317 844 6269 Locations Eye Care Eye Surgery Eyeglasses & Contacts VISION DISORDERS Indianapolis Vision Disorder Treatment Myopia (Nearsightedness) Nearsighted individuals typically have problems seeing well at a distance and are forced to wear glasses or contact lenses. The nearsighted eye is usually longer than a normal eye, and its cornea may also be steeper. Therefore, when light passes through the cornea and lens, it is focused in front of the retina. This will make distant images appear blurred. There are several refractive surgery solutions available to correct nearly all levels of nearsightedness. Hyperopia (Farsightedness) Farsighted individuals typically develop problems reading up close before the age of 40. The farsighted eye is usually slightly shorter than a normal eye and may have a flatter cornea. Thus, the light of distant objects focuses behind the retina unless the natural lens can compensate fully. Near objects require even greater focusing power to be seen clearly and therefore, blur more easily. LASIK, Refractive Lens Exchange and Contact lenses are a few of the options available to correct farsightedness. Astigmatism Asymmetric steepening of the cornea or natural lens causes light to be focused unevenly, which is the main optical problem in astigmatism. To individuals with uncorrected astigmatism, images may look blurry or shadowed. Astigmatism can accompany any form of refractive error and is very common. Astigmatism can be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, corneal relaxing incisions, laser vision correction, and special implant lenses. Presbyopia Presbyopia is a condition that typically becomes noticeable for most people around age 45. In children and young adults, the lens inside the eye can easily focus on distant and near objects. With age, the lens loses its ability to focus adequately. Although presbyopia is not completely understood, it is thought that the lens and its supporting structures lose the ability to make the lens longer during close vision effort. To compensate, affected individuals usually find that holding reading material further away makes the image clearer. Ultimately, aids such as reading glasses are typically needed by the mid-forties. Besides glasses, presbyopia can be dealt with in a number of ways. Options include: monovision and multifocal contact lenses, monovision laser vision correction, and new presbyopia correcting implant lenses. VISION DISORDERS Font Re-Sizer Cataract and Glaucoma surgery in One LEARN MORE Need a Contact Lens Refill? If you’re a Lanter EyeCare patient, you can easily refill your contact lens prescription online. LEARN MORE Contact Us Careers Patient Resources Insurance & Financing REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT Carmel 10610 N. Pennsylvania Street, STE 102, Carmel, IN 46280 Phone: 317.844.6269 Toll-Free: 866.247.2020 Fax: 317.815.7567 Find Directions Greenwood 747 E. County Line Road, STE M, Greenwood, IN 46143 Phone: 317.844.6269 Toll-Free: 866.247.2020 Fax: 317.815.7567 Find Directions Indianapolis 5025 E. 82nd Street, STE 2300, Indianapolis, IN 46250 Phone: 317.598.2020 Toll-Free: 866.247.2020 Fax: 317.842.5084 Find Directions ©2020 All Rights Reserved. Medical website design by Glacial Multimedia, Inc.© The material contained on this site is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider.