Photorefractive Keratectomy (cont.)

Will I still need reading glasses to correct presbyopia after I have had PRK?

Presbyopia happens in all patients over 40 and can be corrected with reading glasses or with laser refractive surgery doing something called monovision, where using contact lenses, the non-dominant eye is corrected for reading and the dominant eye is corrected for distance. PRK is not used to correct presbyopia.

Reviewed by the doctors at The Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute.

Edited by Charlotte E. Grayson, MD, WebMD, November 2004.

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