80% of Singaporeans are myopic, 20% are long-sighted, and about 40% will have astigmatism. Think of it as a 4 in 1 procedure. Not only do you remove cataracts, but you also eliminate and reduce myopia and reduce lao hua all in one procedure. This will leave you entirely spectacle free! These changes will last a lifetime; cataracts will never come back again and myopia and astigmatism will never return anymore.
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I have myopia. Can I go through with myopia surgery?
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How safe is cataract surgery if I have myopia?
Myopia refers to the situation where light rays are focused in front of the retina and spans a spectrum from mild to severe. It can also have several different causes, but most commonly is due to an elongated eyeball. Some kinds of cataract can also cause increasing myopia by themselves. Myopia, by itself, does not necessarily affect the safety of cataract surgery. For experienced cataract surgeons, performing cataract surgery safely (without complications) even in very high myopes is not particularly difficult.
Does cataract happen only when you are a certain age or can it occur when you are a child?
It’s an age-related process but even juveniles and babies can develop cataracts at a much younger age. Probably 99% of cases are with patients over the age of 40. Cataract is usually an ageing problem commonly presented in older patients. Some are born with congenital cataract and usually this is due to some disease. For example, the mother has chickenpox during pregnancy and this causes some lens proteins in the eye to become faulty.
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