The short answer to the question, “Can you be too old for
LASIK?” is: No.
A person cannot be too old to have a LASIK procedure – there
is no maximum age at which LASIK is no longer effective. However, the condition
of your eyes may prohibit you from being a good LASIK candidate, regardless of
your age.
The hard truth is that your eyes are continually changing as
you grow older. There are a couple of eyesight conditions that begin to occur
for most people that cannot be corrected by LASIK surgery:
- Presbyopia, when you lose the ability to see up-close without reading glasses. This typically starts in your 40s.
- Cataracts, when the eye lenses become more opaque. This starts slowly and can gradually become quite difficult to live with in our 60s and beyond. Cataract surgery replaces the impaired lenses with artificial ones, and refractive errors can also be corrected at the same time.
There is a small segment of society that does not experience
significant changes in their vision over time. In those cases, it is possible
for a person of advanced age, who has good overall health and generally healthy
eyes with stable vision, to have a LASIK procedure to correct a refractive
error such as nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism.
Why not find out if you can enjoy the rest of your life with
20/20 vision? You’ve got nothing to lose and clear sight to gain.
The only way to truly determine if you are a candidate for
LASIK is to schedule a LASIK Evaluation with a respected practice like Lipstock LASIK and Cataract Center. Visit our website at lipstocklaser.com or call 804-288-1543 to schedule
your Free Evaluation today.
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