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Is LASIK Laser Eye Surgery
Good For Senior Citizens?

By Elliott Franklin, Emeritus, NDP - 02/14/2000

Just the other day I was asked if the new and popular laser eye surgery procedures were safe for senior citizens and how old could you be and still qualify to be a candidate for these new types of eye operations using the latest laser technologies.

To find out for myself and to get information to share with you, I started by calling eye doctors' offices in the most populated states for retirement living for senior citizens. What I found out was encouraging for us over 55+ older adults.

One of latest and currently the most popular procedures has the acronym LASIK (Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis). It has been around for the last five years and is approved by the FDA. LASIK has been continually improved to the point that it is has less then one-percent problems from complications.

The LASIK surgical operation takes less then five minutes per eye and both eyes' vision problems can be corrected to near perfect 20/20 sight. With this excimer laser process, the procedure is essentially painless and without discomfort.

It is important to get a preliminary examination from your primary medical physician and the Ophthalmology surgeon to determine if you are a good candidate for LASIK eye corrective procedure. Basically a candidate should be in good overall health and stable eye vision.

Other considerations for candidates for the LASIK corrective eye surgery are that they don't have a family history of corneal disorders, diabetes, glaucoma, cataracts, autoimmune disease, and ocular herpes infection. The candidate should not have previous problems with eye dryness.

The LASIK procedure can correct for moderate far, near and distorted (hyperopia, myopia, and astigmatism) vision problems. This excimer laser procedure will not correct the problem of focusing (presbyopia) from far to near vision. This is a problem that comes as we get older. After the eye surgery, it may be necessary to need and use reading glasses.

Besides contacting many eye surgeon offices in my preliminary inquiries, I looked to see what the Federal Government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Association for Retired People (AARP) had to say about LASIK corrective eye surgery. They both agreed that this is the best and most reliable procedure to date.

From what I found out and information to share with my fellow senior citizens, a person in good health can still get the LASIK eye corrective surgery into the ages of 60's and 70's. It is important that a candidate be examined prior to the procedure and has approval by a qualified board certified surgeon from the Association of Ophthalmology.

 

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