Conventional LASIK eye correction surgery, or its updated variants - e.g. Wavefront LASIK, Epi-K - can’t handle presbyopia - the unavoidable degradation of your eye’s ability to change the shape of its lens. As a result, we suggested a couple of LASIK alternatives to meet the needs of the older generation - people who just want to read without having to put on reading glasses!

The first LASIK alternative we talked about was Lens Replacement Surgery (LRS). Later, we touched on the PresView Sceral Spacing procedure. Both involved implanting something in your eyes. So, for people (like me) that just dislike having artificial stuff stuck inside their bodies, especially their eyes, multifocal LASIK surgery might be a better solution.

Multifocal LASIK eye correction surgery involves making multiple curvatures on your corneas to provide multiple focal points for incoming light. This is deemed to be able to remove the need for bifocals, and is said to be safer than Lens Replacement Surgery. Why? Well, as LRS involves tampering with parts within the eye, i.e. the lens, greater risk is involved.

So, which should we go for? LRS, Scleral Spacing or multifocal LASIK? Truthfully, any one of them would probably do. After all, all three procedures are invasive surgical procedures, and their costs are about the same.

[News via eReleases]