Eye Health and Farsightedness
Eye Health and Farsightedness
If wearing contact lenses or glasses isn't for you, surgery can reduce or even eliminate your dependence on glasses or contact lenses. The most common procedures to correct farsightedness include:
Talk to your eye doctor about which treatment is best for you.
Eye Health and Farsightedness
In this article
- What Causes Farsightedness?
- What Are the Symptoms of Farsightedness?
- How Is Farsightedness Diagnosed?
- How Is Farsightedness Corrected?
How Is Farsightedness Corrected? continued...
If wearing contact lenses or glasses isn't for you, surgery can reduce or even eliminate your dependence on glasses or contact lenses. The most common procedures to correct farsightedness include:
- LASIK. During laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, a flap is cut through the top of the cornea, a laser sculpts your internal corneal tissue into a vision correcting shape, and then the flap is dropped back into place. LASIK is the most common surgery used to correct farsightedness.
- PRK (LASIK without a flap). During a photorefractive keratectomy, a laser is used to shape the cornea so that light rays can focus closer to or even on the retina.
Talk to your eye doctor about which treatment is best for you.
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