I recently had a consultation and my Dr. said I am a good candidate for monovision. He didn't say too much about the adjustment time frame or about trying contacts to begin with. I called the office and they said he never suggests contacts because he does a test at the time of the consult before even suggesting monovision. Does this sound plausible? He did do quite a few vision tests on me and he is Board Certified with plenty of experience. He said he corrects the vision of most women over 40 with Monovision...generally how long does the adjustment to Monovision normally take and if I corrected just for reading would it mess with my distant vision???

I would definitely try movovision for a few weeks or months with
contacts before having a permanent procedure. What if you don't
like it. Who cares what most patients do and what your doctor
likes. There is no test that can tell your doctor what you will be
comfortable with. These are your eyes were talking about.

Trevor is absolutely correct that you need to try monovision with contacts before having surgery to induce monovision. What if you are not like “most women”? About one-third of people who try monovision with contacts don’t like it.

If you have monovision with surgery and don’t like it, either you are stuck with monovision, must wear a contact lens in one eye to reverse the monovision, or go though additional surgery to remove the undercorrection. Also, not everyone desires the same amount of undercorrection for monovision. You can’t adjust surgery every few weeks until you get what you want.

We have a detailed article about monovision at http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-monovision.htm that you may find helpful.

Glenn Hagele
http://USAEyes.org
Lasik Patient Advocacy & Surgeon Certification

I am not a doctor.

Trevor is absolutely correct that you need to try monovision with contacts before having surgery to induce monovision. What if you are not like “most women”? About one-third of people who try monovision with contacts don’t like it.

If you have monovision with surgery and don’t like it, either you are stuck with monovision, must wear a contact lens in one eye to reverse the monovision, or go though additional surgery to remove the undercorrection. Also, not everyone desires the same amount of undercorrection for monovision. You can’t adjust surgery every few weeks until you get what you want.

We have a detailed article about monovision at http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-monovision.htm that you may find helpful.

Glenn Hagele
http://USAEyes.org
Lasik Patient Advocacy & Surgeon Certification

I am not a doctor.

I have monovision and love it (I'll be 46 next week!!). However, I did a trial with contacts first and I am glad I did! The first combination of corrections did not work for me because the difference between eyes was too great. I had no depth perception and was actually a bit nauseous. The second combination took a few days to get used to but was fine. With my monovision I can see well enough to read for short periods of time (menus, quick articles), but when I need to sit and read for a longer time I put on a pair of reading glasses. My distance vision is about 20/25 overall with my dominant eye at 20/20 (or better) and my reading eye at 20/40. You should INSIST on a trial or go to a different Dr...
good luck
sue