LASIK and Cataracts

Perhaps unbeknown to most people but the majority of eye surgeries carry the risk of cataracts.LASIK surgery is now a very common procedure. LASIK stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis and is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia (short or near sighted), hyperopia (far or longsightedness) and astigmatism, which is an optical defect in which vision is blurred. Reports of cataracts shortly after LASIK, even in relatively young patients, strongly links the procedure to the after-effect. To add insult to injury, it has also been suggested that the LASIK after-care of prescribed steroidal drops, may also hasten the onset of cataracts.

For those people with signs of cataracts before LASIK surgery, should not go ahead with LASIK because vision may be corrected with the intraocular lens used for cataract surgery. Ironically, after LASIK the altered corneal surface causes inaccurate measurement of the intraocular lens power for cataract surgery. Therefore, those who have LASIK and go on to develop cataracts, may well have to return to using glasses again after their cataract surgery, thus rendering the LASIK surgery as a completely pointless procedure. Other more unfortunate patients, post- LASIK and cataract surgery, could furthermore be subjected to additional multiple surgeries.

You have to ask yourself, do I really need LASIK surgery?