| Individuals with myopia are usually classed into groups: low myopes, moderate myopes, high myopes, very high myopes. Surprisingly, there is no hard and fast rule for these groupings and in fact a very high stakes LASIK lawsuit once took an interesting turn because of differences amongst physicians in how degrees of myopia are defined.
However, we offer (PURELY AS A ROUGH GUIDE and not to be strictly relied upon without consulting a physician!) the ranges that seem to be most frequently referred to:
Low myope = up to 3 dioptres
Moderate myope = up to 6 dioptres
High myope = up to 9 dioptres
Very high myope = over 9 dioptres |
