Lasik
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I have considered it. Had several friends that went though it and were very happy with the results. I think it comes down to who performs the surgery. My wife recently had cataracts removed and the replacement lenses they put back in were prescription so she no longer has to were contacts or glasses.
You still need to have your eyes evaluated by the doctor before you can even have the Lasik done. Not everybody can have it done. Compared to the cost of annual eye exams for your prescription and cost to make eyeglasses over the years can add up more than the actual procedure. Plus, you can wear a regular sunglasses and you'll be able to see the digital clock from your cable converter box whenever you wake up in the morning.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Seeing the doctor first is a given. It is surgery.
My last pair of glasses were a little over $1,000 but they are very good glasses and weight almost nothing. I am just not sure I am brave enough to have someone pointing a laser at my eyes.
My last pair of glasses were a little over $1,000 but they are very good glasses and weight almost nothing. I am just not sure I am brave enough to have someone pointing a laser at my eyes.
I have never considered it because it's not, nor is any surgery, 100%. And I finally met, about three weeks ago, that one person that wasn't a part of the 99% success rate. Turns out she is my sister-in-law. Until it is 100%, which it can't be, I just can't take the risk with my vision. I could with any other sense, but not my vision.
Don, I am not going to lie to you. It was a pretty nerve racking procedure but now that I know how it feels, I'll do it over again if I need to. The feeling after the surgery is like receiving your D7000 or D7100, although, our experience may vary. LOL!
I can't blame you. This is a personal choice and if you are willing to accept the risk. My doctor had over 22,000 surgeries under his belt, so, I was pretty confident with his skills.
I have not had it done, but we did our research and got several referrals for several DR's for my wife. This is a personal decision but I will tell you I have never seen her more happy since she decided to do it. She hated glasses and contacts and always complained about them, she wore them for 20 plus years. I think something that should be considered in this is the fact that you will eventually need readers, at least she does and the DR said thats an age thing.
So my plan was to do this for my Daughter after she graduated college, but she entered a drawing for free surgery with one of the highest rated Eye DR's in her area and she won. She loves it and was in the same boat as my wife, hated glasses and contacts and was something she really wanted. I got lucky on this one, but it made me a nervous wreck, but we checked his references and checked with my Brother-in-Law and she proceeded.
The moral of the story, do your due diligence and do it again before proceeding. I personally would do it if I could get rid of my reading glasses because I can only go so big with a computer monitor before I have to put them on. I also hate that I can't read my phone without glasses so I have to purchase sunglasses with readers built in.
If I could get rid of them then I would do it, but thats because I have faith in the DR.
I agree with MoabMan, its your eyes and they are not replaceable.
So my plan was to do this for my Daughter after she graduated college, but she entered a drawing for free surgery with one of the highest rated Eye DR's in her area and she won. She loves it and was in the same boat as my wife, hated glasses and contacts and was something she really wanted. I got lucky on this one, but it made me a nervous wreck, but we checked his references and checked with my Brother-in-Law and she proceeded.
The moral of the story, do your due diligence and do it again before proceeding. I personally would do it if I could get rid of my reading glasses because I can only go so big with a computer monitor before I have to put them on. I also hate that I can't read my phone without glasses so I have to purchase sunglasses with readers built in.
If I could get rid of them then I would do it, but thats because I have faith in the DR.
I agree with MoabMan, its your eyes and they are not replaceable.
A friend of mine had this done a few years ago. The procedure he likened to Bond lying out on an open table with a laser gun travelling up to his groin. I think it must take immense self-restraint as you are conscious through-out. However, he went from coke-bottle glasses (worn since he was in shorts) to 20/20 vision. I recently started wearing reading glasses and am already frustrated that I have to keep putting them on and taking them off when doing DIY. I would now like to graduate to permanent glasses for simple ease of use. I don't know what I'll feel if I last the next 20 years wearing glasses but I'm not sure I'll ever have the balls to grant someone access-all-areas to my eyeballs.
Here, in Serbia, it has been practiced for at least two decades now - the variation of a method patented by some Russian optical scientist.
But, much like Jonathan feels, people here are advised not to resort to this unless their diopter is too high or/and they have a few issues combined, so to speak, like astigmatism etc.
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But, much like Jonathan feels, people here are advised not to resort to this unless their diopter is too high or/and they have a few issues combined, so to speak, like astigmatism etc.
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Patrick M
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I've also considered it. I'm very short sighted and as I get older, I'm having to use reading glasses or bi-focals.
I'm one of those that was "stable" for 20+ years! but now I'm into my 60's it's all change again..albeit slowly.
I was reading an article about 10 years or so ago, in a specialist publication for eye surgeons. One guy was saying that the cornea is made of cellulose, the same stuff you see getting all crinkly at the top of legs at the back. He said that the operations haven't been around long enough yet, but he said that by shaving a layer off the cornea meant that as one got older, the cornea itself was liable to crinkle and you'd lose your vision. That's scary.
So that plus my eyes are changing makes it a no no for me, alas.
I'm one of those that was "stable" for 20+ years! but now I'm into my 60's it's all change again..albeit slowly.
I was reading an article about 10 years or so ago, in a specialist publication for eye surgeons. One guy was saying that the cornea is made of cellulose, the same stuff you see getting all crinkly at the top of legs at the back. He said that the operations haven't been around long enough yet, but he said that by shaving a layer off the cornea meant that as one got older, the cornea itself was liable to crinkle and you'd lose your vision. That's scary.
So that plus my eyes are changing makes it a no no for me, alas.