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LASEK aims to correct the vision in people with various eyesight conditions, including short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism.
Short-sightedness is a condition also known as myopia which means that a person may have difficulty seeing objects that are in the far distance; in other words they can clearly see objects that are right in front of them whilst objects in the distance could become increasingly blurry the further away they are.
Long-sightedness is a condition known as hyperopia, which means that a person may have difficulty in seeing objects that are close in front of their eyes such as the words on a page in a book or magazine or the images on a television screen.
People with astigmatism, which is an optical defect caused by the shape of the eye, tend to also experience blurry vision.
You can expect a great improvement in your eyesight within the first few weeks following the surgery, although it might take around one to three months to achieve a final result. Some patients experience vision of 20/25 or even greater, once their eyes are healed.
It cannot however treat or prevent presbyopia which is the situation whereby with age there is a progressively diminishing ability of the ability of the eye to focus on near objects, meaning that as may people age they start to require ‘reading glasses’.