Nearsightedness (Myopia)
Distant objects appear out of focus
Anatomy of the nearsighted eye
Surgical procedures to correct nearsightedness
Usually, nearsightedness is corrected with glasses or contact lenses. However, there are several surgical
procedures available to correct nearsightedness, all of which are offered at the FreeVis LASIK Center:
| Eye laser procedures | Correction of nearsightedness |
| SMILE | -3 up to -8 dpt. |
| Femto-LASIK (individual LASIK) | up to -5 dpt. |
| PRK / LASEK | up to -6 dpt. |
| MonoVision LASIK | In combination with presbyopia |
| Lens procedures | Correction of nearsightedness |
| Phake Linsen (phake IOL) | -1 up to -23,5 dpt. |
| Laser lens
exchange |
from -8 dpt. |
| Multifocal lenses | In combination with presbyopia |
| Combination of procedures | |
| Lens operation followed by eye laser procedure | To correct high and extremely high farsightedness, also to correct astigmatism or a residual refractive error. |