Can I get laser eye surgery age 50?

[sunshinechaser]

I am 50, have dry eyes and have a prescription both for distance and reading. My eyesight started to deteriorate age 45 so it's definitely age related. My prescription is L eye +3.75 and R eye +1.75.
My contacts are soooo uncomfortable and I've tried every brand the optician has recommended. I hate wearing glasses too.
I've been thinking more and more about laser eye surgery (?blended laser eye surgery) and would love it but wonder if I'm too old. When I try and get info online and leave my details the companies call me back and try and get me in for a consultation which is fine but I'd like to try and find out a bit more beforehand.
Anyone had this for age related eyesight changes and would recommend it?
Thanks.

Physically, yes you can. But it's likely that your prescription will change in the next few years, meaning you need glasses again anyway.

Like you, I have dry eyes and contacts were uncomfortable. In fact people often asked me if I was ok - in case I'd been crying! I had my eyes done at 35: the consultant said I was at the upper end of what's advisable to get your money's worth!

But for me it's been a revelation, worth every penny and then some in terms of the difference to my day-to-day.

I had laser eye surgery last year and was told that my eyesight will still deteriorate with age, so I'm not sure they can fix age related sight loss. Worth checking though. It was a really easy procedure and I love not having to wear glasses

You're better off looking at lens replacement surgery. It'll cost more, but you'll end up having it in 10-20yrs anyway (same procedure as cataract surgery). May as well hire the bullet and have surgery once, rather than having LASIK/LASEK now and then cataract surgery down the line.

When I had mine done, I had to have had a stable prescription for 3 years. I was always warned they couldn't fix presbyopia- that's just aging, and you eyes being less flexible. At 52, I'm starting to need reading glasses.

Look into it - all our eyes are different so you yours may or may not be okay for it.

I had Len's replacement at 50 last year and I am delighted!

These are also my thoughts on the subject!

That's great to know, I was previously under the impression you had to wait until you'd developed cataracts but now I'm considering looking into it myself.

No not at all! I had it just because I absolutely hated wearing reading glasses and kept losing or forgetting them. I also had the major hump not being able to wear nice sunglasses 😂

Thanks everyone. Good information. I just wanted to try and get some details beforehand as I feel I almost get the hard sell when I enquire about this.