Ask the doctor.Provided by 7DAYS.ae This week's question was answered by Doctor Alan Mushin, a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at The Wellington Hospital, London I have deteriorating eyesight (short-sighted) and am fed up with glasses and contacts. I am debating laser eye surgery. Is it safe and does it work? Modern laser eye surgery is very successful in the short-sighted. There are two types - PRK PRK photorefractive keratectomy. Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) A procedure that uses an excimer laser to make modifications to the cornea and permanently correct myopia. , which is a straightforward laser procedure, and lasik, which involves cutting a flap of the cornea cornea: see eye. and using laser underneath it. Lasik is now a procedure that is very well controlled, is very successful and provides very little pain. It works well in most short-sighted people, but not in the extremely short-sighted. Laser eye surgery works best between the ages of 23 and 38 years, although it can be done in older people too.Aa Both eyes can be done together and the procedure only takes a few minutes to reach the eye. In somebody of the right age group, where their short sight is -6 or less, there is more than a 90 per cent chance of being able to discard spectacles for good. Do you have a question about a medical issue? Send to letters@7days.ae A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2007 Al Sidra Media Al Sidra Media LLC is a publishing company based in Dubai, UAE. It publishes the popular English-language newspaper 7Days, which is distributed for free. External links
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