OT 20/20 Vision

[bigbailes]

i had lasik done about 10 yrs ago. im naturally fidgety and they had to re-apply the pressure (vacuum prior to incision) a few times because i kept moving. My eyes were bloodshot red for like a month because a bunch of blood vessels burst, and i had dry eyes for a good year or so. Also had tons of trouble with seeing stars around headlights while driving at night.

don't recommend lasik unless it's a last resort.

( i went to a LASIK PLUS, in indiana)

Guessing the procedure has improved quite a bit over the last decade!

 

[illmatic99]

Guessing the procedure has improved quite a bit over the last decade!

it hasn't. it was largely my fault cuz i kept moving. but i wouldn't have done it again had i the chance not to.

 

[calvin natt]

You can get lasik where they flip open the very top layer of your eye, or they can go straight through with a laser. I don’t know what it’s all called. I had a very thin, and “flat” cornea and they didn’t want to pull it open. So they went through it. Worked. Getting it done was a no brainer.

 

[bigbailes]

it hasn't. it was largely my fault cuz i kept moving. but i wouldn't have done it again had i the chance not to.

So technology is constantly improving in every area except lasik surgery? Sucks that it went bad for you, but seems to have 99% of people seeing 20/40 and 90% at 20/20. I was hesitant for many years because of the fear something might go wrong, it was definitely a risk/reward situation. For someone like me that wore contacts from the age of 10 to 39, I'm glad to be done with them!

 

[Hoopguru]

I have glaucoma unfortunately.

Sorry to hear that. Both eyes?

 

[tlongII]

Sorry to hear that. Both eyes?

Yes, but it's worse in my left eye.

 

[Hoopguru]

Im totally blind in one eye and have been for 50 years. Im now starting to get a cataract (waterfall in the greek) and night driving is getting tougher. Probably address sometime in 22.

Ive also got to address the cocktail onion as a left testicle because every time I go by a hamburger joint, my eyes water and i get an erection.

 

[Lanny]

Me too

I had radial keratotomy which is the same procedure, except with a diamond scalpel, and it corrected my astigmatism.