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My boyfriend is planning on getting lasik eye surgery soon. I was wondering if anybody here had gotten them already? Any experiences? Good and bad results? Price? All the goodies please so that I can inform him about it.
Originally posted by jacquelyn
My boyfriend is planning on getting lasik eye surgery soon. I was wondering if anybody here had gotten them already? Any experiences? Good and bad results? Price? All the goodies please so that I can inform him about it.
I never went through with it but I investigated it. It seems there is better success with people who are near sighted than far sighted.
There is also a risk of degredation and although you may get 20/20 vision it may actually degrade. Sometimes not as bad as orginal sometimes worse.
Eyes to me are the most precious of senses, so to risk it for the sake of wearing glasses wasn't worth it.
I was under the impression that laser correction is for basic near- or far-sightedness but it will not correct astigmatism with any great success. And as you age (at a point when your eyesight degrades slightly and you might require reading glasses), you will STILL require reading glasses regardless.
I had considered it at one point (I wear contacts), but I don't like the idea of having to put up with seeing weird auras around light sources at night. They say a lot of people end up giving up night driving because of glare and aura problems. At one point, there were people who even discussed if lasik-treated people SHOULD drive at night or they should be banned. I wonder what they would do if someone with lasik surgery had an accident, would they be able to blame it?
Anyhow, I'm like st8oftheheart, eyes are something you don't fool with lightly. Myself, I'm giving it a few more years before I decide, then at least I will know if there are any inherent problems with it. And I certainly would NOT have both eyes done at once, what if something went wrong? Better to have one good eye than none.
And is it just me, or does anyone else get a kinda creepy feeling from places that advertise 'discount' laser surgery? I don't think that with this surgery, doctors should scrimp on anything. I would pay for a job well done.
Originally posted by goodnbad
And is it just me, or does anyone else get a kinda creepy feeling from places that advertise 'discount' laser surgery? I don't think that with this surgery, doctors should scrimp on anything. I would pay for a job well done.
No man. I get the same heeby Jeebies when I here the words Discount Day Old Seafood.
And it was the best move of my life. I was a lazy contact wearer--leaving them in for weeks at a time, and hated glasses. On the way to the procedure I heard a commercial for $899 per eye (and I was paying like $2200 per eye) and asked what the difference was--the doc told me training and equipment. She was usuing the current laser made by the people who invented it. She also said that the 899 people do not require the level of contiunuing trainging she ddi--she apparently does 80 hours per year to keep up her certification.
Now for the procedure, it was painless and quick. Life was foggy that night but by morning I literally had eagle eyes. There were halos (night only and when looking at street lights stop lights, etc) but they were not significant and they only lasted 6 months or so.
Tey ovedrcorrect you initially and your vision settles to 20-20 in like three months. The procedure was literally 15 seconds per eye and i was in and out of the office in just over an hour. Make sure your doc does all the eye tests to be sure the "prescription" is correct. I was tested well before--with my contacts and without, I was tested jsut before (after I had been wearign glasses) and again immediately before going under the ray.
For the first 6 weeks after you need to be careful about rubbing your eyes and this actually cured me of it for the long run.
I was told that they can do a correction for both up close and for distance (negating the need for reading glasses for a long time--but otherwise that previous pos statement was true). My doc told me that for some reason the dual correction (one eye for distance and the other for up close) works best on women and men hate it and get headaches--the women apparently can make that work in their brains--go figure.
As for the corrections available, they are changing all the time and when it first came out, there was a lot of limits...now there are very few. Bes sure your doc does this all the time and talk to a former patient.
They will guarantee results, and will re-do if it does not take, but you only get two shots at that as the scar tissue prevents a third try. Of course theere is always the chance of the horro story, but you need to hear it, I guess.
I know I did not read all the disclosures. I know there is risk invlved but I did not want to know because I would puss out, so I signed the release and went for it.
It was done in 2001 and I was 39 and I am now 43 and my eyes are still 20-20 and sharp as ever. I highly recommend it. By the way, I went on a diving vacation in the caribbean 1 week after the procedure.
I had it done too - I agree with soccor - best thing I ever did and wish I had done it years ago. Mine will be two years ago in a couple months. I opted for monovision, one eye sees close up and one eye sees far away and somehow my brain figures it all out. I was already halfway through my 40s and starting to have problems seeing up close which is why I decided to get the monovision - no more, no reading glasses for me!!
I do have a little trouble making the transition from work (looking at a computer screen most of the day) to driving and having to read street signs, it takes awhile for me to focus.
