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Actually, your assertion is not accurate. Many eye doctors, both in Ophthalmology and Optometry, have had LASIK (and other refractive procedures) and continue to do so on a regular basis. I have had LASIK myself as has my daughter, an optometrist. I did her procedure! ...

In general, a patient measures success by how much better he or she sees afterwards as compared to before. People judge their new, post-cataract surgery vision by comparing it, consciously or not, to how they were accustomed to seeing most of their life. For example,...

By "laser eye surgery," I imagine you mean LASIK. Although there are several variations on this (e.g. PRK, Epi-LASIK, SMILE), they are all meant to treat refractive vision problems like myopia (nearsightedness) and astigmatism by removing tissue from the cornea (not the...

In fact, that is an "apples to oranges" comparison. LASIK eliminates myopia (nearsightedness). A nearsighted person's default focal point is up close. In a young person with good distance vision, wearing glasses or contacts (or having LASIK) won't affect near vision...

An intraocular lens (IOL) or "lens implant" is needed to replace the aging and cloudy natural lens located immediately behind the pupil. Being very flexible and transparent, the IOL is rolled up in a specialized syringe and injected into the now empty "capsule" which the...

Yes, usually that is always the case. Evolutionarily, our bodies are not really "built" to survive and function optimally much past age 40. But since modern medicine and technology often provide us with a lifespan almost twice that, we have to deal with our various...

All keratorefractive surgery for nearsightedness works by reshaping and thinning the cornea of the eye (not the lens). These include LASIK, SMILE, PRK, epi-LASIK, PRK, etc. None of these is inherently "better," "safer," or more accurate than the others. There may be...

Your question does not, unfortunately, supply enough information for a meaningful response. It is certainly understandable to want to think of the eye as a "camera" that uses a lens of a particular power (prescription) as in glasses or contact lenses, to achieve an...