There is an answer to this question. It is true that teenagers are advised they should not have Laser Eye Surgery, and with very good reason. Although it may be desirable to have treatment which negates the need for external aids, a teenager will not find that the cure to their vision problems lies with surgery except in specific and rare circumstances. Most vision problems are a result of the cornea of the eye – which happens to be constantly changing in shape during our teens and even into our early twenties. There may be clinics which are willing to operate on teenagers – but they should be avoided.

The truth is that all surgeons know that it is unwise to give Laser Eye Surgery to someone whose eyes are still developing. Aside from being unnecessary in most cases – the fault may be self-correcting given time – the surgery will not definitively fix the problem anyway. After surgery, the eye will continue to develop, and if there was a fault to begin with it may well reoccur during this time – meaning that the patient will need to go back for further treatment.

Any surgeon who does carry out Laser Eye Surgery on a teenager, therefore, is not someone who should be trusted unless the surgery is necessary for a more extreme fault. If they will carry out surgery regardless, one has to wonder whether they are the kind of surgeon you want to operate on your adolescent son or daughter. And if you explain it this way to your son or daughter, they may not be overjoyed, but they will understand.