Some people are better suited to lens replacement, while others are safer and better served by laser eye surgery, depending mainly on age, prescription, and lens health.
People often better suited to lens replacement
Lens-based surgery is more appropriate when the natural lens is ageing or cataract is forming, or when prescriptions are outside safe laser ranges.
- Adults usually over 45 with presbyopia and early lens clouding
- Moderate to high long-sightedness that would need large laser corrections
- Eyes with thin or irregular corneas unsuitable for reshaping
- Patients who want to avoid future cataract surgery by treating the lens early
- Those with significant cataract already affecting driving or work
People often better suited to laser eye surgery
Laser procedures reshape the cornea and keep the natural lens, making them attractive for younger adults who still have flexible focusing.
- People in their twenties or thirties with stable, moderate myopia or astigmatism
- Healthy corneas of adequate thickness and shape
- No significant lens changes or presbyopia yet
- Desire to correct distance vision while preserving natural near focus
- Preference for a less invasive, non-intraocular procedure when appropriate
