Can someone with amblyopia (lazy eye) ever be free of glasses? Can they successfully get lasik surgery?

Answer 1

If your lazy eye is able to be corrected with contacts or glasses then LASIK will most likely be able to correct you to what your glasses are able to correct you to. If your best corrected vision is say 20/40 in glasses then that is probably the best LASik will get you. THe same if your eyes can see 20/20 in glasses. Some people with a lazy eye can not be corrected at all ( my daughter has one lazy eye and cant see any better with glasses.) As far as correcting the lazy eye, physically, even if you had lasik and didn't need glasses to see your eye would still be turned, ( if your eye does turn in/out) so I have seen many patients who are not completely happy after lasik because they no longer have the glasses to make their eye look normal. ( not turned in or out) Depending on your age only muscle surgery can correct that.

Answer 2

I had a daughter born with lazy eye and she had her first surgey at 3mo old, then at 6 years old, and another at 16. It really depends on severity, training (wearing the patches, the glasses, focusing on keeping the weaker eye straight) It's possible they can grow out of it, it's possible as with my daughter when she is tired the eye wants to "wander". I was told that after the teen years not much you can do, but the times have changed. She has come along way with it, she had a severe case. But over the years she has dealt with it. Just make sure to stay on top of what ever the doc says.....The proceedure is actually a surgical one, cutting the muscle and re-attaching it.

Answer 3

Lasik surgery is very safe nowadays. My cousin got her dental implants and Lasik surgery in India by a company called Indian Health Guru Consultants. The Price for dental and Lasik surgery is very less in India. She paid 25% of the price she was quoted in America.

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Hope this helps.

Answer 4

My sister has this problem but doesn't wear glasses. She did wear them when doctors tried to treat her problem with patches but unfortunately, it was detected too late. Glasses wouldn't do her any good anyway. She practically has no vision in one eye.

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Answer 6

and see with the lazy eye ?? no , it can make vision better but not perfect , the problem in lazy eye is not in the eye , the problem is in the brain .