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What is Multifocal?

Are you reading this page with your reading or multifocal glasses? Or you need to read closely without glasses on?

Find out what OPTIMAX can do now to restore hassle free vision for you!

The muscles around the lens in the human eye help to control the focusing power of the lens. When we age, the muscles become weaker and the lens thickens and hardens. This will reduce the ability of the eye to focus near object. This condition is known as “presbyopia” or “old-age reading problem”. The traditional way to correct this problem is to use reading or multifocal glasses.

Now, there is a better alternative!

OPTIMAX has the advanced technology to help you overcome this problem. OPTIMAX is the only eye laser centre that offers this breakthrough refractive surgery procedure in Malaysia.

How does Multifocal Lasik work?

Multifocal Lasik uses the multizone laser ablation concept to create ‘multifocal’ cornea in order to help the eye to ‘restore’ the focusing ability for near vision and treat the distance power at the same time. This means Multifocal can treat anyone with long-sightedness, short-sightedness or astigmatism and prebyopia simultaneously.

This means that the overall vision after your laser refractive surgery will continue to be useful even as your eyes age. The final shape of the cornea is what Doctors called a prolate cornea, which has a flatter area in the center of the cornea (giving good distance vision), and a gradual change of shape outwards, (giving good near vision).

You may discuss this option with our consultant, and together decide upon the best choice for you.

FAQ

What is Presbyopia?

Presbyopia is an aging process of all human eyes. The eye muscles become less flexible, so that reading small print at near becomes difficult.

Is Multifocal Lasik done on both eyes and one eye only?

Depends on the suitability of the patient.

Will I be able to read very small print after Multifocal? How fast is the healing?

No, very small print may not be easily readable after Multifocal. Healing takes about 3-6 months. Low power reading glasses may be necessary for very small print.

Do I still need glasses to read after Multifocal when I get older?

When you get older it is possible that you may require a pair of thinner reading glasses for fine prints.

If I had PRK and LASIK 10 years ago, now can I have Multifocal treatment since I now need reading glasses?

Yes, but must recheck corneal thickness and suitability again.

Doctor told me I have cataract, can I still do Multifocal?

It depends on the severity of the cataract. Some patients may still be able to proceed if their vision is not affected

Optimax's Multifocal Treatment

Multifocal Lasik
Multifocal All-Laser-Lasik
Multifocal Epi-Lasik
Multifocal Lasek


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