Best Child Specialist Ghaziabad can my baby get any surgery for spectacle removal? Refractive Surgeries[Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis(LASIK), implant able contact lens(ICL, etc], work by altering the structure of the eye in such a manner that a focused image is formed on the retina without the use of glasses.The baby's eye develops and grows throughout the first 18 years of his/her life.as long as this procedure of maturation continues there may be changes in the refractive error even after surgery and he/she might need to use glasses again.Therefore, refractive Surgeries for spectacle removal are not advisable in children routinely. only when your child has matured after 18 years of age with a stable spectacle correction for at least a year refractive surgery can be planned, provided prerequisites for surgical fitness are fulfill on eye examination. Till then it is prudent to focus on giving your child the best vision with glasses and preventing amblyopia.