Presbyopia can be corrected by using reading glasses or bifocal glasses. New types of Laser Vision Correction . Astigmatism is a congenital condition in which the front surface of the eye, the cornea, is abnormally shaped. In general terms, the cornea is shaped more like a football than like a basketball as it normally is shaped. The result is a distortion in the patients vision which may cause images to appear warped or slanted.
Some patients can even have double vision from astigmatism.
Astigmatism can be corrected with glasses or contacts, but usually a special type of contact is required. If a patient wears soft contacts and then develops astigmatism a toric type soft contact is usually prescribed. And since 1996, the FDA has approved the correction of astigmatism using Laser Vision Correction .