{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/who-is-suitable-for-laser-eye-surgery-vp\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/who-is-suitable-for-laser-eye-surgery-vp\/","headline":"Who is suitable for laser eye surgery?","name":"Who is suitable for laser eye surgery?","description":"In an interview, Alex Shortt discusses which patients are most suitable for laser eye surgery and if there are alternative treatments","datePublished":"2019-11-22","dateModified":"2020-08-13","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/author\/alex-shortt\/#Person","name":"Alex Shortt","url":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/author\/alex-shortt\/","identifier":4667,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6afb756e1dc43ed28773098aff9af37d7e16c92671dbd22f5a9bbcb21063c139?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6afb756e1dc43ed28773098aff9af37d7e16c92671dbd22f5a9bbcb21063c139?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Alex Shortt","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/alex-shortt-logo-white-600x140-1.png","url":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/alex-shortt-logo-white-600x140-1.png","width":600,"height":140}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Who-is-suitable-for-laser-eye-surgery-alex-shortt-london-nb.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Who-is-suitable-for-laser-eye-surgery-alex-shortt-london-nb.jpg","height":225,"width":400},"url":"https:\/\/www.alexshortt.co.uk\/who-is-suitable-for-laser-eye-surgery-vp\/","video":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"VideoObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TZOnZ-lCJMc#VideoObject","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TZOnZ-lCJMc","name":"Who is suitable for laser eye surgery?","description":"In this video, Alex Shortt answers the question, \u2018who is suitable for laser eye surgery?\u2019 With advances in laser eye surgery technology, Alex explains that virtually all eye prescriptions can be treated with laser eye surgery. 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But with advances in laser eye surgery technology, to be honest, virtually all prescriptions now can be treated with laser eye surgery.And even if yours isn’t, we now have new technologies related to laser eye surgery. For example, ICL lens implant technology, to correct the vision for even those patients who aren’t suitable for laser. There are options for them.Interviewer: So to be clear, anybody who’s shortsighted, long-sighted, anybody who has astigmatism, can have laser eye surgery today.Alex Shortt: The limits that the current technology can treat is long-sightedness up to around plus four, right down to the other end of the spectrum, which is short-sightedness up to minus 12. Now that’s a massive range, and most patients fall within that range.AstigmatismIn terms of astigmatism when people say, “Oh, I have too much astigmatism to do laser eye surgery” actually 99.9% of the time they are wrong. We can treat up to four units of astigmatism. Some lasers can actually do up to five units of astigmatism. If you’ve got more than five units of astigmatism, you are off the scale, and you are unique. Really that’s incredibly rare.Interviewer: For those people who fall outside of those ranges, do you have alternative options available for them?Alex Shortt: Exactly. That’s where these ICL lens implants come in. We can treat up to minus 20 and up to eight, nine years of astigmatism with ICL lens implants. What the patient experiences is not a huge amount dissimilar to having laser eye surgery.It’s very rare for a patient to come and see a modern refractive surgeon nowadays and for them to be turned away saying, “Well, there’s nothing we can do.” That’s really rare.If you\u2019d like to know more about vision corrective surgery,\u00a0book a free initial screening\u00a0today and I will personally answer your questions. Alternatively, take our\u00a0free suitability quiz\u00a0to find out which treatment you are suitable for.Share This Post\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearch for:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecent Posts\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Can I wear make-up before and after laser eye surgery?\u2019\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow long does laser eye surgery last?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSMILE v LASIK v PRK – What Are the Different Types ?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCan I get laser eye surgery?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA clear look into the types of laser eye surgery in London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTake the eye surgery self-test to see if you qualifyNot everyone is a candidate for eye surgery. Find out if laser eye surgery could help you ditch your glasses and contact lenses by taking this fast quizTAKE FAST SUITABILITY QUIZAbout the authorMr Alex J. Shortt | Consultant Ophthalmic SurgeonMB BCh MSc PhD FRCOphth PGDipCatRefI’m Alex Shortt, a highly trained academic researcher and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon based in London\u2019s famous Harley Street medical district. I trained and worked as a consultant for 14 years at London\u2019s Moorfields Eye Hospital. I specialise in advanced technologies for correcting vision, including cataract surgery, implantable contact lenses and laser vision correction.Learn more about meGet a complimentary vision assessment todayComplete the form below to chat with a member of my team. 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