Why do people always question whether ophthalmologists perform myopia surgery themselves?

Almost everyone who is bound by glasses has thought about having myopia surgery. Some people have taken action and completely got rid of their glasses; while some people, even though they have already come to the hospital, back off when they see that some doctors and nurses in the ophthalmology department are still wearing glasses.

As an ophthalmologist who wears glasses, I was asked 3600 seconds ago: Doctor, why do you wear glasses yourself? Actually, as someone who is close to the water but not the moon, I want to say:

1. Myopia surgery is not for everyone

The following are the absolute contraindications for myopia surgery:

Zhang Qingsong, deputy chief physician, member of the Refractive Subcommittee of the 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 (Aier Eye Hospital Group Hubei Headquarters), said that in addition to the above conditions, preoperative examinations of some other situations are also required to determine whether myopia surgery can be performed and what type of myopia surgery can be performed.

2. I think wearing glasses does not affect my life

As mentioned above, myopia surgery is just an option. Just like wearing glasses, myopia surgery can only correct vision but cannot cure myopia.

In this case, why do some people want to undergo myopia surgery?

It may be because: some people find myopia annoying and wearing glasses makes life inconvenient; some people think wearing glasses lowers their appearance and even makeup can cover it up; some people think it prevents them from sweating in the sports field or gym; some people think myopia prevents them from applying for military academies, joining the army, applying for pilots, civil servants, police officers, etc.

For various reasons, undergoing myopia surgery became a natural thing to do.

But for some people - for example, some doctors have no need to take off their glasses, they feel that wearing glasses does not affect their lives, they think they look more academic with glasses, or the doctors' own eye conditions are not suitable.

Don’t forget that myopia surgery is not a must. Whether or not to undergo surgery to remove your glasses is more important to your personal preference.

3. Ignoring the doctor who didn’t wear glasses

People are often easily confused by superficial phenomena. When they see doctors wearing glasses in an ophthalmology hospital, they think: since doctors don’t perform myopia surgery, myopia surgery must be a bad thing.

But in fact, many ophthalmologists have performed myopia surgery many years ago, but they don’t wear glasses, so you can’t tell whether they have corrected their myopia.

In fact, not only doctors, but also many medical staff and their relatives and friends have undergone myopia surgery. The proportion of medical staff and their relatives who have removed their glasses through myopia surgery is much higher than that of people in other professions.