Not Suitable for Laser Eye
Surgery?
Severe short/long sight and
astigmatism is now treatable at
Optimax.
For the majority of patients
Laser Eye Surgery is appropriate, however there
are many different conditions, which the laser cannot treat.
If your prescription falls outside the treatment range
for
LASIK or
LASEK laser eye surgery, then
Implantable Contact Lenses (ICL) or
Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) are an option available to
you.
These are implantable lenses that
are used for correcting very high prescriptions of short-sight,
long-sight and astigmatism.
They are similar to a very small
contact lens which is placed inside the eye instead of sitting on
the eye’s surface. For maximum safety, the lenses are implanted in
one eye at a time, allowing about a week for the first eye to
recover.