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Can Surgery Help To Reduce The Eye Power?
Hi, my 5.5 yrs daughter is wearing a eye glass of power -9.0 on both eyes, our doctor told it could be increase by increase of her age. i am very worried about it, do you have any solution like eye surgery to get reduce her power glass. it would be great to get some advice regarding this matter . thank you !!
Tue, 24 Jun 2014
Hello
It seems from the history that your daughter is having refractive error in the form of myopia.
The refractive errors tend to increase in this age and get stabilized by 18 as the growth of the eye ball stops by then.
Refractive laser surgeries are done only after the refractive power gets stabilized after the age of 18. Hence she has to wait till 18 years and as of now she has to use glasses regularly and attend follow up with your eye doctor for examination to find out any increase in the refractive error and correction appropriately.
Thank you
It seems from the history that your daughter is having refractive error in the form of myopia.
The refractive errors tend to increase in this age and get stabilized by 18 as the growth of the eye ball stops by then.
Refractive laser surgeries are done only after the refractive power gets stabilized after the age of 18. Hence she has to wait till 18 years and as of now she has to use glasses regularly and attend follow up with your eye doctor for examination to find out any increase in the refractive error and correction appropriately.
Thank you
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