What makes someone suitable for LASIK?
Suitability comes down to a prescription that has been stable, a cornea thick enough and regular enough for the planned correction, a healthy eye surface and no condition that makes healing or measurement unreliable.
- Subject
- Vision correction
- Topic
- LASIK
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- Who can…
- Procedures
- LASIK
- Last reviewed
- 22 September 2026
In more detail
Age matters mostly through prescription stability rather than through a fixed cut-off, and general health matters where it affects healing or where medication changes the eye.
All of this is measured, not guessed. Two people with the same prescription in glasses can have very different measurements.
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General answers cannot tell you what is happening in your own eyes. Only an examination by a qualified ophthalmologist can do that.
Sources & further reading
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- Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK)
The equivalent clinical reference chapter for LASIK, used so that comparisons describe both procedures symmetrically.
Used for How LASIK creates and manages a corneal flap; LASIK complication categories.
Link checked 22 September 2026
- The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
The UK professional body for ophthalmologists, which publishes standards and commissioning guidance for refractive surgery services.
Used for What good preoperative assessment and consent look like.
Link checked 22 September 2026