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I have taken cornea topography my cornea thickness 538 both ...my power minus 8.5..am I eligible for lasik or smile...my doctor said cant possible lasik for me because it ll recur.. what should I do
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Yes your corneal thickness seems to be insufficient but you may be able to try for FemtoLasik or epilasik.. unless the corneal topography value is seen cannot make any clear decision,ICL may be a good option
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Refractive surgery should ideally be done when Power/Refractive error doesn't change at least for 1 year..it require proper evaluation before commenting in ur case, so u can visit your nearest ophthalmologist for detailed evaluation & discuss the things in your case.
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You can go ahead with LASIK. Even if the no comes back it will be not very early and might be just 1 or 1.5
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Need to do other eye tests in detail
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Doing a refractive surgery needs proper evaluation. Cannot comment with the details given.
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History is incomplete, and corneal topography scan has to be seen.
Eye ,cornea also in person has to be seen
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Is your power stable for a period of one year and corneal topography is suitable then why not
Probably your power is not stable I.e increasing on every visit so your doctor must have told you about recurrence
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Dr. Rajneesh Pawar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
25 yrs exp
Pune
Please avoid LASIK procedure, but you have an option of
ICL.
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