Laser eye surgery for (long sight)

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I am long sighted, but I understand Laser Eye surgery is generally done for short sightedness. Has anyone had it for longsightedness? If so did it work ok? Was it more expensive and as I am now 50 my long sight is now not as sharp as it should be either, so if you have long sight cured, does it help short sight too, or visa versa? Or do you still have to wear glasses for one or the other, if both are affected. If you see what I mean
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sorry i'm not really helpful.. want to jump on your post (if thata ok
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i'm thinking of getting laser eye surgery i'm short sighted and wear contacts full time for over two years now.. but working with horses its not really good to wear them all the time so i've been looking into it.

but from my understanding they can do it for both long and short
 
Sorry I can't help with the long sighted part, I was short sighted with astigmatism, but I can honestly say laser eye surgery is the BEST thing ever, and I only wish I'd done it years ago!

PM me if you have any questions about how they do it, what to expect etc. It doesn't hurt at all, I promise!

Also, if I refer a friend to Optical Express who did mine, they get £50 off their treatment, and I get £50 for recommending them, so again PM me if you're interested.
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I had mine done about 10 years ago, anything over 3ft away was blurry within two weeks I could see for miles and still can.

I don't think it works the other way round though as my hubby enquired as his near sight is going due to aging and they said no.
 
I had laser surgery for short sight about a year ago. I'm pretty sure it's not possible for long sight because it works by thinning the tissue whereas for long sight you'd need it to be thickened.

Implanted contact lenses work for all types of sight, but are more expensive - usual done through Bupa hospitals rather than high street outfits like Optimax etc.
 
They can sort out distance vision with laser surgery apparently.

If you are long sighted it means you have to focus to see in the distance and when you are young you can do that without trying and when you are older your eyes have to work harder to focus on distant things.

Most people need reading glasses by 50 as the eyes don't focus so easily on close up things.

So my OH, who knows these things, said that they often compromise, and do one eye for distance vision and one eye for reading.

I kid you not!
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Thanks everyone. Llewelyn. unfortunately my left eye has very limited sight, due to a squint when I was a child, so one eye for distance and one for reading wouldn't be possible. So unless anyone can suggest anything else, i guess I will have to stick to glasses or contacts. No easy answer. My main problem is seeing close up though.
 
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