[ADVICE] - LASIK eye surgery

[hgerson]

How much does this cost?

[naypalm]

How much does this cost?

I have heard anywhere from $2,500 to $5,000. The office I went to quoted me a little over $3,000. With any luck, I'll be posting pics with me without the frames by May 1st. 

[naypalm]

How much does this cost?

I have heard anywhere from $2,500 to $5,000. The office I went to quoted me a little over $3,000. With any luck, I'll be posting pics with me without the frames by May 1st. 

2 weeks until surgery!

[androz]

I am tired of the frames and I hate contacts. Convince me to get or to not get LASIK vision correction surgery...

GO!

I wish you the best for your surgery.


In the past i was tempted, but i was afraid to risk.
One funny thing that drove me paranoid were the doctor and his staff, all of them were still wearing glasses and they evaded my questions about it

[EcuaMobi]

I got this surgery 3 months ago and i couldn't be happier I'm seeing much better now without glasses than before with them. Just a few advices:
- Go eject only if you're above 30 and haven't changed the correction value of your glasses in at least one year, otherwise you may need prescription glasses again very soon.
- If the doctor says "don't blink" while on surgery then don't! Bad things can happen if you don't follow his instructions.
- Follow the after-surgery instructions and don't worry if you don't see perfectly or if you see rings the first few weeks or up to 3 months. Things get better after the eyes fully recover

Good luck!

[naypalm]

Surgery was super quick, no issues so far. The worst part of the whole thing was the hour long wait.  I used to be near-sighted and after surgery I am far-sighted... hopefully that is temporary as my corneas heal.

[r1f696]

if you got so many mins, i think you should try, but idk the effect of that surgery, my friend wanna try too, but he is still consider to use frame

[naypalm]

It is totally worth it. Jut find a reputable doctor to perform it

[hmblm1245]

PRK has an annoying recovery, but the results are usually the same. It depends on a verity a factors whether you can have lasik or prk or any laser eye surgery.

[darkangel11]

I read somewhere there are new variants of this method, where the laser does all the work, including the initial cut. They don't have to make this "flap" that was previously needed to expose the eye which shortens the whole procedure.

[Mr. Burns]

as a Scientologist, blurred vision is caused by engrams.  which u should study Dianetics for.  it cured my Vision in about a week.  if your head is clear, then your vision will be too. 

good luck!   

[naypalm]

12 days after the surgery and I see great! My near-vision blurriness has almost gone away, at night it is noticeable when looking at my phone. I asked my doctor about the bladless prior to surgery and he said that the difference is that it is more expensive and that turned away many patients. He didn't offer it anymore because of the lack of interest. I also looked up on youtube how the laser procedure works, it is actually worse IMO. Basically the laser vaporizes a partial circle of cornea and makes an air bubble, which the doctor then has to "tear" open to expose the cornea. I though that was gross so I was happy to go with the can-opener.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuifuOIEm4

[naypalm]

~2 yrs later:

I'm seeing great still, no issues seeing at night. That went away about 6 months after. My only annoyance is that I still have that knee-jerk reaction where I want to push up my glasses on my nose. That only occurs in the morning when my eyes are adjusting to being me being awake, and before coffee