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Re: [RC] LASIK (was Did you know??) - Lynn Kinsky

Quoting Diane Trefethen <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

 To all you who have had LASIK surgery, do I understand you correctly that
 this surgery will not help with the age-related need for reading glasses?

That is what my surgeon said, yes, but then I don't YET need reading glasses.
The surgery corrects farsightedness (ie the need for reading glasses) in people
who already have it.

IF they need reading glasses because of far-sightedness (hyperopia: http://www.aoa.org/x1781.xml ). LASIK can correct the focal length of the lens.


Age-related need for reading glasses is presbyopia (http://www.aoa.org/x1785.xml) and stems from a different process that a focal length correction won't help.
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 Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
 http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/

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