So I was born with a myopia, wore glasses during my childhood and contacts for more than 15 years. I've -6 and -6.5 diopters and lasik eye surgery was a gift that I received from my parents for my birthday. I've been to the clinic, had my eyes checked and the doctor said that yes, we can do it and surgery would treat my myopia fully.
However I'm not so sure about this. Of course, I would like very much to get rid of contacts, but at the same time I feel unsafe. I worry about the possibility of going blind, although my doctor says it's almost impossible. I'm also worried about that my vision could become even worse after the surgery. Now I can see very good with my contacts, but after that maybe even contacts won't help anymore. Eye seems like a very tricky organ to me and maybe it could be enough with the smallest mistake of a doctor to fuc_ eveything up.
Anyway, I would like to have some opinions. Have you had this surgery, any reviews? Everybody is trying to encourage me, my parents, my boyfriend, but I'm not sure about it myself.
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The first thing to do is to find a reputable clinic. Don't be taken in by those that advertise on TV offering surgery for XXX crowns per eye. They are basically out to make money and will try to make you sign up for all sorts of other things.
I had laser surgery on one eye but as I was in London I went to Moorfields Eye Hospital that hs a world wide reputation (http://www.moorfields-private.co.uk/home). The results of my surgery was that i was able to read without glasses but unfortunately (it might only be in my case) the effects did not endure and when I use the computer or want to read, I resort to glasses again although in bright light I have no problem.
The surgery itself is totally painless and quite literally takes a matter of minutes. You have to wear a shield over your eye/s at night for a week after the operation.
All that said, there is no risk of your going blind because of the surgery. I hope this helps.
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When Chairman Mao was asked what he thought of the French Revolution, he thought for a moment and then said, "It's too early to tell". I think much the same may be true of laser eye surgery.
If it were me I'd stick with the contacts, but then I don't relish the prospect of learning Braille and I've never been particularly fond of dogs.
Six dioptres is quite a correction. When I looked into it (ha ha!) some years back to do a 2.5 dioptre correction the fact that one of my eyes is pretty well useless (uncorrected lazy eye) was considered a complete bar to the procedure. It made me think the scope for damage was not negligible. This may, of course have had as much to do with their insurance situation as any technical limitations in the actual surgery. In the case of two basically healthy eyes they'll only do them one at a time anyway.
Another consideration is that eyes change over time, I was fine well into my forties. If you have surgery now you may end up still needing contacts or spectacles at some stage, I think a second go with the lasers may not be an option.
You could see if the opinions of those encouraging you, who would be the people who end up taking care of you if it goes wrong, are influenced by the suggestion that it might go wrong.
You asked for opinions, and that's all I have to offer. Please don't place any value on it.
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yes the surgery is safe.
-Clinically a lot less risk than wearing contacts for the rest of your life.
-You can elect to have one eye done at a time.
-Looking into the probability of failure and the flap they cut contributes to most of the risk. Which is extremely low. You can elect to have them not cut a flap, to laze directly on the eye surface but this process, the healing takes longer, is painful and the supporting drugs are intense. A good is this process uses less eye tissue.
It is surgery and thus has its draconian aspects. You will definitely pick up the odor of burning flesh, it is the laser burning off your eye tissue. Make sure you have sufficient remaining tissue thickness for a second corrective procedure if necessary. A correction you might need now or later in life
go to at least two eye clinics and get evaluations. Especially on the tissue thickness aspect.
if you wear contacts regularly now, no matter what the prospective eye clinics say, i would wear your glasses for about a solid month or two before surgery.
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Do NOT go to these "coupon clinics", they will screw your eyes up badly.
I watched a few programs on the horrors of lasik. The most common after affect is sensitivity to light.
A lot of people become more sensitive to light afterwards. Some people have gotten infections and either gotten blurry vision from the infected eye or went blind.
I know of one girl who got this done, and I told her to go to a prestigious (five star rated) clinic. She did, and everything was fine for her.
If you go to these "cut rate/discount/coupon clinics", you may end up with more problems than what you went in with.
Do some research and find out who are some five star rated lasik Dr.s in your area. Go talk to them and get some information.
I would never have anybody near my eyes with lasers or sharp blades!!!
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Please post more opinions. I have heard such contradictory comments for about twenty years. I still wear glasses but wish I didn't.
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Lasik eye surgery - how safe is it?
