ReLEx SMILE, LASIK or PRK surgeries

There are a few conditions you need to consider. Age, general health and eye health are the most important. It is mandatory that you have turned 18 when you come in for a consultation and sometimes, it is even necessary that your age is over 21 years.

There is no upper age limit for laser eye surgery. But you should know that after 40 years there is a need to use glasses for close activities (reading, writing) due to presbyopia.

The absence of any evolutionary eye disease is an essential condition in eligibility for eye surgery. But it’s not always enough. There are other criteria that must be taken into account.

The thickness of the cornea (the lens at the front of the eye) is very important, as vision correction is done by reshaping the tissue of this lens. It turns out that a minimum corneal thickness is required, a limit beyond which the operation can become risky for the eyes.

The pupil diameter should not be too large. If the pupils are naturally large, there is a risk of unpleasant visual effects after the operation: halos, bright images at night, especially when driving.

High diopter values ​​may limit the possibility of complete reduction. The results of laser refractive surgery for large diopters can be unpredictable and can have a risk of visual complications. In these situations, other intraocular procedures for vision correction may be recommended.

It is recommended that the diopters become stable at least 1 year before surgery, especially in the case of myopia, where the diopters generally increase gradually until you turn 18 years old. Young patients should wait until their diopters stop evolving. Otherwise, the result of the procedure will be affected by the subsequent evolution of the diopters.

Evolutionary eye diseases such as keratoconus, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, severe eye dryness, cataracts, and eye inflammation prevent you from performing laser refractive surgery. There are other surgical options in such situations.

Degenerative or autoimmune diseases such as diabetes mellitus, connective tissue disease, Sjogren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV infection affect the postoperative healing and are contraindications for laser surgery.

These periods of time in a woman’s life lead to hormonal changes and have the effect of diopter instability. Dry eyes caused by hormonal changes contraindicate laser eye intervention, as well as the need to use drugs before and after surgery, which can harm the child. Therefore, it is recommended to wait a few months (at least 3 months) after you stop breastfeeding and then you can consider the evaluation for laser refractive surgery.

The results after the operation are excellent and the patients enjoy a normal view without glasses. FemtoLASIK is a safe and effective procedure and 98.8% of patients are satisfied/very satisfied with the results of the operation.

Your expectations must be realistic. Vision acuity depends on the value of the diopters and other parameters measured before surgery. Almost all patients end up seeing without glasses after surgery, as much or better than they saw with glasses before surgery.

You should be aware that there may be risks and possible side effects after laser refractive surgery.

Possible complications that may occur after surgery: infection, chronic eye dryness, visual halos and fog, subcorrection, overcorrection, flap-related complications, retinal detachment.
Less than 1% of patients have severe postoperative complications. The vast majority of them are treatable and are usually resolved in the first months after surgery.

We humans are very different and the eyes, like the whole body, change over time, but at a different pace for each of us. Sometime after the age of 40 you may need reading glasses because the onset of presbyopia begins, a normal, age-dependent phenomenon.