You will probably be suitable if you are in good health, have
healthy eyes and can see well with glasses. You need to have had a
stable prescription for a year or more, which means you will be
over 18 years old. The following medical conditions may
preclude you from treatment.
If you have (to be confirmed on
consultation):
• Blepharitis, eye infections – your eyes need to be clear of
infection
• Increased internal eye pressure – needs to be under
control
• Dry eyes, epilepsy, MS – depends on the status
• Diabetes – if well controlled with healthy retinas
• Large pupils with a high correction
• Your glasses prescription is under 0.75 and you do not have
astigmatism
You are probably not suitable if:
• You are partially sighted or are blind in one eye, have
Crohns or collagen disease
• You have rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, lupus, glaucoma or have
ever had
herpes in the eye
• You are pregnant or breast feeding (please wait 3 months
after weaning)
• You’re amblyopic (if caused by severe short-sight or
astigmatism – see ICL treatment)
• You have a squint or prism which is not corrected or
tolerated by contact lenses.
Unfortunately, we have to turn away 20% of prospective
patients because they
are unsuitable.
• As results are not guaranteed, we do not treat people who
have difficulty in
finding glasses to correct their eyesight. Nor those with an
obsessive nature or
who suffer from depression.