Lasik vs. intralasik?

Question

My wife is contemplating getting lasik surgery. We were talking to the surgeon that her normal eye doctor recommended about doing the surgery. My wife read an article about “intralasik”, which apparently uses a laser to cut the flap rather than a machine. We asked the surgeon we had been talking to about intralasik, and he doesn’t do it. My wife is intent on doing intralasik rather then regular lasik, so we have been doing some research and the only place we could find in town that does it was a place called “Luna eye center”. It makes me nervous because they are always advertising discount rates for half the price that the other surgeon was going to charge. I have heard that you get what you pay for when it comes to lasik. Does using a better procedure make up for the fact that the doctor at a cut-rate eye center may not be as experienced as a pricier doctor?

Answer 1

beforem you do decide may i suggest you go to your yahoo healthnews site there is something you MUST READ before making a decision,  [ bad write up, re; lasik} got a few troubles so read and make an informed decision, it is in todays issue, and have been for sometime and in papers too!!

Answer 2

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 3

the intralasik is higher in price than non he is lowering his price to be more in line with lisik  also read the fine print half price sometimes is not half price ex; its not one price it is one price for check up one price for surgery etc half price might be  just  for eye exam