear glasses less and less. If I had LASIK I'd be looking at glasses or more LASIK already. I do have low prescription inserts for VR because one eye is slightly weaker and I found that more noticeable than IRL.
- ask_b123 3y agoWait, how should I use this info if I’m in my mid 20s and wanted to have LASIK? Well, I suppose I should discuss it with my optician.
- balls187 3y agoYes, I have one eye under corrected for precisely that reason. It’s not nearly as bad as you might think and it only ever comes up during my annual eye exam.