I am super-super happy, have known dozens of people who've had it done and only one person I know had problems - all in all most of us are pretty happy with our sight.
Wow this is great to hear! I have also been looking into getting laser eye surgery done. I am so sick of being so blind and always having to wear glasses or contacts! What a miracle it would be to be able to wake up in the morning and see!
I asked my eye doctor about it and he told me I would need to wait until I am close to 26 years old because my eyes are still getting worse each year. Has anyone else heard anything like that? I know Jessica Simpson got the procedure done and she is 24 I think (?)
I think what scares me the worst is the possibility of blindness. Does anyone know the statistic on this? And how do you know what is a good place to go to get this done? I would definitely want someone who is the best of the best and really knows what their doing. But how would you know really?
I have never heard about waiting till your eyes got the worst---thats ridiculous. I was told that you need to be 18 because that is when your eyes are fully grown--as in an adult and no longer a child.
As for picking the right doctor, I would look into a city magazine. They usually publish a Top Docs issue at some point. I know Baltimore Magazine, Washingtonian, and Philadelphia all do. See what that article is all about and then ask for client referrals. If you know a friend who did it, ask who did it. IN that magazine, also check out (but don't rely) on the ads.
My doc does a ton of these a year. She schedules a full 8 hours every week to do these so she is doing close to 600 a year. If you are in the mid-atlantic area, I can reccommend.
This is the Food and Drug Administration website for LASIK (mods - this is not commercial so I am assuming it is allowed). It does say that if your prescription has changed in the past year you are not yet a good candidate.
Gives risks, etc, etc.
Nemesis, I'm not sure why the doc would wait 'cause your eyes are getting worse? Many people have their eyesight change from year to year even into their senior years (I only know this because I come from a family of opticians and have worked in the optical lab----there is no age where your eyesight always will remain the same).
I wonder why you would not be considered a good subject if your eyes have changed in the last year? Very odd. But I will look into it, it has made me curious about it!
OK, here's the official answer from the optician's point of view: if your eyes are going through drastic changes over the course of a year or less, it means your eyesight is not stable, and therefore when you go to get your laser surgery done, there is a chance that your eyesight exam might be off slightly, thereby causing your surgery results to be less than ideal and perhaps perfect eyesight would be unattainable in any case.
Also, severe changes in eyesight might be indicative of other disorders which should be ruled out, such as pressure changes due to eye disease, diabetes, etc. Those things should be under control beforehand.
Well I do know that last year my contact Rx was -2.75 in my left eye and -3.50 in my right eye and this year it is -3.50 in EACH eye. So I'm guessing that is a pretty big change. I don't know my glasses Rx right off. Oh, and the eye doctor who told me to wait until I'm about 26 doesn't perform lasic. He's just a regular optometrist.
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Originally posted by Soccorsilly
My doc does a ton of these a year. She schedules a full 8 hours every week to do these so she is doing close to 600 a year. If you are in the mid-atlantic area, I can reccommend.
I'm about 6 hours from Atlanta I think. I would be willing to make the drive for someone who is very good and that I won't have to worry will mess me up. A recommendation would be great!
Originally posted by soccorsilly
I am in the Mid Atlantic states--Maryland. And the doc I used is here in Annapolis
Ok...I'm a moron. I was thinking you said Mid-Atlanta....but now I see you wrote AtlantIC. Hmm..I wonder how far away Maryland is...from Ky....I will have to look that up.
Originally posted by XNemesisX
Wow this is great to hear! I have also been looking into getting laser eye surgery done. I am so sick of being so blind and always having to wear glasses or contacts! What a miracle it would be to be able to wake up in the morning and see!
I asked my eye doctor about it and he told me I would need to wait until I am close to 26 years old because my eyes are still getting worse each year. Has anyone else heard anything like that? I know Jessica Simpson got the procedure done and she is 24 I think (?)
I think what scares me the worst is the possibility of blindness. Does anyone know the statistic on this? And how do you know what is a good place to go to get this done? I would definitely want someone who is the best of the best and really knows what their doing. But how would you know really?
I thought you can get it done at any age? Well, not any but at least 20? That's what I'm also scared of. What if the procedure went wrong and he goes blind? It's not like he can sue the doctor for it after he signs the release forms and even if he can, it still wont give him his eye sight back. How do you know whether it's a good place or not? My bf said that he's gonna go to this place that only charges 500 bucks an eye! 500 or 200. I'm not sure. But that's sooo less compare to soccorsilly.
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