Laser Eye Surgery

[FatLazyContractor]

Simples!

[SuperZ]

Long term. It was fine for the first couple of years and deteriorated over the next six. Initially she was glasses free - now she has to wear glasses for driving.

Her sister (whose prescription was much weaker) has the same problem.

Might have missed your detail, sorry, but was the correction done when vision changes were stable? If the procedure is carried out at the wrong time, during phases were the vision deteriorates more quickly then the procedure will not stop that and would need to be done again if posssible sooner than desired.
Also, regarding the dry eyes, has she been checked for MGD? Think it's Meibomian Gland Dysfunction? Lazer eye treatment can make it worse, at least temporarily, but not usually the cause of it. Treatment can cause dry eyes for other reasons but MGD is quite common.

[thelastrosbif]

I advise you have a read through this and really REALLY think it through. Granted a lot of it is anecdotal, but the problem being there's so few companies or consultants willing to sponsor large-scale objective studies on lasik results, its a big spin money maker for an injury with minimal oversight, so the people who suffer from it end up banding together and looking like a buncha crazies, but they mean well at least: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lasi...FaceBookGroup/

From a business point of view - think of Lasik surgeons as your standard pimp agent sort. Forking over 4-5k for 10 minutes of their time is the easiest money game out there, really it is, they will sell you any statistical crap to get you in the hot seat. Mine advertises that he had completed 30,000(!) successful surgeries without complication; later I discovered that 'successful' means 'not blind', as all the other side-effects are inconsequential and omitted from statistics..

However, If I HAD to go back (and I wouldn't) ....then I would look for one of the flapless surgerys, no scalpels at all. Seems like a lot of the most painful side-effects come from dryness, sub-surface injury, and a real lack of understanding of the effect of surface damage to the nerves and lens tissue layers that could be avoided by not cutting a flap.

Finally, find out where the surgeon lives, and just make sure he is aware that you know before you sign anything

[NotAllThere]

Might have missed your detail, sorry, but was the correction done when vision changes were stable?

Yes.

Vision deterioration is expected as you get older. The surgeon did explain that age effects would mean a return to glasses at some point.

Also, regarding the dry eyes, has she been checked for MGD? Think it's Meibomian Gland Dysfunction? Lazer eye treatment can make it worse, at least temporarily, but not usually the cause of it. Treatment can cause dry eyes for other reasons but MGD is quite common.

She used artificial tears after surgery, as recommended. It was fine for a while, then the dry eye started. She's seen various specialist but not had a definitive diagnosis.

[NigelJK]

Given that I get 2 pairs of rimless specs at Asda for £99 £2500 is a lot of specs.

[I just need to test it]

I had LASIK about seven years ago. No dryness.

I have found some negatives.

Using a PC - the characters on screen now seem thinner. If I need to look at someone else's screen for any reason I have to look at it square on rather than at an angle, which usually involves me asking them to get their head out of the way as I line myself up. Embarrassing.

Reading a menu in a dimly lit restaurant now involves me taking flash photographs of the menu with my phone then ordering off my phone screen. Again, embarrassing.

And you know that short-sighted trick of peering under your glasses to read close-up? Post-surgery you can't do it. It's reading glasses all the way (though I find I take a lot of photographs of small print when I am out because my reading glasses are always left on my bedside table.

Overall I am happy with the results, but it has not been without its drawbacks.

[Lockhouse]

I'm -1.75 in both eyes, wear contact lenses during the week and glasses at weekends. I thought long and hard about surgery but decided not to bother. I just didn't want to take the risk, however slight.

[SueEllen]

Given that I get 2 pairs of rimless specs at Asda for £99 £2500 is a lot of specs.

£99 for 2 pairs of glasses!

You are being ripped off.*

If you want spare specs and you are short sighted but not over -6 then loads of internet opticians do them for under £20. They do come from China but they are fine especially for doing things where you could easily damage your more expensive frames or lenses.

*Not really as they are rimless.

[itjobs]

Has anyone had Laser Surgery, who did you use, where you happy with them?

I had -12ish in one eye and -10ish in another. Was wearing contacts, then went for LASIK. It was 10 years ago. Here are the observations

1. Never had any dryness or any other side effects.
2. Initially had 20/20 but now I am wearing glasses for -1.something (probably -2).
3. Need glasses to drive
3. I had the procedure done in India (Eye Hospital, Eye Care, LASIK, Chennai, India, Charitable, Best Eye Hospital: Sankara Nethralaya) which costed me just a fraction.

[stek]

I had -12ish in one eye and -10ish in another. Was wearing contacts, then went for LASIK. It was 10 years ago. Here are the observations

1. Never had any dryness or any other side effects.
2. Initially had 20/20 but now I am wearing glasses for -1.something (probably -2).
3. Need glasses to drive
3. I had the procedure done in India (Eye Hospital, Eye Care, LASIK, Chennai, India, Charitable, Best Eye Hospital: Sankara Nethralaya) which costed me just a fraction.

Think I'll skip them from doing the needful on me with much cheapness.