Can You Be Too Old for LASIK?

The short answer to the question, “Can you be too old for Laser Vision Correction?” is: No.

A person cannot be too old to have a Laser Vision Correction  procedure – there is no maximum age at which Laser Vision Correction is no longer effective. However, the condition of your eyes may prohibit you from being a good candidate for Laser Vision Correction, regardless of your age.

The hard truth is that your eyes are continually changing as you grow older. There are a couple of eyesight conditions that begin to occur for most people that cannot be corrected by Laser Vision Correction  surgery:

·         Presbyopia, when you lose the ability to see up-close without reading glasses. This typically starts in your 40s.

·         Cataracts, when the eye lenses become more opaque. This starts slowly and can gradually become quite difficult to live with in our 60s and beyond. Cataract surgery replaces the impaired lenses with artificial ones, and refractive errors can also be corrected at the same time.

There is a small segment of society that does not experience significant changes in their vision over time. In those cases, it is possible for a person of advanced age, who has good overall health and generally healthy eyes with stable vision, to have a Laser Vision Correction  procedure to correct a refractive error such as nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism.

Why not find out if you can enjoy the rest of your life with 20/20 vision? You’ve got nothing to lose and clear sight to gain. 

The only way to truly determine if you are a candidate for Laser Vision Correction  is to schedule a Laser Vision Correction Evaluation with a respected practice like Pacific Eye Specialtists in San Francisco and Daly City, CA.  Visit their website at www.pacificeyespecialists.com or call 415 921 7555 to schedule your Free Evaluation today.