Joseph Delarusso, one of USA's most prominent LASIK eye surgeons says that as certain as death is the need for wearing reading glasses after you turn forty. This is the result of the eye condition called Presbyopia.

Dr. Delarusso has formed a team of eye vision researchers who have developed some of the most important advances in LASIK eye surgery since the introductin of the vision surgery many years ago. They are now hard at work with what may be a most promising treatment for Presbyopia using a simple procedure that resembles LASIK to restore reading ability.

Restoring reading after the age of forty is the last frontier in laser eye surgeons’ struggle to help people get rid of eyeglasses. I believe the potential is huge, since there are at least 100 million Americans wearing reading glasses who may be willing to have the procedure as long as it is both safe and effective. This could be an even larger market than LASIK encompassing the baby boomers who potentially have more disposable income.”

Delarusso, who was at the forefront during the clinical trials as a former FDA researcher by helping to develop and improve the laser eye surgery procedure now known as LASIK, says that the new treatment of Presbyopia will be designed to restore the eye’s focusing ability, utilizing a special laser technology.

Many of the ophthalmologists, or eye surgeons, who played important roles in the development of LASIK lasers and lasik eye surgery are again involved in this new research.

Delarusso feels that the combined experience and knowledge of this new team of scientists may have the best opportunity of conquering the last frontier in ridding people of glasses.

LASIK is the most popular elective surgical procedure in the world. LASIK treats nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, conditions which interfere with distance vision and which unlike Presbyopia, do not occur in all of the population.

Of those who could benefit from the LASIK procedure, approximately 5% have chosen to undergo the vision surgery since LASIK was introduced. Presbyopia occurs in everyone, so eventually, any person can be a potential customer.

Dr. Delarusso says that there are no guarantees that a new laser technology will work for presbyopia. It will take years to get the new laser approved for surgery. However in 1990, we had no guarantees that laser vision correction (LASIK) would succeed, says Dr Delarusso.