When should a patient with presbyopia switch from drops to a surgical treatment?

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The decision to move to a permanent surgical treatment for presbyopia is an individual choice. It depends on the patient’s exams, their stage of life, the way their eyes are aging and their ultimate goals.
From that standpoint, it requires a discussion between the patient and the doctor about all of those things so we can try to decide on the treatment option.
Typically, when we see someone who is on presbyopia drops, we try to gauge how successful that has been for them and to