IQ Laser Vision - Vision Correction Options

Refractive Conditions

Hyperopia or farsightedness - Whereas in myopia the cornea is too steep or the eye is too long, here the conditions are reversed: the cornea is either too flat or the eye is too short. In this condition, light bent by the cornea and lens is focused behind the retina.

Treating Hyperopia and Farsightedness with LTK

Persons affected by hyperopia are said to be farsighted because they are more often able to focus on distant objects rather than objects close to them. However, the difficulty in focusing on near objects is automatically overcome early in life by an effortless accommodative response. Therefore most hyperopes do not wear glasses in early life, and are unaware they are farsighted until the accommodative response slips away in their forties.

There is a progressive hyperopic shift with age, and eventually the focal point has moved so far back that the hyperope has trouble seeing objects at intermediate and longer distances, as well as close-up. Ultimately, the farsighted person does not see well at any distance. Because hyperopia typically becomes a problem only with age, and because the farsighted person has not had to wear glasses early in life, the manifestation of hyperopia is both a very unwelcome inconvenience and a reminder that one is getting older.

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