2023-11-20 05:00:00
OUR HEALTH ADVICE – Every year in France, 100,000 to 200,000 people take the plunge and have their myopia operated on. The goal: to do without glasses or contact lenses. Who is eligible, how does the operation work, what are the risks? Answers with a specialist.
Recover good eyesight thanks to a laser. This is the promise made by surgery myopia(or “refractive surgery”) for people who wish to free themselves from their glasses or lenses. In France, 30% of adults are myopic, which means they cannot see distant objects clearly. Every year, 100,000 to 200,000 of them have surgery. But if the “post-Covid” period has seen a surge in requests, some specialists believe that this treatment could be used even more. “ This under-use can be explained by the apprehension that the operation can arouse, by the existence of many preconceived ideas, but also by its cost, which is not covered by Social Security, although some mutual societies participate in part », Estimates Dr Barbara Ameline-Chalumeau, ophthalmologist surgeon and Vice-President of the French Society of Ophthalmology (SFO).
So, for or against the operation? First of all, it is appropriate…
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