I have approximately -12 diopters correction with contacts, mild astigmatism. 45 y/o male. Is lasik possible with this -12 diopters? Other options?

I had the procedure preformed one year ago and I am very happy with my results. I had -12.75 in one eye and -13.50 in the other. I had, what I would consider, a successful surgery. I am going back for an enhancement on the 25 of Feb. I was told my chances for needing an enhancement would be greater due to the strength of my perscription. I would recommendthis procedure to anyone especially those taht have large 'scripts. Just be sure to find a competant physician at a laser center where the actual surgeon talks to you. I saw mine before the surgery and at every appointment afterwards. Just saw him yesterday as a matter of fact. Good Luck,
Paul N

Paul has given a good answer but ask your surgeon
about your corneal thickness and pupil size. If
the cornea is thick enough and the pupil in low
light is not too large you can probably get a good
result.
Leonard FriedmanMD Washington, DC.......

Do docs really know how much corneal thickness is needed to protect patients from progressive corneal ectasia? I don't believe they really do. The standard use to be 200 microns remaining...now it is 250 microns. Some docs (including mine) are saying 300 microns remaining for safety. Too many unknowns! Will time play it out and bring to light problems with ectasia as it did for RK and progressive hyperopia?

I was a high myope -12 who actively sought a doc for the procedure I wanted....PRK. I am 10 months post-op left eye 20/25 and 5 months post-op right eye 20/30. No enhancements. My 2nd eye was treated with the VISX STAR S2 with the addition of the smoothing feature. It has even less trace haze than my 1st eye that didn't have the benefit of that feature. PRK protects patients from ectasia because precious microns are not used up by the cutting of the flap.