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)

Keratoconus (Not treated with laser eye surgery)

In Keratoconus astigmatism, a serious form of astigmatism, the cornea progressively thins towards its edges causing a cone-like bulge to develop and resulting in significant astigmatic impairment. London Vision Clinic surgeons were amongst the first surgeons in the UK to treat this eye problem with cross-linking … (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

• What are London Vision Clinic's results with myopic (shortsighted) patients?
• How does laser eye treatment help myopia?
• What are the alternatives to treating myopia?
• What is myopia?
• What are London Vision Clinic's results with hyperopic (longsighted) patients?
• How does laser eye surgery help hyperopia?
• What are the alternatives to treating hyperopia?
• What is hyperopia?
• How does laser eye surgery help astigmatism?
• What are the alternatives to treating astigmatism?
• What is astigmatism?
• How does laser eye surgery help presbyopia?
• What are the alternatives in improving reading vision?
• What are the differences between blended vision and mono vision contact lenses?
• What is presbyopia?
• What is keratoconus?
• How can the London Vision help me if I have keratoconus?
• What is a cataract?
• What are the approaches to treating cataracts?
• What is glaucoma?

Does your question not appear in the above list?

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