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20:20 is described as normal vision, which is the comparison between what you can see at 20 feet and what normal-sighted people can see at 20 feet. Driving standard is 10:20 and is measured as reading the fifth line of the eye test chart.
 

Laser Eye Surgery Results

 

 

99.5% of patients achieve unaided driving standard after their laser eye operation. Moderate eyesight correction surgery levels achieve a 95% success rate. Severe levels of eyesight correction achieve a 90% success rate (to driving standard) - the remainder will occasionally need to wear glasses for best vision.

 

Long sight results achieve an 80% success rate to driving standard; lower corrections are more accurate.  After treatment there may still be a need for glasses or contact lenses to correct remaining refractive error.  Older patients will need reading glasses after treatment (if both eyes are fully corrected). 

 

There is no difference between LASEK and LASIK for final results up to -6 dioptres; the treatment chosen is based on attitude to risk and convenience factors. 

 
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Reading Glasses (Presbyopia)

 

Lasers treat the need for distance vision only. If you wear glasses for both distance and close vision, the distant vision can be treated but you will still need glasses for close vision.  The continuing need for reading glasses is not due to long or short sight, but the stiffening of the eye muscles that usually occurs after middle age. 
 
As with all normal-sighted people, patients will still need reading glasses from about 45 years of age, unless monovision or Refractive Lens Exhange/Clear Lens Exchange is chosen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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