What age is a good age for corrective eye surgery?
corrective eye surgery
I really want corrective eye surgery(glasses my whole life, contacts never worked, etc.), but I’m afraid my eyes are still growing. (I guess a side question would be, when do eyes stop growing?) What age is a good age for corrective eye surgery? I’ve heard various things, like right after puberty to age 24. Please give a straight, informed answer, not the first result in a search. I really appreciate any help! Thank you!
One should typically wait til about mid-20’s. Most MD’s look for at least 3 yrs of stable vision. The eyes will continue to grow til usually mid to late teens. At infancy, the length of the eyeball is between 17-18 mm and the average adult eyeball is ~24 mm in length. Puberty is typically when the prescription of the eyes change the most. The person has a big growth spurt and grows many inches, the eye lengthens (grows too, but not by big #’s) and you become more nearsighted. Everyone’s different, but most people stabilize in mid-20’s. Thus, LASIK is best then.
Heads up though, you’ll still need reading glasses in your 40’s! Everyone does!
You have to wait until your vision has been stable for about 2 years , which usually isn’t until the mid to late 20’s…
Your eye stopped growing by the age of 5.
Internal changes in the eye cause the vision changes, not the eye that is growing.
Getting it done too soon only means that it will have been a waste if your vision changes a few months after.
You should be an adult