What You Can Do When You Don’t Need Glasses Anymore

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Posted by: Missouri Eye Institute in Blog on August 28, 2017

Every year, millions of Americans receive corrective eye surgery to fix problems they experience with their vision, including glaucoma and cataracts. Because of more serious conditions such as these, it’s easy to forget that blurred vision is also considered a vision problem. In 2015 alone, up to 21 million people around the world received LASIK eye surgery to correct their own vision difficulties.

For those with glasses, LASIK eye surgery may sound either like a wondrous treatment to get rid of their frames once and for all or it may sound like a needless surgery. After all, with glasses, why would LASIK be necessary? However, there are a number of things you can do when your eyes aren’t burdened by lenses.

What can I do after I receive LASIK eye surgery?After you’ve given your eyes time to heal, there are a number of things you can do without glasses.

1. 1. Sports: Glasses often inhibit those who play sports because of the constant worry of breaking the lenses or frames. With LASIK, an athlete can confidently play on the field without having to worry about the way they turn their head.

1. 1. Wear makeup: Whether it’s for a dance, for theatre, or for Halloween, the appearance of makeup can often become marred by thick frames.

1. Save money: With LASIK eye surgery you won’t have to worry about constantly needing to get new frames or lenses in order to keep up with your changing prescription.

What can I expect from LASIK eye surgery?LASIK eye surgery is a form of corrective eye surgery meant to fix a patient’s nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism. A laser eye surgeon will create a very thin flap in the patient’s cornea.

Once this flap has been made using a femtosecond laser, the laser eye surgery will commence using an excimer laser. The eye doctor uses this laser to remove a select amount of tissue in the cornea beneath the corneal flap. Once healed, the patient will be able to see with, or near, 20/20 vision.

Corrective eye surgery such as LASIK is great for those who are looking to step away from the necessity of having to care for lenses. Consult your eye doctor today to see if you may qualify for vision correction options such as LASIK eye surgery.