If myopia degree is greater than 600 degrees, can I not have surgery?

Xiao Chen (pseudonym), 28 years old this year, is a well-known model. Because of her work, Xiao Chen needs to appear on camera frequently, but her severe myopia of nearly 1000 degrees often troubles her.

"Because of my job, I have to take photos almost every day. But I am highly myopic and cannot see without glasses. Wearing contact lenses for a long time can easily cause eye inflammation." Xiao Chen said that she was very eager to take off her glasses. The myopia problem has caused a lot of trouble in her daily life and work. So, she came to the refractive department of Wuhan University Aier Eye Hospital for a preoperative examination.

After completing the preoperative examination for myopia surgery and detailed inquiries from the doctor, Xiao Chen followed the doctor's advice and chose ICL lens implantation. Dr. Feng Mei, a member of the Hubei Province Refractive Group of Aier Eye Hospital and a refractive specialist at Wuhan University Aier Eye Hospital, said: ICL artificial lens implantation is suitable for people with myopia of 50-1800 degrees, so patients with high myopia can also undergo myopia surgery if both eyes meet the surgical requirements after passing the preoperative examination of a regular hospital.

What should you pay attention to if you have high myopia?

Generally speaking, patients with high myopia have longer eye axes than those without high myopia, and their posterior sclera is weaker, which increases the risk of various eye diseases. Therefore, we recommend that people with high myopia follow the doctor's advice to check the fundus regularly. In addition, it should be noted that the complications of high myopia cannot be avoided by myopia surgery. Myopia surgery can only solve the problem of removing glasses, but cannot solve eye diseases.

Therefore, patients with high myopia need to consider more factors comprehensively before, during and after myopia surgery. They cannot treat it casually and must pay close attention to their eye conditions!

Zhang Qingsong, member of the Refractive Subcommittee of the First Ophthalmology Committee of the China Association of Non-public Medical Institutions and director of the Refractive Department of the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University, said: At present, the most effective and safe way to correct high and very high myopia is to implant ICL lenses. For those with high and very high myopia that are not corrected in time, the eyeball may further grow, deform, and produce pathological changes, so early detection, early prevention, and early treatment are necessary.