One Eye Short..One Eye Long...can I get them BOTH fixed?

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So I had an eye test and it appears that one eye is good at long distance work (but poor close up) - and one eye is good at close up work (but poor at distance) - so in effect they are working as a good team...but the optician thinks I might get headaches (though nothing has troubled me thus far...fingers crossed).

I never really fancied the prospect of wearing glasses or contacts....he was muttering something about varifocals....but I had visions of people in Jam Jar glasses gurning like Les Dawson and so I said I'd wait to see how they get on.....(I can function perfectly well with each eye compensating).

So I have a question for the experts/opticians/surgeons on here!! If anyone knows.....as I'm favouring a surgical solution if possible:-

Can I have each eye surgically "corrected" for its respective shortcoming? i.e can the eye that has poor distance performance be corrected to see better at distance.....and the eye that has poor close up performance be corrected to improve its close up performance....thus giving me excellent vision in both eyes near and far??

Might seem overly simplistic but wondering if this is possible? ..or is it a case of deciding which you want to do well...get one eye done...and then wear specs for the other??

Thanks for anyone who has any experience of this!

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Anyone?

[LordGrover]

Not being an expert/optician/surgeon I didn't reply, but my tuppence - if you can see well now I wouldn't risk it.
If/when you get headaches or any deterioration then maybe reconsider?

[Blackpuddin]

Er, yeah! That's what opticians do. I have exactly the same as you. Originally had them lasered, which was amazing, way back in the pioneering days of the op. The guy who did it specifically 'tuned' my eyes so that they would work well together. Only now, about 20 years later, am I starting to wear glasses occasionally to help me in low light conditions. Paid about £80 in a High St place for an eye test, some boggo frames and standard lenses. Just go into any one and they'll sort you out.

ETA: Sorry just realised you were wanting to get surgical correction. Again the laser thing might work but why not just get some specs? My missis reckons I look better in specs, mind you that's not saying much, but they do some cool frames these days. My specs have revitalised my tennis and night time driving.

Edited by Blackpuddin on Friday 13th May 15:02