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Is It Required To Go For Any Eye Surgery Like Lasik Or ICL?

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Posted on Thu, 30 May 2024
Question: Hello Doctor, is it required to go for any eye surgery like Lasik or ICL? I am 42 years old with -7 spherical and -2 cylindrical power.

Any (-ve) impact of doing nothing here?

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Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (14 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Very indevidual choice

Detailed Answer:
Dear,
Thanks for sending your query to us.
There are various pros and cons which are to be understood by you before you take a very informed decision.There are various tests which decide weather you need Lasik or icl.Here we will confine ourselves with surgery or no surgery for you.
Why you should not have surgery
First and foremost after 40 normally you start needing glasses for near,once we make you normal by surgery you again need glasses for reading after a while,The very purpose of surgery is defeated if you need glasses for reading,that power keeps on increasing as the age advances.
All surgeries have a level of complications
We are operating upon a perfectly healthy tissue
As against that
You get rid of glasses
These are FDA approved procedures
These surgeries are being done for a long time and patients are happy
So you re supposed to take decision and we are there to assist you in making that choice.
Any further query in this regard, please do get back to me
Thanks.
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Is It Required To Go For Any Eye Surgery Like Lasik Or ICL?

Brief Answer: Very indevidual choice Detailed Answer: Dear, Thanks for sending your query to us. There are various pros and cons which are to be understood by you before you take a very informed decision.There are various tests which decide weather you need Lasik or icl.Here we will confine ourselves with surgery or no surgery for you. Why you should not have surgery First and foremost after 40 normally you start needing glasses for near,once we make you normal by surgery you again need glasses for reading after a while,The very purpose of surgery is defeated if you need glasses for reading,that power keeps on increasing as the age advances. All surgeries have a level of complications We are operating upon a perfectly healthy tissue As against that You get rid of glasses These are FDA approved procedures These surgeries are being done for a long time and patients are happy So you re supposed to take decision and we are there to assist you in making that choice. Any further query in this regard, please do get back to me Thanks.