Vision Correction
Laser vision correction costs start from £395. This simple procedure provides an alternative to wearing either glasses or contact lenses and restores a clear natural vision. The bad part is that it cannot be performed on unhealthy eyes. To find more details about such restrictions, visit our page that goes into detail and answers the question eye surgery is it for me?
Intralase Femtosecond LASIK or ‘All Laser’ LASIK is the gold standard for eye surgery these days. It provides the best treatment available in the world.
LASIK is used to correct a wide range of conditions: short sight (from mild to severe), mild long sight, as well as astigmatism. Recovery is very quick, usually no more than 24 hours.
The Epi-LASEK procedure is used when mild to moderate short sight and astigmatism are needed. Recovery is a bit longer, around a few days.
Wavefront LASIK is a customised treatment designed for irregular corneas; it is also performed if a satisfactory result cannot be achieved through LASIK or Epi-LASEK treatments. This procedure can improve night vision considerably.
Other Vision Correction Treatments
For those who are not suitable for laser eye surgery, there are certain alternative treatment options available, such as:
• CK
You may have heard that people who have reached their mid forties may have trouble reading due to the fact that their vision is no longer clear; thus they may need to hold reading material farther from their eyes in order to make it readable. CK treatment is known to be able to restore one’s youthful vision so glasses will no longer be needed. In just a couple of minutes, this safe procedure will make you as good as new and never again will you need the help of another pair of glasses.
• Implantable Contact Lenses (ICL, RLE, CLE, Prelex)
Contact lenses are prescribed according to the seriousness of the eye condition and come in different types. Long sight, astigmatism and sever short sight can be corrected with ICL. They are just like the small type of regular contact lenses; the difference stands in the fact that they are placed inside the eye. This intervention will require a recovery of about two weeks.
Very similar to the ICL is the refractive lens exchange – RLE (also called clear lens exchange – CLE). In this case, a minute plastic lens of the correct strength is used to cover the internal lens of the eye. To enable both reading and distance glasses at a time, a multi-focus lens is used.
• Cataract Surgery
Cataract surgery is performed in order to restore clear sight. In most cases, it will substitute the need for both reading and distance glasses. In a few days after the operation you can expect full recovery.
Bilateral Treatment
While some people prefer to see the outcome of an operation on one eye before accepting a second intervention, others opt for bilateral treatment, in which both eyes are treated together.
Eye Surgery Treatments Explained