Am I A Suitable Candidate?

You must be 18 years of age or older. Your prescription should be stable.  This means a change in your prescription of not more than 0.50 diopters as compared to the previous year.  Laser vision correction will not stop the natural growth or aging of the eye. Your prescription is in the treatable range (-1.00 to -12.00 diopters of myopia; +1.00 to +4.00 diopters hyperopia and up to +6.00 diopters of astigmatism). Your eyes should be healthy and free from certain diseases such as herpes simplex, keratoconus, cataracts or disease of the retina. Candidates with only one functional eye (the vision in their other eye is less than 20/40 because of a "lazy eye" or some other disease in the eye) should not consider laser vision correction. Candidates with general health conditions that may interfere with wound healing (pregnancy, nursing, autoimmune or collagen vascular diseases) or taking any medications that may interfere with wound healing (corticosteroids, immunosuppressives) should not consider laser vision correction. You understand that, if you are over 40 years of age, you will require reading glasses unless you choose the monovision option.  In this case, laser vision correction will not rid you of your glasses completely. Your expectations must be realistic.  You recognize that laser vision correction may not totally eliminate your need for corrective eyewear.  You also recognize that the vision may not be identical in each eye following the procedure, a circumstance that normally exists for many individuals even before the procedure. You recognize that laser vision correction is a surgical procedure, that the results cannot be guaranteed, and as with any surgical procedure there is a small degree of risk.