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Treatment for Myopia: You Deserve to See The World Clearer!

There are hundreds of people who use eyeglasses because of the Myopia diagnosis while trying to live on with a problematic vision ability. According to a study conducted and published in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2016, in the United States, the number of people who have Myopia rose from about 25% in the early 1970s to 40% around the turn of the millennium. Moreover, 9.6 million adults in the US have high Myopia or are severely nearsighted. These people, whose numbers are increasing day by day, when they don’t wear glasses, see the people and objects around them blurred and cannot differentiate the sources of the lights. Although it is not a big problem, they miss many nice details of life involuntarily. But it is not the destiny; these days treatment for Myopia is possible.

When they don’t have their contact lenses or glasses, for example when swimming at sea, or when they wake up in the morning, they face this reality once again and feel incomplete and imperfect. Sometimes, when the problem begins or while it progresses seriously, even psychology can be negatively affected.

Thanks to developing technologies, the best solution is now very close to people who have these vision problems. It is called LASIK eye surgery treatment for Myopia.

READ: LASIK Eye Surgery – A Patient’s Guide

The Lasik Eye Surgery Treatment For Myopia

Myopia (nearsightedness) is a most-commonly refractive error of the eye that the eye does not focus the light source properly to see images clearly. When your eyeball is longer than normal size or when your cornea curves very sharply, light rays focus in front of the retina, instead of on the retina and blur the distant vision.

Because of this situation, in Myopia, close objects look clear but distant objects look blurred. If you have Myopia, eyeglasses or contact lenses become your best friend. You can feel more comfortable at home without glasses, but the out of the house will be more challenging. You cannot read easily the written things such as signboards or the route number of public transportations; you cannot watch the perfect views deservedly while everybody enjoys it. You may also have difficulty clearly seeing a movie, the whiteboard in school and the road while driving with Myopia. Therefore, you need eyewear to see the people, streets, lights and the view with their natural way of existing.

However, eyeglasses or contact lenses may become a problem, especially after long-time usage. It may be getting boring to have it every time, everywhere. To need something to see around clearer may increase your dissatisfaction. At this point, another solution than

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glasses or contact lenses would become more considerable. There are good improvements in this particular area of medicine and cosmetic surgery. There is an effective operation called LASIK Eye Surgery for treatment of Myopia. LASIK, or “ is the most commonly preferred laser eye surgery for treatment of Myopia (nearsightedness), Hyperopia (farsightedness) and Astigmatism. The LASIK procedure reshapes the cornea to allow the light rays properly to be focused onto the retina for clearer vision.

During LASIK surgery for Myopia, the surgeon creates a flap in the cornea and then move it gently up by computer-controlled excimer laser to correct the shape of the cornea.

READ: Lasik Eye Surgery: Is This the Best Option?

Candidates For The Treatment For Myopia

As in every surgery, there are some requirements to have LASIK eye surgery for Myopia treatment.

• If you and your eyes in good health without having a moderate degree of Myopia, you can become a candidate for this operation.

• Referring to general health, you shouldn’t have any condition that affects your immune system such as Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or multiple sclerosis. There shouldn’t be any infections on your body. These can cause to slow down and make difficult the healing process.
• You shouldn’t have diabetes or any chronic pain disease like migraine or fibromyalgia. And you shouldn’t take any immunosuppressive medicine if you want to have LASIK eye surgery treatment for Myopia.
• There are some requirements to have good eye health. You should not have any eye infection, eye injuries or eyelid disorder. Your eyes shouldn’t be dry. You shouldn’t have large pupils, cataracts, retinal detachment, Keratoconus and also glaucoma in your eyes.
• Moreover, some drugs you use, like Accutane or steroids may compromise post-op recovery.

If you provide these requirements, you would better to start to search for a good surgeon and clinic to have your LASIK eye surgery treatment for Myopia. Remember, if you are a contact lens user, you need to stop wearing your rigid contact lenses for several weeks, soft lenses for several days before the examination.

 

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After Your Lasik Eye Surgery Treatment For Myopia

Most people get normal vision after the LASIK eye surgery treatment for Myopia. The number of satisfied feedbacks is considerably higher, but it has also been noted that in certain cases the use of glasses is needed again in the long term. As we get older, the Myopia tendency in the eye can continue because the corneal errors may continue to progress. Sometimes a LASIK enhancement surgery may be needed to achieve the desired vision correction. Approximately 10.5 % of LASIK patients in the United States require retreatment.

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While thousands of people are gaining the without-glasses form of their eyes, there is no need to focus on bad results. High amounts of people start to increase the quality of their lives after their LASIK eye surgery treatment for Myopia.

They started to play sports, swim comfortably, dive into the sea, watch movies and walk around by seeing everywhere properly. They also can look at their clocks or out to their windows again, when they wake up in the morning.

By choosing the LASIK eye surgery treatment for Myopia, you can start to enjoy nice details of life and nature. You will not need to use any eye devices for it. So, do not waste more time to have your problem-free eyes. Just start to search for a good surgeon to perform your surgery for treatment of Myopia.

READ: How much does LASIK cost? The average LASIK cost per eye

Comments (1)
Nina
Feb 01, 2019

I have myopia for 15 years and literally, I lived half of my life with glasses. I'm 32 years old and sick and tired of glasses. I was searching about Lasik Eye surgery and I came across to your post. I couldn't find a post like yours. I easily understand everything. It helped me to make up my mind about my glasses. Thank you so much!

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