I had lasik eye surgery in 2001. I also have presbyopia. Can I get an enhancement that corrects the presbyopia?
Nope. First off, no such thing exists. Secondly, that’s actually one of the concerns surgeons have before doing surgery, and if you read the fine print of your waivers and whatever, it’s quite likely that the problem of presbyopia is specifically addressed.
As far as other surgeries go, there’s no scientifically proven way to get rid of presbyopia, despite what some people try to sell you on. You’re stuck with glasses, contacts, or forever struggling to read the menu in restaurants 
Actually, there is one option — monovision. Basically, you correct one eye for distance (which is what your original procedure did) and the other for near vision (i.e. make/leave it a bit nearsighted). You’d be required to try it in contact lenses first, and I doubt the LASIK version would be free for you, but it might be worth discussing it with your optometrist or ophthalmologist. Lots of people have trouble getting used to monovision, but there are some who absolutely love it.
January 30th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Simply put, no, lasik will not help.
An artificial intraocular lens may help, but that is pretty darn drastic for a problem easily corrected with contacts or reading glasses.
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January 30th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Nope. First off, no such thing exists. Secondly, that’s actually one of the concerns surgeons have before doing surgery, and if you read the fine print of your waivers and whatever, it’s quite likely that the problem of presbyopia is specifically addressed.
As far as other surgeries go, there’s no scientifically proven way to get rid of presbyopia, despite what some people try to sell you on. You’re stuck with glasses, contacts, or forever struggling to read the menu in restaurants
Actually, there is one option — monovision. Basically, you correct one eye for distance (which is what your original procedure did) and the other for near vision (i.e. make/leave it a bit nearsighted). You’d be required to try it in contact lenses first, and I doubt the LASIK version would be free for you, but it might be worth discussing it with your optometrist or ophthalmologist. Lots of people have trouble getting used to monovision, but there are some who absolutely love it.
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I’m an optometry student.
January 30th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
There is no surgery that corrects presbyopia. You could get surgery to make one of your eyes myopic again so it sees well at near while the other is used for distance. Or get one contact lens so that eye can read.
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January 30th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
This is why I haven’t had LASIK. I’m of the age where I would still need glasses no matter what I did. I’ve had the option of having only one eye corrected offered but I don’t think it’s acceptable. For one thing, my problem is severe. It’s really jarring for me when I have one contact lens in and one out. I can’t imagine being that way all the time.
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