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LASIK and Children
July 29, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: Lasik
LASIK and Children
By Tara Pingle
With its ability to safely deliver to a wide range of patients the opportunity to return to work the following day without glasses or contact lenses, LASIK remains our most commonly performed refractive procedure.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approval Only for Those Aged 18 or Older
The FDA has only approved the use of LASIK on adults aged 18 or above. Experienced ophthalmologists typically agree with the FDA’s position.
Why is LASIK Not Done for Children under 18?
A child’s eyes develop and change shape until the late teens or early 20s. That means LASIK results for children and youths could be temporary and unstable, and might have to be done again when they are older. But much is still unknown about this, which is why ophthalmologists have started clinical trials of LASIK in children and are documenting their long-term results.
Exceptions
When children have unusual or extreme eye conditions and standard treatments haven’t worked, they might benefit from LASIK. This is particularly true for kids with lazy eye or amblyopia caused by a high prescription for glasses that creates a huge difference between the two eyes. Since one eye is dominant it ends up doing all the work and the weaker eye becomes almost useless. Only if contacts, glasses, eye drops, and patches fail, may laser eye surgery be considered.
Because LASIK in children is considered experimental, the associated risks are less well understood.
Future Prospects
For children outside the age range in which they are at risk for developing a lazy eye (over eight years old), LASIK may be considered for functional reasons if the child is truly glasses and contact lens intolerant.
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