Lasik Presbyopia
Presbyopia is the progressive vision deterioration that makes reading glasses necessary in mid-life. It is not preventable but it can be treated or managed in a number of ways.
Presbyopia causes are not fully understood and you can read about that on our Theories on Presbyopia Causes page. A person can have 20/20 vision but still have presbyopia. You can also be nearsighted, farsighted or astigmatic and have presbyopia as well.
Surgical Monovision Correction
LASIK monovision is a permanent correction.
- If you have 20/20 eyes, it corrects the non-dominant eye for near vision and leaves the dominant eye as is for far vision.
- If you are nearsighted with presbyopia you would have the dominant eye corrected for distance vision.
- If you are farsighted with presbyopia you would not need one eye corrected for distance vision but would have the non-dominant eye corrected for near vision.
LASIK monovision was approved for presbyopia in July, 2007 and has become a favorite option for people who want to avoid wearing reading glasses.
Lasik Presbyopia and Presbyopia Surgery and Presbyopia Treatment