No, patients with uncontrolled diabetes are not suitable for laser eye surgery.

Yes, if well controlled. To be sure, we will examine you for this at your initial screening.

While laser eye surgery cannot specifically treat a lazy eye, suitability for laser surgery with an aim of improving overall vision will depend on the best corrected visual acuity of the lazy eye. Many patients with mild lazy eyes have had successful outcomes after laser surgery.

Laser eye surgery techniques alone will not resolve a strabismus problem. Refractive surgery only attempts to change the refractive error of each eye individually.

Strabismus is not automatically a contraindication for LASIK or PRK / LASEK, however there are several considerations that need to be evaluated before making a decision about refractive surgery.

If amblyopia – or lazy eye – has developed due to strabismus, refractive surgery will not be able to restore vision beyond that which is attainable with corrective lenses.

Squint is another name for strabismus.

Yes, laser eye surgery has been alleviating astigmatism for 10 years.

Yes, you should indicate this when you are having an initial screening.

Yes, you should indicate this when you are having an initial screening.

Yes, you should indicate this when you are having an initial screening.

Yes, you should indicate this when you are having an initial screening.

Yes, you should indicate this when you are having an initial screening.

Yes, we treat patients from the age of 18 and up.

No, there is no upper age limit for laser surgery, as long as your eyes are healthy. Some older patients experience a longer healing period after laser surgery, but we can discuss this with you at your initial screening.

Yes. Laser eye treatment, however, is not a treatment for glaucoma.

Yes.

If a clinic turns you down for laser surgery due to corneal thickness, it is worth having a complete preoperative assessment with us, including a VHFU examination with the Artemis, to rule out keratoconus. If you have thin corneas, but do not have keratoconus, will likely recommend a surface procedure (PRK / LASEK).

Yes. Laser eye surgery will not treat the nystagmus, but it may reduce the symptoms.

Yes, but laser treatment is inadvisable until 4 weeks after breastfeeding is complete. Increased hormonal activity during pregnancy and breastfeeding can affect vision, and the drugs used in consultation can pass across to the baby.

Yes, but only if there has not been a reoccurrence of the infection for at least 12 months before having the procedure.

These conditions can be associated with altered healing responses by the body, and therefore present a slightly higher risk of complications after laser treatment. There is a possibility that you may be suitable if the connective tissue disorder is controlled. We assess this on a case-by-case basis and will provide you with an answer at the initial screening.

No, keratoconus leads to thinning of the cornea; therefore removing further corneal tissue with laser treatment is inadvisable. However, London Vision Clinic can successfully stabilise the keratoconus or protect those from further progress due to trauma to the eye, through Cross-Linking treatment.

Laser eye treatment does not correct this problem, however, you can still have laser eye surgery if you have a cataract.

Yes.

Iritis is a condition whereby the iris becomes inflamed. Suitability for laser eye treatment is only likely if there has not been a reoccurrence in the 12 months preceding treatment. Suitability will be determined after a discussion with an optometrist at the initial screening.

Yes, although it depends on the severity of your condition. Laser eye surgery does not treat a detached retina.

Yes, although it depends on the severity of your condition. Laser eye surgery does not treat macular degeneration.

Yes, although you may still need prism glasses if you have double vision with contact lenses or without the prism in your spectacles.

Perhaps. Your suitability for laser eye surgery depends on the cause and severity of the dry eye. We may recommend a surface treatment (PRK / LASEK).

Yes. With our custom programmed treatments we have now successfully treated patients with very large pupils without inducing night vision disturbances (which would have previously disqualified patients with very large pupils.

Yes. We have the technology and expertise to correct these problems.

Yes.