Which procedure is used to treat long sightedness?
Surface treatments and flap procedures can both correct hyperopia, and lenticule extraction is not a routine hyperopia treatment on the platforms in general use. The choice depends on your measurement and on what is cleared for use where you are treated.
- Subject
- Vision problems
- Topic
- Hyperopia (long sightedness)
- Kind of question
- Which option…
- Procedures
- LASIK, PRK, TransPRK
- Last reviewed
- 22 September 2026
In more detail
Long sightedness is one of the reasons a clinic’s assessment matters more than its advertising. The correction reshapes the cornea to make it steeper, which places different demands on your tissue than the more common myopia treatment.
What this answer depends on
- Your corneal thickness and shape
- The size of the prescription
- What the surgeon performs regularly, and what is approved locally
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Where this answer sits
It is one of 483 answers in the vision and eye health knowledge base, filed under Vision problems & prescriptions in Hyperopia (long sightedness) . The subject page carries the answers either side of it, and the hub is searchable.
Subjects this question touches
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- Comparison LASIK vs SMILE
- Comparison LASIK vs PRK
- Comparison SMILE vs PRK
- Comparison SMILE Pro vs LASIK
- Condition Hyperopia (long sightedness)
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General answers cannot tell you what is happening in your own eyes. Only an examination by a qualified ophthalmologist can do that.
Sources & further reading
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- Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK)
The equivalent clinical reference chapter for LASIK, used so that comparisons describe both procedures symmetrically.
Used for How LASIK creates and manages a corneal flap; LASIK complication categories.
Link checked 22 September 2026
- Cataracts in adults: management (NG77)
Clinical guidance on when cataract surgery is indicated, what should be discussed before it, and what follow-up is expected.
Used for When cataract surgery is considered appropriate rather than cosmetic timing; What patients should be told before cataract surgery.
Link checked 23 September 2026