If you are planning to have cataract surgery and also want to have Bakersfield lasik laser eye surgery after the surgery for cataract, eye surgeons say that you should forgo your lasik first and just have the cataract surgery. The main reason for that is because in most cases cataract surgery can repair vision problems that lasik treats.

When someone has cataracts, the lens of the eye gets clouded causing the person to have vision problems. Although it may not cause pain, cataracts can cause blurred vision which can have significant effect on the everyday life of the person. Cataracts are natural effects of aging and cannot be prevented.

When a person is about to undergo a cataract surgery, they are first sedated so that the procedure will not give them uncomfortable pain. The doctor also give them anesthesia to make sure that they will not feel anything during the procedure. The eye surgeon will make an incision in the cornea so that they can remove the cloudy area of the cataract. A clear lens called introcular lens is then put as replacement for the natural lens removed.

This introcular lens (IOL) can correct common eye problems that lasik treats such as nearsightedness and farsightedness. That’s why when a person has cataracts and these two eye problems, they recommend the patient to undergo one surgery only and that is cataract surgery.

As for astigmatism, the patient should have lasik surgery because cataract surgery may not be able to repair this vision problem. If you have cataracts and vision problems, choose a good Bakersfield lasik eye surgeon to be sure that you will get eye complications after your surgery.