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Sekretariat im Eyelaser

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Not everyone is suitable for laser eye surgery.
The first step is to find out whether your eyes are suitable for laser eye surgery.
Give us a call in Vienna or Linz.
You can also book an appointment online.

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Eyelaser besuchen

At Augenlaserzentrum Wien, we check your eyes and take the time to listen to your needs.
Once we have found the best laser eye treatment for you, you will feel confident about your next steps.

Genießen Sie visuelle Freiheit

Nach der Behandlung in unserer hochmodernen Klinik werden Sie unsere handwerkliche Arbeit bewundern und ein außergewöhnliches, natürliches Sehvermögen erleben – frei von Brille und Kontaktlinsen.

Sekretariat im Eyelaser

Eyelaser kontaktieren

Not everyone is suitable for laser eye surgery.
The first step is to find out whether your eyes are suitable for laser eye surgery.
Give us a call in Vienna or Linz.
You can also book an appointment online.

Frau geht zu einem Termin für einen Augenlaser

Eyelaser besuchen

At Augenlaserzentrum Wien, we check your eyes and take the time to listen to your needs.
Once we have found the best laser eye treatment for you, you will feel confident about your next steps.

Genießen Sie visuelle Freiheit

Nach der Behandlung in unserer hochmodernen Klinik werden Sie unsere handwerkliche Arbeit bewundern und ein außergewöhnliches, natürliches Sehvermögen erleben – frei von Brille und Kontaktlinsen.

Correct your presbyopia and enjoy a life without glasses and contact lenses

Discover why your reading vision deteriorates with age

Restore your reading vision and do without your glasses

Find out everything you need to know about laser eye surgery for presbyopia

Presbyopia overview

When the writing in the newspaper suddenly seems to get smaller and smaller and you have to hold it further and further away to be able to read – that’s when it happens: presbyopia begins.
Presbyopia has nothing to do with long-sightedness or short-sightedness, nor is it a disease, but simply a sign of ageing.
It usually manifests itself around the age of 45.
The onset of presbyopia can also be accompanied by recurring headaches.
Everyone loses vision between the ages of 40 and 60: the natural lens loses its elasticity.
However, our surgical methods can significantly reduce or completely eliminate the need for reading glasses in old age.
From around the age of 40 to 45, reading at close range becomes increasingly difficult – this process is called accommodation loss.
The lens loses its elasticity and the eye loses its ability to adapt to environmental conditions.
It can no longer switch optimally between near and far vision.

Reasons for presbyopia

Presbyopia is not a disease, but a physiological ageing process and normal loss of function due to age.
It is progressive, which means that you will see less and less at close range as you get older.

The lens ages

Presbyopia occurs because the lens of the eye, like the entire human organism, ages over the years.
Calcium deposits reduce the elasticity of the lens.
From around midlife, the lens loses its ability to accommodate, which means that it is no longer able to switch easily between near and far vision.

Presbyopia: standstill at 60

Incidentally, presbyopia affects everyone without exception – regardless of whether they previously had defective vision or not.
However, accommodation does not deteriorate continuously until the end of life.
Rather, it comes to a standstill around the age of 60.

Presbyopia diagnosis and examination

Before the procedure – preliminary examinations

During your first visit with us, we will conduct a comprehensive anamnestic interview.
Not only will your previous illnesses, any operations you have undergone and any medication you are taking be recorded in detail, but we will also clarify what particularly bothers you about your presbyopia and which methods of correction you can imagine using.
We will provide you with comprehensive information about the various options for correcting your presbyopia.

Complete eye check

Your eyes will then be thoroughly examined.
Your exact visual acuity and the exact degree of presbyopia will be determined.
The retina is also examined and the intraocular pressure is measured.
This serves to determine whether other eye diseases are present.
The eye is then measured very precisely.
This includes optical biometry.
It is considered the most precise examination method for measuring axial length and sections of the eyeball.
The curvature of the cornea is also measured.
This is done completely contact-free using a laser that measures along the visual axis.
This method is particularly safe and eliminates unnoticeable measurement errors, such as those that can occur when measuring using ultrasound.

Corneal examination

The cornea is also carefully examined and measured.
The cornea, the technical term is cornea (the word comes from the Greek and means “horn”), protects the eye and is, so to speak, the “window” of the eyes – light passes through it.
Together with the lens, the cornea forms the optical system.
For optimal correction of presbyopia, an exact map of the cornea is made.
A corneal tomography is used to precisely measure the anterior and posterior wall as well as the thickness of the cornea.
This examination is used to determine all the anatomical properties of the cornea.
The refractive power of the eyes is derived from this “map”, which plays a very important role in corrective surgery.
In the near future, we will also be offering you another painless examination of the anterior wall of the cornea – optical coherence tomography performed in the anterior segment.
This examination is contactless and can be compared to an ultrasound examination.
However, laser light is used instead of sound.

Wavefront examination

Finally, a wavefront examination is carried out.
A beam of light sent into the eye is focused precisely on the retina.
From this point, a light wavefront spreads out through the lens and the cornea.
This examination method can be used to determine exactly where laser treatment is required to optimize vision.

Correction of presbyopia

“No, I don’t want glasses”

If you are reluctant to wear reading glasses, varifocals or trifocals, there are several ways to correct presbyopia surgically.
At EyeLaser, we offer various options for correcting presbyopia.
Together we will select the most suitable procedure for you.
These procedures are available to you at EyeLaser for the correction of presbyopia: Monovision, either with

Lens exchange, also known as refractive lens exchange, can be carried out with a variety of different, individually fitted lenses.
We offer the right lens for every type of visual defect:

  • monofocal lenses (also known as “single vision lenses”, often used in cataract surgery.
  • Toric lenses (for the correction of astigmatism)
  • The latest generation of multifocal lenses (trifocal lenses, for near and distance vision and the area in between)
  • Toric trifocal lenses (correct presbyopia plus astigmatism)
  • Phakic lenses, which are implanted in addition to the natural lens.

