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Hyperopia Learning Center
Treatments could include:
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Laser Eye Surgery
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Conductive Keratoplasty
- Photorefractive Ker...
- LASIK
- Use of Contact Lens...
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Use of Eyeglasses
- Laser Assisted Kera...
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Insertion of Phakic Intraocular Lens Implant
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Farsightedness is easily corrected with glasses or contact lenses. Surgical techniques are available for correcting farsightedness and can be used for those who do not wish to wear glasses or contacts.
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The usual treatment for hyperopia is corrective lenses (eyeglasses or contact lenses ). Plus-powered spherical or spherocylindrical lenses are prescribed. In some instances, physicians will choose pharmaceuticals to reduce a high accommodative con...
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The usual treatment for hyperopia is corrective lenses (spectacles or contact lenses). Different surgical methods to correct hyperopia are under investigation. One approach is to implant corrective contact lenses behind the patient's iris. The fir...
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Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is a noninvasive refractive surgery in which the surgeon uses an excimer laser to reshape the cornea of the eye by removing the epithelium, the gel-like outer layer of the cornea.
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Laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is a non-reversible refractive procedure performed by ophthalmologists to correct myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism. The surgeon uses an excimer laser to cut or reshape the cornea so that light will focus prope...
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LASIK is eye surgery that permanently changes the shape of the cornea (the clear covering on the front of the eye) in order to improve vision and reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses. See also: Corneal surgery
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Contact lenses are small, light-weight plastic devices worn on the eye that correct refractive errors in vision . While they appear to be worn in direct contact with the cornea, they actually float on a layer of tears that separates them from the ...
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Eyeglasses and contact lenses are devices that correct refractive errors in vision. Eyeglass lenses are mounted in frames worn on the face, sitting mostly on the ears and nose, so that the lenses are positioned in front of the eyes. Contact lenses...
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Eyeglasses and contact lenses are devices that correct refractive errors in vision. Eyeglass lenses are mounted in frames that are worn on the face, sitting mostly on the ears and nose, so that the lenses are positioned in front of the eyes. Conta...
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Clear or slightly colored plastic lenses worn directly on the eyeball to correct vision problems, held in place over the cornea by a thin layer of tears. The concept of corrective lenses that sit directly on the eyeball was developed in the ninth ...
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Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) are two similar surgical techniques that use an excimer laser to correct nearsightedness ( myopia ) by reshaping the cornea. The cornea is the clear outer structur...
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