Hyperopia (Farsightedness)

Treatment options for hyperopia include glasses, contact lenses and refractive eye surgery:

• Spectacles are by far the most common modality for the compensation of long-sightedness. However, they are associated with distortion of your peripheral vision, especially for moderate and high prescriptions, and inconveniences, such as getting wet in the rain, fogging when walking indoors, inability to wear sunglasses and the requirement for separate readers, to mention a few.
• Contact lenses are also commonly used for long-sightedness and other refractive errors. They are a good option as they provide better quality of vision and overcome the above limitations of spectacles. They do have their own limitations though; they do reduce oxygen delivery to the eye, they can cause dry eye and with prolonged use can lead to contact lens intolerance and sight-threatening infection.
• A more permanent solution to hyperopia can be provided by refractive surgery. Depending on your prescription, eye measurements and visual needs, a variety of procedures are available, including LASIK, PRESBYOND, phakic IOL, e.g. ICL, and refractive lens exchange.
  Laser eye surgery is an excellent treatment modality that reshapes the cornea. In LASIK, excimer laser sculpts the cornea, increasing its refractive power so that the light rays come into focus on the retina of the eye. LASIK can also incorporate a PRESBYOND blended vision treatment in order to reduce or eliminate your need for reading glasses.
• An Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) is like a permanent plastic contact lens that is implanted inside your eye, in front of your natural lens. No one can see this phakic lens and you cannot feel its presence in your eye. It is a safe alternative to laser surgery, but it is usually reserved for higher prescriptions when laser eye surgery may not be the best option.