Many friends find glasses for myopia inconvenient and necessary, Congratulations to you, you have already met one of the criteria for laser treatment: wanting to recover vision. But then you might say: I have both myopia and astigmatism, can I also have surgery? Today, let’s talk about astigmatism.

What is the feeling of astigmatism?

Simply put, the world of astigmatism is blurred and has double images. The higher the degree of astigmatism, the more severe the blurring and double images may be. When parallel light enters the eyes, normal eyes focus the light precisely on the macula at the bottom of the retina, while myopia focuses the light in front of the macula, and astigmatism refers to the inability of light to focus precisely at the same point.

If a person has both myopia and astigmatism, in addition to vision deterioration and seeing things in double, they may also experience symptoms such as easy eye fatigue, even eye pain and headaches, and cannot work at close range for a long time.

Prejudices about myopia surgery

In essence, laser myopia surgery is the correction of myopia using a laser, which actually has far more functions. Laser myopia surgery belongs to corneal myopia surgery in ophthalmology, and refractive errors include myopia, astigmatism, and hyperopia. Therefore, myopia surgery can not only correct myopia but also correct astigmatism. If the criteria are met, astigmatism up to 600 degrees can be considered for myopia surgery correction.

What kind of astigmatism is suitable for myopia surgery?

Within 600 degrees of astigmatism; aged between 18 to 50 years; the degree of myopia has remained stable in recent years, with no more than 50 degrees of increase per year; there are no active eye diseases around the eyes; there are no systemic surgical restrictions or inherent immune diseases. In addition, the correction of myopia and astigmatism can be achieved through procedures such as all-laser myopia surgery and ICL crystalline implantation.

Before the myopia surgery, it is necessary to undergo a comprehensive preoperative examination at the hospital outpatient department, based on the examination results as the standard.