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Old Fri Aug 03, 2007, 08:24pm
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Originally Posted by blindzebra
But it still fixes the other part of the problem that you'd need the single vision lenses for...as someone who wore contacts for over 15 years, it's not a lot of fun, it's expensive, and even the disposables do damage to your eyes that will eventually mean you can't wear contacts anymore.
I don't know many opthamalogists who are willing to do Lasik on someone with presbyopia.

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Originally Posted by Mark Dexter
LASIK can't do jack for loss of accommodation. It may be possible to reshape the cornea to compensate, but the lens is just going to get worse as the patient ages.
Thank you, Mr. Dexter.
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