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Wifey had it done last year - femto-lasik or whatever it's called. She still gets visual distortions like halos at night, and still uses eyedrops, but it's getting better all the time. She had a bout of eye infections early on as well, but none for the last six months. Her eyes are better than 20/20, and she's very happy with the results, no regrets at all.
I, however, shall remain a speccy four-eyes. No way, no how, not ever am I ever ever ever going near laser surgery. The way I look at it - no pain, no pain.
( TBH, if I was going to spend any time in countries where it might be difficult to get replacement glasses, I might consider it. )
Her surgeon reckoned that a really thin flap produces much better results. "They say I'm mad, but I will show them AHAHAHHHHAAAAHHAH", he said at the first consultation. Really.Last edited by NotAllThere; 24 October 2008, 09:03.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostWith LASIK, a flap is also created and this involves the use of a suction ring and even though your eye is numbed you will feel a great deal of pressure. That is the most unpleasant part of the experience IMO.
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostSpot on !! Laser surgery is only temporary. So many people seem to think that they will have perfect vision for ever after.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostCan you elaborate? Painful, or more like the dentist where it doesn't actually hurt but you spend the whole time scared it's about to?
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostFrom my brief research, the "take a flap off your eye" approach (LASIK) is no longer the newest... there is a system called LASEK which requires no cutting at all (I can't remember how it works) and sounded interesting.
What's also slightly concerning is it seems you can choose different systems depending on how much you want to spend... I certainly would not want to be thrifty with something like this.
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My optician says the jury's still out on it... I have excellent sight, so don't care... yet.
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Originally posted by Stan.goodvibes View PostThe procedure doesn't actually hurt at all. They put drops in your eyes and even though the doctor is scraping the front of your eyeball off with a scalpel I didn't feel a thing.
Its when the drops wear off that the pain begins. They did it on a Friday arvo so I slept pretty much all weekend with my eyes bandaged shut. It wasn't pleasant. But then I had 7 diopters lasered off, which is quite a bit. I spoke to other ppl who said it didn't hurt much at all. Maybe I'm just a bit of a girly-man.
I think the new way of doing it is less painful, the whole lifting the flap off and then lasering and then putting the flap back. Also you get less 'ghosting' with this method as its not the front of the eye that is getting the laser treatment.
Go for it. Who wants to be a 'speckoid'? with those little snappy cases...
What's also slightly concerning is it seems you can choose different systems depending on how much you want to spend... I certainly would not want to be thrifty with something like this.
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Originally posted by Bob Dalek View PostBollocks! Specs are a nuisance. They break. They can be forgotten. They need to be kept up-to-date. They are a pain in the whatsit.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostCan you elaborate? Painful, or more like the dentist where it doesn't actually hurt but you spend the whole time scared it's about to?
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI think anybody who's worried about what they look like wearing spectacles probably has serious issues relating to more general aspects of their self-esteem - they might be well advised to waste their money on counselling rather than on having their eyeballs zapped
FWIW, about fourteen years ago there was this bloke who kept on wittering on at me about what a difference it had made when he had it done. Unfortunately, he was one of those people who are framed by nature to have very scary eyes - seriously, if he'd walked past a film studio, they would have rushed into the street to ask him to come inside and be a psychopath for them. When he had glasses, this aspect of his physiognomy wasn't really noticeable. He was pretty much the converse case to the one I suggest in the paragraph preceding this one
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I think anybody who's worried about what they look like wearing spectacles probably has serious issues relating to more general aspects of their self-esteem - they might be well advised to waste their money on counselling rather than on having their eyeballs zapped
FWIW, about fourteen years ago there was this bloke who kept on wittering on at me about what a difference it had made when he had it done. Unfortunately, he was one of those people who are framed by nature to have very scary eyes - seriously, if he'd walked past a film studio, they would have rushed into the street to ask him to come inside and be a psychopath for them. When he had glasses, this aspect of his physiognomy wasn't really noticeable. He was pretty much the converse case to the one I suggest in the paragraph preceding this one
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostCan you elaborate? Painful, or more like the dentist where it doesn't actually hurt but you spend the whole time scared it's about to?
Its when the drops wear off that the pain begins. They did it on a Friday arvo so I slept pretty much all weekend with my eyes bandaged shut. It wasn't pleasant. But then I had 7 diopters lasered off, which is quite a bit. I spoke to other ppl who said it didn't hurt much at all. Maybe I'm just a bit of a girly-man.
I think the new way of doing it is less painful, the whole lifting the flap off and then lasering and then putting the flap back. Also you get less 'ghosting' with this method as its not the front of the eye that is getting the laser treatment.
Go for it. Who wants to be a 'speckoid'? with those little snappy cases...
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostI've had laser eye surgery.
Seemed to work ok for me.
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Originally posted by Frogstomp View PostIt's certainly an uncomfortable procedure.. but definitely tolerable or I wouldn't have gone back for more! Plus it's over in minutes..
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