Laser eye surgery for presbyopia Pure presbyopia can be treated in eye surgery with the PresbyMax laser eye profile(most innovative variant) and monovision.
This means that one short-sighted and one normal-sighted eye (for good distance vision) is created.
The advantage of laser eye surgery for presbyopia is the minimally invasive procedure.
In contrast to lens surgery, the eye is not opened and the laser treatment is limited to the cornea.
As a rule, people between 40 and 65 are suitable for this option.

Do you already have presbyopia?

Do you already have presbyopia?

Incidentally, you can easily test whether you have already started to develop presbyopia.
Concentrate on reading a text at close range, then quickly look at the window, a picture or the TV set that is further away.
If it takes a few seconds for your eyes to switch to distance vision (until you can see clearly again), then you should seek specialist eye care.

Fed up with the burden of reading glasses or varifocals?

Select the option that best suits you to find your optimal treatment method

Lächelnde Frau genießt die Aussicht nach einer erfolgreichen Laser-Augenkorrektur.

You are 40 – 55+ and feel old and uncomfortable with reading glasses

Haben Ihre Augen Schwierigkeiten, mit Ihrem Lebensstil Schritt zu halten? Vielleicht haben Sie eine Brille für jede Gelegenheit, aber wenn Sie sie brauchen, ist sie entweder kaputt oder verschwunden? Discover the best treatment that will free you from the discomfort and hassle of reading glasses

Ältere Frau entspannt mit ihrem Hund nach einer Laser-Augenkorrektur.

You are over 55 and have weak and blurred vision

If your vision is cloudy or blurry (even with glasses), if colors appear dull or faded, or if you have increasing difficulty seeing at night, it’s likely that you have cataracts.
Discover the best treatment to restore your visual acuity (AND eliminate the need for glasses!)

Lächelnde Frau genießt die Aussicht nach einer erfolgreichen Laser-Augenkorrektur.

You are 40 – 55+ and feel old and uncomfortable with reading glasses

Haben Ihre Augen Schwierigkeiten, mit Ihrem Lebensstil Schritt zu halten? Vielleicht haben Sie eine Brille für jede Gelegenheit, aber wenn Sie sie brauchen, ist sie entweder kaputt oder verschwunden? Discover the best treatment that will free you from the discomfort and hassle of reading glasses

Ältere Frau entspannt mit ihrem Hund nach einer Laser-Augenkorrektur.

You are over 55 and have weak and blurred vision

If your vision is cloudy or blurry (even with glasses), if colors appear dull or faded, or if you have increasing difficulty seeing at night, it’s likely that you have cataracts.
Discover the best treatment to restore your visual acuity (AND eliminate the need for glasses!)

Free yourself from the burden of reading glasses if you are over 45

Paar genießt klare Sicht am Strand nach einer erfolgreichen Laser-Augenkorrektur.

After the age of 40, most of us need reading glasses (even if we have never needed glasses before)! Independence from reading glasses is achievable, but not all eyes can be treated. Make an appointment to find out if you are suitable for presbyopia correction:

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We’re Swiss. Quality is in our DNA

Everything here (even the coffee) is optimised with Swiss precision.

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There’s a right way and a wrong way

The right clinic is not too cheap, too “chain” or too costly. The right clinic is precisely right.

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 Over the top precision

With our Swiss method for vision correction; there’s no room for disappointment.

Get to know the eye experts

Discover Austria’s most popular laser eye surgeons in the heart of Vienna and Linz

Dr. Victor Derhartunian
Ophthalmologist, Refractive surgery specialist
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After learning his trade from the two pioneers of laser surgery,
Dr Victor Derhartunian is among the leading surgeons in Europe. He heads the practice in Vienna and can advise his patients in 5 languages.

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Dr. Paul Jirak
Ophthalmologist, Refractive surgery specialist
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Dr. Paul Jirak is a co-founder of one of the most renowned centers for laser eye surgery in Austria and has been treating patients in Linz since 2014. He specialises in ophthalmology, optometry, eye surgery and eye lasers.

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Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Christina Leydolt
Ophthalmologist, Lens & cataract surgery specialist
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Dr. Leydolt is an ophthalmologist specialised in cataract and lens surgery. She leads a research group with this focus, trains young surgeons and gives international and national lectures.

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Dr. Victor Derhartunian
Ophthalmologist, Refractive surgery specialist
FEBO

After learning his trade from the two pioneers of laser surgery,
Dr Victor Derhartunian is among the leading surgeons in Europe. He heads the practice in Vienna and can advise his patients in 5 languages.

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Dr. Paul Jirak
Ophthalmologist, Refractive surgery specialist
FEBO

Dr. Paul Jirak is a co-founder of one of the most renowned centers for laser eye surgery in Austria and has been treating patients in Linz since 2014. He specialises in ophthalmology, optometry, eye surgery and eye lasers.

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Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Christina Leydolt
Ophthalmologist, Lens & cataract surgery specialist
FEBO

Dr. Leydolt is an ophthalmologist specialised in cataract and lens surgery. She leads a research group with this focus, trains young surgeons and gives international and national lectures.

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Links to reliable sources on the correction of presbyopia

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You can find more information about the correction of presbyopia under the following links