Can I choose which procedure I have?
You can and should express a preference, and the surgeon should explain whether your measurements support it. What should not happen is a procedure being performed because it was requested when the cornea suggests a different one.
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- Vision correction
- Topic
- Comparing procedures
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- Can I…
- Last reviewed
- 22 September 2026
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The useful version of the conversation is: here are my measurements, here is what you recommend, and here is why. A clinic that cannot walk you through that is worth pausing over.
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