Q&A: Is it possible to have successful laser correction surgery after “lazy eye” surgery?
Question by Jackal Antern: Is it possible to have successful laser correction surgery after “lazy eye” surgery?
I am going to have surgery on a lazy eye next week, but that won’t strengthen my eye sight; it will just strengthen the muscle so the eye will look straight ahead. Would I be able to eventually have laser correction surgery on my eyes after this surgery or will it screw my eyes up too badly?
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Answer by JConly
I’m certainly not a doctor but with my feable attempt to think I would imagine you could. The two are not really related. One deals with the eye muscles while the other deals with the cornea.
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Whether successful laser surgery can be performed depends upon your eyeglass prescription. If you are near-sighted or slightly far-sighted then, yes, you probably can be treated. If you are very far-sighted (hyperopic), then you would not have clear vision after laser surgery. If you require the use of bifocals for for clear vision or to maintain eye alignment at close distances, then you would need to use reading glasses after surgery.
How can you tell which you are? Ask your eye doctor, or look at your eyeglass lenses. If they are thicker at the outside edges than they are in the center, then you are near-sighted. If you wear contact lenses then the power on the lens package will have a minus sign (-) in front of it.
If your lenses are thicker in the center than they are at the edges, then you are far-sighted. These lenses have the general appearance of a magnifying glass.
The turned-eye condition does not exclude you from possible laser treatment.
Also, let’s clear up something. A turned-eye is not a lazy eye. Lazy eye is a condition where the vision in one eye does not develop to the same, normal level as the other eye. Lazy eye may be caused by large differences in the prescriptions between the right and left eyes. It may also be associated with misalignment of the two eyes.