Is it possible to have different LASIK procedures done on my left and right eye?

Doctor's Answer

Hi Choo Hua

Yes - absolutely it is possible to have different laser-refractive procedures performed in each eye. This may occur if you have a strong desire to have a certain procedure to be performed (e.g. Smile / RELEX) but may not be suitable to have this done in one eye (for example due to high myopia).

One eye can have normal femto-assisted Lasik, whilst the other eye may have Smile / ReLEX procedure performed. The disadvantage is that you may have to be moved between machines between one eye and the next.

This is not commonly done however, as most patients don't normally feel so strongly about having one procedure done over the other.

Cheers

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