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How to safely and effectively get rid of your glasses or contact lenses
After a 40-year track record, laser eye surgery has established itself as one of the most successful elective treatments in the world
LASEK
LASEK is a type of laser eye surgery, often used as an alternative treatment for those who are not suitable for LASIK eye surgery. LASEK may not be suitable for you if you have a high prescription, very high astigmatism or even keratoconus.
LASIK
LASIK is the most common form of laser vision correction. It’s a safe and effective treatment for short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism. The effects of LASIK are permanent and the results are outstanding.
PRESBYOND ®
PRESBYOND ®, also known as “laser blended vision” is a laser vision correction treatment aimed at treating presbyopia and other refractive errors. PRESBYOND enables you the opportunity to read again without reading glasses and see clearly at a distance.
IMPLANTABLE CONTACT LENSES (ICL)
If you are one of the rare patients for whom laser eye surgery is not suitable, ICL lens implants offer a safe and extremely accurate option to free you from needing glasses. This option is particularly suitable for you if the shape/thickness of cornea makes you ineligible for laser eye surgery; or, if you are so short- or long-sighted that you are out of the treatable prescription range with laser eye surgery.
LENS REPLACEMENT (RLE)
Lens replacement or Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) is an advanced form of vision correction surgery which we use to treat patients over 50 years of age who need glasses for both distance and for reading.
The advantage of ICL surgery over refractive lens exchange surgery is that the patients retain the natural focusing ability of the eye, called the accommodation.
CORNEAL CROSS-LINKING
If another eye health professional or we have given you a keratoconus diagnosis, then you should consider corneal collagen cross-linking. Cross-linking is a proven method of strengthening and stabilising the cornea that can prevent your keratoconus worsening.
Cross-linking does not correct your vision, but it stabilises your prescription and affords you the option of undergoing further sight correction to remove the need to wear glasses.
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About the author
Mr Alex J. Shortt | Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
MB BCh MSc PhD FRCOphth PGDipCatRef
I’m Alex Shortt, a highly trained academic researcher and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon based in London’s famous Harley Street medical district. I trained and worked as a consultant for 14 years at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital. I specialise in advanced technologies for correcting vision, including cataract surgery, implantable contact lenses and laser vision correction.