Is getting Laser Eye Treatment worth the Risk?

Question

I might be getting Laser Treatment done, but i'm not sure if it's safe....

Answer 1

If you get CustomVue lasik it's worth the risk, in my opinion.  Conventional lasik has a higher rate of permanent halos, glare, and bad night vision.   If you look online, most complaints are from conventional lasik.  I had CustomVue a week and a half ago and I don't have any problems with halos or glare...not even dry eye.  CustomVue lasik is twice as much (and more accurate), but it's your eyes and you will have to live with the results the rest of your life...so you should choose the best available.  Good Luck :)

Answer 2

I am getting laser eye surgery when I am 20, that is the age they recommend you be before you get it. As long as you are 20 or older the surgery is safe. They have impressive technology for the treatment. If you still have concerns I recommend seeing an eye specialist in your area, they will be able to give you a more comprehensive analysis of the treatment.

Answer 3

Please please don't get lasik. It is so, so not worth it. So many patients who have lasik and achieve 20/20 vision are called 'success stories'- and yet what people don't talk about is the risk of chronic and life-shattering dry eye. People don't talk about the fact that you can be one of the patients that DOESN'T have the dry eye go away, and you could live in pain for the rest of your life.

Want a 'worst case scenario' victim?

http://www.dryeyezone.com/talk/showthrea...

Read this, and other stories in that forum. I will quote some of her story, and others.

"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.

It is impossible to put into words the sadness LASIK has brought to me and my family. I implore anyone who might be considering LASIK or any elective surgery to research it carefully. A twenty-minute LASIK procedure, intended to improve my vision, completely altered the direction of my life. It has blinded some, ruined careers, is to blame for suicidal thoughts and actual cases of suicide.

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."

another poster:

"I am depressed every waking minute, and look forward to going to bed. My precious husband and young children are paying the price, because I am no longer myself. I started an antidepressant today, but am scared the side effects will make me worse. I truely feel like I ruined my life. I knew there were risks - why did I take them??? How will I ever get over the feeling of guilt and and how can you ever be happy again when you're always in pain? We went to Disneyland last week - the "happiest place on earth", and I felt like I was the saddest person there. I could barely make it through the day with my dry eye pain."

And another

"I just hope if anyone reading this post is considering laser surgery that you consider all the options and ask your surgeon about the possible complications. Like you, I thought “These things don’t happen to me”. Well they can happen to anyone and chronic dry eyes can be debilitating and life changing condition."

Don't become a statistic. Don't risk spending the rest of your life with impaired vision, impaired night vision, or the worst possible- constant 24/7 no matter what you try and do to stop it PAIN.

Answer 4

Before taking laser treatment visit www.mercola.com and

look up for eye surgery and see what the good doctor says.

Besides they sell CD's which helps you to get rid of your

glasses. Why risk surgery. You can save yourself lot of

money. Good luck and God bless.   Cheers!   :o)

Answer 5

im only talking from what ive heard from friends and family...apparently laser surgery is very safe, the only mishaps that occur are from c**p doctors doing it wrong, the laser itself isnt dangerous. as long as you have a good person to do it, your be alright. all the horror stories are very likely from people who went to the cheapest optician they could find. but im sure your smarter than that.