The right age for eye LASIK Deciding to have LASIK surgery is a personal choice. There are many resources and information available to help you decide whether LASIK and other refractive surgery procedures such as FemtoLASIK, SMILE, PRK, and TransPRK are right for you. There are several factors to consider and evaluate when deciding to undergo LASIK. Between 18 and 21 years old... this age range is the most appropriate time to do **lasik eye**.. they are LASIK... these people can remove glasses or contact lenses... the age of 18 is chosen because a person is legally allowed to decide to remove glasses independently of their parents... since people's bodies grow and mature during adolescence, of course the possibility of developing myopia at a young age is not only higher in young people... the stability of the number of glasses... age Start and progress Refractive errors are different among people.. So after the age of 18, according to the type of refractive errors and the history of the onset of refractive errors and its progress, if the refractive errors are stable between 6 and 12 months, there is a possibility of refractive errors at least for LIK. 18 years old and minimal refractive errors have been stable for 6-12 months.. and it is not possible to use contact lenses or glasses, surgical procedures are performed to remove glasses... LASIK at the age of 40 Eyes undergo changes again at the age of 40. From this age, many people suffer from presbyopia, which causes patients to need reading glasses.