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Vision Correction Choices Besides Lasik

Although millions of people have enjoyed the benefits of laser vision correction technology, a lot of people are not able to have this procedure done. There is non-laser vision correction available today that can also be used.

One type of non-laser vision correction is implantable lenses. Phakic intraocular lenses, also known as IOLs, are a type of this non-laser vision correction. IOLs involve placing the lens in the eye, behind the cornea and in front of the iris. Nearsightedness can be treated with implantable lenses, but the research is continuing for treatment of farsightedness.

Lenses are implanted behind the cornea through a small incision cut into the eye. There is not a lot of recovery time, sutures are used to close the incision and the patient goes home and sleeps the rest of the day and back to normal activity the next day. Surgery and recovery from implantable lenses are basically quick and painless, with rare side effects.

Conductive keratoplasty is a non-laser type of vision correction available for farsightedness. Eyes that are farsighted have to be treated to make their eye longer and cornea more curved since their corneas are usually too flat or their eye is too short. Changes are made in the eye for conductive keratoplasty using heat generated by radio waves.

Certain criteria are used in order to be a candidate for conductive keratoplasty. One must be at least the age of forty and have a certain amount of refractive errors before the treatment can be considered.

Refractive lens exchange is also a type of non-laser vision correction. This kind of vision correction uses an artificial lens to replace the natural lens in the eye. The result is a lens that is clearly focused. Early and later stages of refractive errors and cataracts can be treated by this procedure.

A non-permanent solution can be considered for vision correction as well. Orthokeratology is one type of these non-permanent vision correction procedures. Orthokeratology consists of special contacts being made and worn to reshape the cornea. It is required that the patient wear the contacts for around eight hours a day for several days. After the cornea is reshaped, the contacts will only have to be worn every two to three days for only a few hours.

If you do not use the contacts, the cornea will go back to its natural shape and the vision will return to what it used to be. A lengthy time for clear vision to return (sometimes up to six months), discomfort with the contacts, and vision that sometimes fluctuates are some of the complaints received regarding this non-laser type of vision correction.

People who cannot have laser vision correction or who may even want to hear about other options, will want to discuss this with their eye doctor.

About the Author

Joe Palerma hasn’t always had great vision. But long ago, Joe started researching Modesto laser vision correction, where he lived. He found great eye surgeons at Zeiter Eye Care, a Stockton lasik vision correction surgery center. There Joe received great counseling and good information on choices, giving him the ability to make an informed decision about his eyes.

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