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What to do if i am 17 and got realy bad eyes, so what persifically does eye surgery do, and how old do you have to be to get?
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Early 20's: If you are talking about lasik surgery, I believe the age is 21 years old or at least early adulthood. Eyes keep changing in children & adolescents. It is sometimes done in children, but the vision issue has to be fairly significant.
Answered 8/17/2014
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