LASIK / FAQs

You can have both eyes corrected for distance and then wear reading glasses, or you can have monovision, in which one eye is corrected for near and one eye for far. Testing will determine which works better for you.

Andrew Caster, MD

The implantable contact lens (phakic intraocular lens) is the best treatment for you.

Andrew Caster, MD

It is probably best not to have laser vision correction until your condition is more quiet, without the need for the methotrexate.

Andrew Caster, MD

If your eyes are changing, it would be best to wait until your eyes have stabilized. In that way, you will be less likely to need an enhancement procedure in the future.

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Many of the most experienced doctors will take you as a patient. LASIK or PRK could be used to further correct your vision.

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I would get a second opinion. Further treatment may be in order.

Andrew Caster, MD

Your Schirmer’s test is a little low. You should consider PRK as a possible alternative to LASIK.

Small pupils can limit the ability to perform wavefront on some laser systems; other lasers can perform wavefront on eyes with naturally small pupils, because they are designed to have the treatment with the pupils dilated.

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LASIK could be used to improve the myopia, but it will not improve the floaters. There is no acceptable treatment for the floaters.

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15 is a little young. You should wait until your eyes have stopped changing for 1-2 years, which often isn’t until 18 or older.

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After having LASIK, you can certainly wear contacts, if you so desire. Monovision is also an option with LASIK, and when you get older you can come back to have an adjustment to your LASIK to create monovision. Bifocal contacts only work in a small proportion of people as a solution for presbyopia.

Andrew Caster, MD

Generally, central serous retinopathy goes away on its own without treatment. In some cases, if it persists, laser treatment is used. It never hurts to get a second opinion.

Andrew Caster, MD

CK can be used for hyperopia, or to produce monovision in a hyperopic or no-distance-prescription eye. LASIK or PRK can also be used in these identical situations.

Andrew Caster, MD

Dr.,
I am 42 yrs old and wish to have LASIK monovision surgery performed. What vision do you recommend for my “reading eye?” 20/25? 20/30? 20/40? etc. My present vision is 20/80 in my “reading eye.”

Thanks,

Vinnie

nsurance almost always does not cover LASIK.
If you would like to discuss costs, including financing options, please call our office at 310-274-1221.

Andrew Caster, MD