Any one who has had laser eye surgery?

Question

what kind of laser eye surgery did you have

how are your eyes now

any complications

any other information that could help me, im 18 years old and my eyesight is 8.50

Answer 1

I had LASIK  done in Dec '03 and I'm still having complications. There is a 3% chance that your surgery could end up with complications. I personally went through and still suffering from the following : Dry eye, Light sensitivity, and trouble seeing in the dark. Also the clarity, focus and color tone is not 100%. I used to see a lot better and crispier with my glasses before the surgery. I don't recommend LASIK to anyone. Would you like to be among the 3% ??

Answer 2

I strongly, strongly advise against laser eye surgery. As a person who deals with chronic dry eye on an every-day makes you MISERABLE basis, I can tell you that it's not worth risking the dry eye side effect.

It becomes your entire life. It's crusted over eyes in the morning, so you use an eye wash and your first 'drop' of the day- and you keep using drops every twenty, thirty minutes during all waking hours, if you're lucky- don't expect to be, especially at first when you're still figuring out the good eye drops from the bad- it'll be every five minutes.

And then there's warm compresses, cold compresses, moist compresses, ointments, multiple eye washes through the day, taping your lids shut or using goggles at night, for some patients you're still setting an alarm every three hours and adding in drops because if you don't you'll wake up with your very own set of scratches all over your eyes, and of course the attractive moisture chamber glasses you wear all day- if you're lucky, some patients will need to wear goggles to prevent corneal erosions- although in the end, most of us can't avoid them- and then it's the excruciating pain, as if the constant bone-dry feeling of sand and burning and stinging in your eyes isn't bad enough.

Add that to the attractive expense of managing dry eyes (about 200-300$ on a 'good' month) and tell me that lasik is easier than putting on contacts or glasses. h**l no. Don't risk it.

If you need more convincing, check out Diana's story. http://www.dryeyezone.com/talk/showthrea...

To highlight it:

"I have extreme LASIK-induced dry eyes. I wear air-tight goggles in my house, in my car and outside. I avoid public places, and shy away from social gatherings. The moving air of shopping malls and grocery stores intensifies my constantly burning eyes. I am terribly sensitive to sunlight, even with tinted goggles. Dry eye pain and burning wake me in the middle of every single night. I can no longer read or watch TV for pleasure."

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My future is uncertain. I am terrified of the systemic and hormonal changes aging will bring. A severely dry cornea is in danger of corneal erosions, conjunctival thinning, and could eventually reduce my vision. I can only pray for a solution to this maddening condition. In the meantime, I will work to challenge the “LASIK” community who continues to downplay the risks of this surgery. I see the need to be progressive in vision correction, but LASIK is definitely not the answer."

Just don't do it.

Answer 3

I had CustomVue lasik last week Thursday and the only thing bad about my experience was a popped blood vessel which is quite common, but goes away in a week or two.  My vision was 20/20 the day after and probably even sharper now.  I don't have dry eye, glare, or sensitivity to light.  I have a very very mild halo which should go away also, but its better than it was when I wore contacts.  Dry eye does happen to a lot of people but I wouldn't say that a high percentage of people have severe dry eye like the above person makes it seem like.  They test your tear production before hand, and mine was on the lower end of having dry eyes....but I'm not experiencing any dry eye.  If you have a low amount of tears, then they will put plugs into your peepers to help with that problem which takes like 30 seconds to put in.  Conventional lasik has a higher chance of having glare and halos, but is about half the price of Customvue which is made to correct those problems.  Conventional lasik is approved for people who are 18 and CustomVue is approved for people 21 and older.  Your prescription must be stable for at least a year before any lasik.  All lasik has a small percentages of complications.  The thing docs worry about most is infection so you need to stay in a clean, non dusty environment for at least a week.

Answer 4

Laser eye surgery is very safe nowadays. My cousin got her dental implants and Lasik surgery in India by a company called Indian Health Guru Consultants. The Price for dental and Lasik surgery is very less in India. She paid 25% of the price she was quoted in America.

Indian Health Guru Consultants is very famous in India They arrange Dental surgery, jaw surgery, Lasik eye surgery, Dental Implants etc for foreign patients in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines- about their patient stories.

They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as dental and eye surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

http://www.indianhealthguru.com

Hope this helps.