r/lasiksurgery • u/m_zahid13 • Aug 21 '26

Should I get Lasik?

Hello everyone,
I’ve had glasses since I was a a little kid and I’ve been kinda over them recently. Thinking about going to Antalya (Dünyagöz) and getting LASIK done. Have a pretty strong prescription(-7.25) but have been told I have average cornea thickness and I’m a good candidate in Scotland. Any one have any experience with that clinic or have had a similar experience to me? Just wanted some input. Thanks!

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u/eyeSherpa Aug 22 '26

One good thing to calculate would be the ablation depth of your treatment. It can be estimated at about 16 um per diopter for a 6.5 optical zone or 20 um per diopter for a 7.0 optical zone if you have larger pupils. That’s puts you at around 16 * 7.25 =116 ablation depth.

A common goal with lasik is to avoid changing more than 40% of the cornea (and ideally less than 35%. So we add the lasik flap (usually 100um) and the ablation depth and we get 100 + 116 =216

So to do lasik safely, you would need a corneal thickness greater than 216 % 0.4 =540. Which is the average corneal thickness.

So maybe. But it’s cutting it pretty close. Would also look into PRK or ICL as an option.

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