Curtis Pesmen (2006, January). Invisible Fixes for Aging Eyes. Money, 35(1), 48. Retrieved March 3, 2008, from Research Library database. (Document ID: 951868731).
Eye surgery has been performed for the past thirty years for cataract patients to place lens implants in place of their lenses. Over 7 million people have had LASIK corrective surgery in the United States since the approval in 1998 by the Food and Drug Administration. LASIK is known for its painless cutting and reshaping of the cornea using a keratome blade and ultraviolet light. LASIK was started to only treat myopia and hyperopia, but now it is used to fix astigmatism and presbyopia. Presbyopia, or aging eyes, can be corrected by laser surgery with monovision. This is done by taking one eye, the dominant eye, and it is corrected to distance, while the other eye, the no dominate eye, is treated to better near vision. This can start out blurry and take getting use to, but is a lot more convenient than glasses. This eye problem is usually encountered mid-life and can effect anyone between the ages of 40 and 50. The risk is moderate to high even though the rate of complication is below one percent. Cost anywhere from 750 to 3,000 dollars per eye. The wide range is due to the different software the doctors can use to be more precise.
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