Eye conditions that can be treated with laser eye surgery

Myopia (Short sight)

In myopic patients, the eyeball is slightly longer and flatter than the lens requires. This is one of the most common eye problems and is a result light entering a myopic eye converges just before the retina (where the image is formed) and the resulting vision is blurred and out of focus. Laser eye surgery is ideally suited to treat this eye condition … (more)

Hyperopia (Long-sight)

Hyperopia, often called longsight, results from a disorder rather than from a disease. In hyperopia, the eyeball is slightly shorter and fatter than the eye's lens requires, so that the point of focus is not directly on the retina (where the image is formed), but at a point some way behind it. London Vision Clinic results with this eye condition exceed the average results published in the medical literature … (more)

Astigmatism

The outermost part of the eye, the cornea is a transparent layer that covers the iris, the pupil, and the lens. Rather than being a simple 'window', the cornea refracts or bends light and helps to focus it onto the retina. Any irregularity in the cornea's shape therefore results in incorrect focusing of light and in blurred vision. In short, astigmatism is an eye condition that results from an improperly shaped cornea. Laser eye surgery treats astigmatism … (more)

Presbyopia (Reading Glasses)

Presbyopia is part of the aging process and presbyopia means, literally, 'old eye'. 100% of people older than 45 will encounter this eye condition. With Presbyopia, the ability to focus on close objects gradually decreases over a number of years, with presbyopic symptoms usually noticeable around middle age. London Vision Clinic has been helping patients get rid of their reading glasses for years … (more)

Eye Conditions that cannot be treated at London Vision Clinic

Cataracts

When proteins, naturally present in the lens of the eye, coalesce they form a cataract. In cataracts, the lens becomes opaque, vision starts to cloud, and eyesight progressively blurs. Eventually, there is no option but to remove the cataract by surgery, which usually resolves this eye problem.

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a serious eye problem that can lead to permanent damage to the optic nerve and thus permanent blindness. Glaucoma often starts with unnoticeable blind spots, then tunnel vision, and finally complete loss of sight.

Common questions about eye conditions and eye problems

Does your question not appear in the above list?

You are most welcome to contact a patient care coordinator on 0800 587 4705 to discuss your suitability for laser eye surgery at London Vision Clinic.

What our patients are saying

This is exactly what happened to me in just a few short months. I have gone from 50 years of wearing specs that have been of the highest prescription (+8.75), and therefore of the thickest lenses, to absolute freedom, without the need to use even the lowest reading lens for the telephone directory. The care and attention that I have received from Dan and his team at London Vision Clinic cannot be improved upon. What can you say but the most heartfelt thank you to a team that have performed a miracle. - Shaena W., Reservations Manager