Why can’t minors undergo myopia surgery?

Generally speaking, we do not recommend myopia surgery for minors under the age of 18, because their bodies are still growing and developing, and their vision may not be stable. In this case, if they undergo myopia surgery, it is possible that after the surgery corrects their existing vision, new myopia will occur due to normal growth and development of the body.

Many people want to correct their vision through myopia surgery, but not everyone is suitable for myopia surgery. In order to be responsible for your eyes, you need to undergo more than 20 preoperative examinations to better understand your eye condition through the examination results, so as to determine whether you are suitable for myopia surgery and which type of myopia surgery is more suitable.

In what other situations is myopia surgery not suitable?

• Suffering from some eye diseases that are not suitable for myopia surgery

There are some eye diseases that cannot be treated with myopia surgery, such as keratoconus or other types of corneal dilatation, active eye lesions or infections, uncontrolled glaucoma, cataracts that affect vision , etc. In addition, people with diseases that cannot cooperate with examinations and surgeries are not suitable for myopia surgery.

• Pregnant and lactating women

Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding are advised not to have myopia surgery for the time being because their hormones are different from usual. But generally speaking, you can have the surgery normally after the breastfeeding period.

Zhao Bo, director of Tianjin University Aier Eye Hospital, said that if you want to have myopia surgery and do not have the above conditions, you can go for further preoperative examinations. By more accurately analyzing the examination results, you can determine whether you can undergo myopia surgery and choose the appropriate surgical method.