If you are over 40, the answer is probably yes due to presbyopia, which is natural with age. However, many patients choose to reduce or eliminate their dependence on reading glasses by having their non-dominant eye slightly undercorrected during LASIK. This is known as monovision. Slightly under-correcting the non-dominant eye enables many monovision patients to do most activities at both distance and near vision without glasses or contacts.
If you are interested in monovision, please speak with our doctors and staff during your LASIK evaluation. They can help trial monovision for you before your surgery with contact lenses so that you can determine if this is an option you wish to pursue.