okay. long story short...I was born with lazy eye and had surgery to correct it when i was 5. along with the lazy eye i didn't have periphial vision, so they attempted to correct that as well. as time went on i've noticed that i still have the lazy eye, just not as bad. if you look at me in the eyes you can catch it from time to time, especially when i'm tired. i've worn glasses since i was about 9, and every eye doctor i've gone to has told me that i cannot wear contacts because my eyes don't have a focal point. so if i were to wear contacts i'd see 2 of everything, because my eyes don't work together. is that something that laser eye surgery could correct, or am i stuck with glasses for the rest of my life?
2007-07-19 11:58:38 · 6 answers · asked by desireme112 2 in Health ➔ Optical
Lazy eye is not corrected with surgery, I think you had strabismus or turned eye which is corrected with surgery. Lazy eye means that you don't see well with the eye even with glasses. Does that apply to you? If the doctors say you would see double without glasses, then I think your glasses likely have prism in them to help with the turned eye. Prism can't be put into contact lenses.
LASIK surgery can't subsitute for prism either. Additionally, if you have true lazy eye (one eye doesn't see well even with glasses) then LASIK is absolutely not done, it would be very unsafe to risk surgery on your one good eye.
Your eye doctor knows your eyes and knows about LASIK, next time you have an appointment ask him or her about it.
2007-07-19 16:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Judy B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really sure. The only way to know for sure would be to get a doctor who would perform the surgery to check your eyes. He should be made aware of your history and do an eye exam, then he will be able to tell you. There are lots of reasons that someone may or may not be a candidate for lasik surgery. It depends on how old you are, as to whether this will have any effect, but wearing a patch over your good eye when you're at home, for several hours a day, can help to strengthen the lazy eye. You should wear the patch when you're on the computer, watching television, reading, etc. Wearing the patch on your good eye will force your lazy eye to work harder, and may help strengthen it. It may not, it just depends on the person, their age, and the severity of the lazy eye. But my advice is to schedule an appointment where they do lasik surgery to find out. Even your regular optometrist will not be able to tell you if you're a canditate for sure or not, they will still send you to a lasik center.
2007-07-19 12:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by garciajennifer@att.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi well your story sounds pretty similar to mine.i was born with a turned in eye,they tried to fix it but over corrected during the procedure,resulting in a lazy eye,which then they tried to fix by patching my good eye.which only made the lazy eye worse.
neither of my eyes work together either and they both have different prescriptions, one is nearsighted the other farsighted,resulting in problems with depth perception etc.
however,at the age of 14 ( !8 years ago ) i started wearing contact lenses,first hard ones then soft, then semipermeable.i never had double vision with any of the different types.
while i was in my mid twenties i had my bad eye lasered which improved it's vision to 99.9 percent ( but it doesn't fix the lazy muscle).five years after that i noticed my vision going downhill again and now wear glasses again and also have astigmatism.
what i am trying to say is you should explore all options and find a reputable optometrist who will give you the best advice.
the five years of almost perfect vision was definately worth it and if i had the money now i would get the laser surgery done again.
don't give up mate, good luck.
2007-07-19 12:21:53 · answer #3 · answered by kaar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should definitely double double check with your doctor because each case is individual. I am not a doctor and I have never seen you, but based on the amount of surgery you've already had and the problems you still experience I think laser correction would be too risky for you.
2007-07-19 12:13:41 · answer #4 · answered by vampire_kitti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm certainly not a doctor but with my feable attempt to think I would imagine you could. The two are not really related. One deals with the eye muscles while the other deals with the cornea.
2016-04-01 02:39:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go see an eye doctor.
2007-07-19 12:15:53 · answer #6 · answered by dwp_hornblower 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