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where should i start, and how should i go about it
I know someone who is practically blind without his glasses, and is now saving up for lasik. We live in Toronto. Thanks to everyone for their answers.

Before you make a decision, get as much information as you possibly can. This is very important. First, get a pre-surgery information session and consultation to check whether you are a candidate for lasik laser eye surgery or not. Make sure you know about any risks involved, and the chances of risks in your case. The actual procedure is probably about 20 minutes, but there is a healing process afterwards. Also, stop wearing contacts a few days before your check-up because they sometimes tend to change the shape of your eyes very slightly and the surgeons need proper measurements for the procedure.

I really want to join the marine corps but i was thinking about joining the army because they will pay for lasik eye surgery. If i join the corps will they pay for me to have the surgey.

What happened to joining up to be a grunt. 0300!!!!

I’ve been considering Lasik eye surgery for years. At one point I even had a consultation and appointment to have it done, but backed out. I would really like to consider it again, but I’d like to hear from people that have had it done or know people who have had the procedure.
I have astigmatism in only one eye, my prescription is like 2 something…if that information helps.
Oh, yes, the age factor. I’m currently 26.

Lasik eye surgery is rather safe if only you are a suitable candidate. As with any surgery, there is a definite risk incurred. You must be screened for suitability and examined by the doctor personally. (Not the sales team to mislead you to get expensive package deal).

If you are a suitable candidate, the risk maybe :-
1.)Dry eyes (temporary)
2.)Regression/ enhancement
3.)infection (3-5/20,000 for the next 3 weeks)
4.)Flap/ complication of treatment (rare)
5.)Miscellaneous

A suitable candidate for Lasik surgery, it depends on:-
1.)Your corneal thickness
2.)Your power
3.)Your age
4.)A centre with a doctor who is examining your eyes personally
5.)Torough explanation to suit your lifestyle

Always insist on seeing the doctor performing the surgery for you. It is the due deligent of him or her to present the risk and benefit to you in detail personally.

Dr. Yeoh Phee Liang
Consultant Ophthalmologist
www.advancevision.net.my

is it worth spending more money on wavefront laser eye sugery than the reg options out there?

Regardless of whether the surgeon does LASIK or surface ablation, there is an additional choice in “how” the laser will be applied to the cornea. Conventional ablations make use of data obtained during manifest and cycloplegic refractions. This data, that is generated by humans (surgeon, technician etc) based on their examination of your eye, is what tells the laser how much to treat and how to treat. The ablation profile will contain a spherical component and an astigmatic component. Conventional ablations essentially treat what glasses have been treating for hundreds of years. Wavefront-guided treatments allow optical properties beyond spherical and cylindrical defocus to be corrected. Wavefront aberrometers (automated machines) capture data that describe the optical aberrations of a patient’s eye. This data, that is generated by an automated machine (wavefront aberrometer) based on an average of 3 automated recordings, is what tells the laser how much to treat and how to treat.

Whether the additional information obtained with wavefront-guided treatments is translated into better ablations and improved acuity compared with conventional LASIK can be determined by comparing the FDA trials data. In wavefront-guided LASIK, 89% of patients achieved uncorrected visual acuities of 20/20 or better . By contrast, with conventional treatment, patients reached 20/20 or better only 72% of the time. Therefore more people can expect to achieve uncorrected vision of 20/20 with wavefront-guided LASIK. The likely reason for this difference is that wavefront-guided treatments treat higher order aberrations as well (conventional treatments do not treat higher order aberrations).

Nope. First off, no such thing exists. Secondly, that’s actually one of the concerns surgeons have before doing surgery, and if you read the fine print of your waivers and whatever, it’s quite likely that the problem of presbyopia is specifically addressed.
As far as other surgeries go, there’s no scientifically proven way to get rid of presbyopia, despite what some people try to sell you on. You’re stuck with glasses, contacts, or forever struggling to read the menu in restaurants
Actually, there is one option — monovision. Basically, you correct one eye for distance (which is what your original procedure did) and the other for near vision (i.e. make/leave it a bit nearsighted). You’d be required to try it in contact lenses first, and I doubt the LASIK version would be free for you, but it might be worth discussing it with your optometrist or ophthalmologist. Lots of people have trouble getting used to monovision, but there are some who absolutely love it.

I am thinking about getting LASIK and have scheduled a consultation. What should I expect?

They are going to if you are a good candidate for LASIK…not everyone is.

They are going to give you an standard eye exam (How is your eyesight ?!)
They are going to measure your retinas (Thick enough?)
They are going test the SHAPE of your eyes and other tests (Weird machines!)
They want to know about your general health (Good? Bad?)
They want to know if you can afford it !!!
If you are a canadate they want to "lock you in" by making an appointment for you for surgery within a week or so !

The consultation is sometimes FREE ! (They make their $$$ on the procedure)
They SHOULD be profesional and frienldly and answer ALL of your questions!
(Ask questions)

I had a bad astigmatism in my left eye. I went and had custom lasik done. Surgery went well and at post-op check up, my vision in my right eye was 20/20, left was 20/25 – I was told it would get better. One week later I couldn’t see out of my left eye,my vision in that eye went back to 20/40 – right eye is now 20/15. My doctor told me that my cornea is still very swollen, and that my vision will come back. It’s been a week and my vision still comes and goes in my left eye. Has anyone had this problem? Did your eye stabilize? Or did you have to have another surgery done? Also my still feels like it has something in it – so I know that it’s still somewhat swollen.
I am doing everything they have told me to do – especially since I have this problem. Any knowledge I can get will be helpful.

Hi Jen,

Haven’t had Lasik myself (too scared) but I know several who have and I know it takes weeks (over a month even) for everything to settle down. Some at first wish they hadn’t done it even but after a while, everything resolved itself and in the end, their vision was excellent and they were very happy with the result. I don’t personally know any bad experiences. I would trust the eye Doctor and give it more time. And make sure you follow the post surgery procedures.

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