Intralase -bladeless- or microkeratome lasik,,Have I been scammed?

Question

I had my eyes zapped last week, I was told I will get itra-lase - bladeless- Lasik with *custom-vue* wave front, And paid accordingly

$4000 for Both eyes…. My both eyes are still bloodshot still few days after the procedure.

However my actual experience that took roughly 12-15 minute for Both eyes suggests I had received Microkeratome…

My expereince in steps was as follows, any one who redas and think they have had Intralase please feel free to tell me if your expereince matches mine or not?

*Firstly the anesthtic drops were applied .

*Then forceps that hold the eyeleds wide open were inroduced. to keep the eyes open.

*then a suction ring was added -I know this because of the pressure of suction i felt as soon as it was employed- from my vintage point of blurry view at this point the the suction ring looked circular like a ring with many lit up points in circular fashion like a space saucer…

* then a sliding -slicing- right to left and left to right -for differnt eyes- motion was applied felt like the old credit card manual copier motion again from my blurry point of view,…… There where i think the microkeratom was used as opposed to intralase technique i was supposed to have and expected to have and actually paid for.

* Then again from my blurry point of view you could see a surgical instrument in the shape of hook or a sickle removing to the side a circular shaped object ,I assume that was the corneal flap.

* Then there was the statice sound tick tick tick of the correcive laser being used for few second on each eye and the accompanying smell of burning human tissue ,same as you would have when hair on your hand burn when tending to your stove…

* Lastly the circualr flap was placed back using the same sickle like instrument ,And that was the end of the procedure?

My question to anyone who has been through Intralase or bladeless lasik with custom vue is that what happened to you???

People who experinced micro keratome please feel free to chip in if this waas what you experinced?

Lastly If it’s true I was scammed -I have insisted on a descriptive letter of the procedure I was about to have prior to surgery and I eas given one after a tonne worth of hassle and agument- what can i do to find out the truth ?

Thanx

Answer 1

The corneal flap has to be opened in order to use the lasers, so you may not have been scammed.  I haven't had the procedure done myself, but work in optometry, so I have seen many cases of post-op lasik and RK. My advice would be to go to a new optometrist and ask him/her to tell you whether they can see RK slits on your eyes. You can see the difference on the surface of your eye under the slit lamp.

Answer 2

I have one thing to say..

You have been scammed.

Answer 3

Ignore the optometric assistant and see another Ophthalmologist. They are real doctors and surgeons and they will be able to see if your cornea was cut or if Intralase was done.

Answer 4

eye surgery is a scam and i feel sorry for you...read up on dr william bates and his work to find out why.