If I have myopia surgery now, will I still be able to see clearly in 20 years?

We have written many popular science articles about myopia surgery, but people still have many questions about it. For example, many people are worried about what will happen to me when I am older after myopia surgery. What problems will I have with my eyes in 20 years?

What will happen 20 years after having myopia surgery?

Most people who undergo myopia surgery are young people. Even if you are a young man or a young woman now, you will be in your forties in 20 years. When you pick up your mobile phone one day (assuming that mobile phones are still available at that time), you will find that the fonts on the phone have become blurred, but the distance is still clear. Yes, you may start to have presbyopia at that time. Not only that, when you are older, many eye diseases closely related to the elderly may also appear quietly, such as senile cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, etc.

Is the decreased vision in the elderly related to myopia surgery?

Some people are worried that it is a great pleasure to have myopia surgery now, but it may pose hidden dangers. Some even worry that they will become blind when they get old.

When people get older, they may start to suffer from age-related eye diseases such as presbyopia, cataracts, and fundus diseases. Even if you don't undergo myopia surgery, these age-related eye diseases may still occur in your peers. Xie Xiuli, a member of the Hubei Province Refractive Optics Group of Aier Eye Hospital and deputy chief physician of the Refractive Specialty Department of Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University, explained: Although myopia surgery helps you take off your glasses, it cannot change the objective fact that you are more likely to develop eye diseases when you are older.

Zhang Qingsong, member of the Refractive Subcommittee of the Ophthalmology Committee of the Chinese Association of Non-public Medical Institutions, associate chief physician, and director of the Refractive Department of the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University, said: People with high myopia have thinner retinas than others, and the probability of developing complications of high myopia is higher than other people. This has nothing to do with whether you have myopia surgery or not. If complications of high myopia occur in the future, it is also caused by the high myopia itself, and it cannot be said to be the fault of the myopia surgery.

In fact, there is no need to worry about the dangers of myopia surgery or blindness when you are old. If you go to the hospital and ask, you will find that many ophthalmic medical staff, families of ophthalmologists, etc. have undergone myopia surgery, and many movie stars and even athletes are beneficiaries of myopia surgery.

In short, if you meet the conditions for myopia surgery, you don’t have to worry about problems when you get older after the surgery. If you insist on having surgery but do not meet the conditions, there will indeed be risks.