Am I A Candidate?
If you are considering Refractive Surgery, you must:
- Be at least 18 years of age for treatment of mild nearsightedness, or 21 years of age for treatment of high nearsightedness with or without astigmatism, or moderate farsightedness.
- Have healthy eyes that are free from eye disease or corneal abnormality (for example: scar, infection, etc...).
- Have nearsightedness (myopia) up to -12.0 diopters and/or between 0.75 and 4.0 diopters of astigmatism, or have farsightedness (hyperopia) between +1.0 and +6.0 diopters with no more than 1.0 diopters of astigmatism.
- Have documented evidence that your refraction did not change by more than 0.50 diopter during the year before your pre-operative examination.
- Be able to lie flat without difficulty.
- Be able to tolerate local or topical anesthesia.
- Be able to keep your eyes accurately on the fixation light for the entire PRK procedure.
- Be willing to sign an informed consent form.