Can laser eye surgery prolong my short sight?
Laser surgery can fix nearsightedness, but you will need to go to one of the places that does it and get evaluated as to your suitability for the procedure. Most of the places will do the evaluation for free. Not everybody is suitable for this operation. If you decide to do it, check out the place where you are getting it done very carefully in reference to the sucess rate for their procedures, this is not the time to go with the low bidder ! You are only paying for it once, but you will be living with the results forever! Added: You mentioned you were extremely nearsighted and it is still getting worse. The maximum amount of nearsightedness the operation can fix is about 8-9 diopters (depending on the thickness of your corneas). The reason they can’t do more than that is, the higher the amount of nearsightedness, the more of your corneas they will have to be blasting away with lasers and they would become too thin to work properly. If your prescription is higher than about -8, they co
