LASIK is improving over time. New techniques and equipment are constantly being researched in an ongoing effort to find new and better ways to help people achieve better health and better vision. There is much misinformation circulating about surgical procedures. Often this comes from dated articles that people read about LASIK, or information they learned from their doctors, family or friends, months or even years ago. What they knew then may no longer be the case.
Some of the misconceptions include:
- Thinking your eyesight is too bad for LASIK to help you
- LASIK doesn’t correct astigmatism
- Thinking you are too young, or too old, for LASIK
- Thinking you’ll still have to wear glasses after LASIK, anyway
- Vision requirements of your job disqualify you for LASIK
- Your doctor has told you, in the past, that you don’t qualify for LASIK
New products, ones that were formerly in research and development stages, have been approved by the FDA and are now on the market. Researchers are continually studying the eye, eye disease and aberrations, and are continually finding new ways to treat these.
If you have always wished there was a way to improve your vision and to eliminate the need for glasses or contacts, see a qualified eye surgeon for a complete examination and discussion of new methods that might work for you. What couldn’t be done just a few years ago, is being done for thousands of people today.
The Carter Eye Center in Dallas has a staff that is qualified to let you know, based upon your examination, what corrective procedures are best for you. Please contact us today for more information, or call us at 1-800-950-2020.
