How has lasik surgery been treating ya?

Question

i read somewhere that a guy had lasik surgery and it caused him to have serious eye problems. it said something about how his eyes would dry out over night and he had to wear special goggles whenever he went to sleep. I'm considering the surgery but I'm a bit hesitant... the article spooked me a little...

Answer 1

Lasik 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.

Answer 2

I had LASIK in 2003 when I was still on active duty in the Navy.  It worked out well for me...I was very myopic with astigmatism before the procedure.  Like any surgery, there are risks.  The most common risks with LASIK are halos around lights at night and dry eye.  

Most folks who are good surgical candidates do well.  About 80-90% of people (depending on the study you read, the number has been getting closer to 90+% in recent years as more is known about the procedure) get vision that is 20/40 or better without glasses after the procedure.

Rare but more alarming complications are vision that can't be corrected to 20/20, infections, and problems with the small flap they make before shaping the cornea.

I'd recommend consulting an ophthalmologist who does the procedure regularly or one who has done fellowship training in corneal surgery.  Some specific testing that should be done in addition to a routine eye exam are corneal thickness measurements and corneal topography.

Also, if you go through with it, make sure you get a copy of your pre-op measurments...you'd want those if you are fotunate enough to reach the age where you need cataract surgery.  

Hope this helps.