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Eyes surgery for the far-sighted ... opinions, experience?

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Benta:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on January 07, 2023, 12:32:59 am ---I suspect you know far less about the quality of ophthalmology around the world than I do, and I know almost nothing. If you want your country to be anonymous, then accept what you get.   

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Well, I was only in the LMU University of Munich clinic and had eye surgery by the best, restoring eyesight on one eye from 0 to 19.
Trainees are all over the place, including US ones at the LMU.
Why don't you get off your high US horse?
But I'll accept your "I know almost nothing" readily.

twospoons:
If your prescription is not stable then surgery doesn't seem like the right answer, since in a few years you'd need glasses again anyway.
I had LASIK about 15 years ago to correct astigmatism, and for me its been great. But then my prescription had been stable for a long time.
Age has inevitably caught up with me, so I have reading glasses now. Anything beyond arms length is still crystal clear though.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: twospoons on January 07, 2023, 04:04:54 am ---If your prescription is not stable then surgery doesn't seem like the right answer, since in a few years you'd need glasses again anyway.
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While that is true for laser surgery which reshapes the cornea, I'm not sure it is as problematic for introcular lenses. But obviously only an ophtalmologist having examined his eyes can answer that.

Now I don't have any medical advice to give, so only my own opinion there. Intraocular lenses are a pretty drastic surgery as they replace your own lens. If you have a damaged lens (such as cataract), obviously this is an inevitable move if you want to get your eyesight back, but if your own lens is fine and this is just a "comfort" surgery, I would not do it. Of course it's your choice though and only you can know. I realize how annoying it could be not to be able to see anything below a certain distance. Especially in our current world in which we are constantly looking at close-up stuff (which is likely why myopia is almost becoming the norm these days.)

Warhawk:
Guys, please allow me for some time to read all you feedback. I appreciate your inputs.

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