I had it done a little more than 4 years ago. My vision was blurry as hell when I left the surgeon. I went home, took a couple hour nap, and woke up to perfect vision. I do have some very minor reduced visibility in the dark I've noticed and minor issues with the light halos that also only affect me at night. However, this hasn't been bad enough to even minorly hinder my nighttime driving. Only thing it does is make my eyes hurt a little when driving at night in the rain with all the headlights reflecting off the water on the ground.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.
This website is very misleading.
1. They say the flap never heals. Bullshit, my optometrist has to really look to see the flap anymore when using his magnifyling glass with that eye burning halo of light tool. Its healed, it has a very minor scar, but you don't see it when looking out of your eye. You cannot see it with your naked eye.
2. 20% to 30% (1 out of 5) of LASIK patients will experience severe "Adverse Events" -or- "Permanent Complications."
Thats a pretty broad statement and can encompass a large range of conditions. They need to break down what they mean. Some may think that dry eyes are a complication when they had them with contacts to begin..
3. Those people getting LASIK desire to avoid the hassles of "contact lenses" and "glasses"only to find that they have jumped out of the "frying pan" and into the "raging inferno."
I've had several friends get LASIK or PRK or Wavefront and have not had any ill effects. I tend to think this is the norm.
4. Many LASIK patients have been sued by their own LASIK physicians
Hmm, sounds like pretty much any practicing surgeon anywhere in the world.
And more and more.. just a bunch of horseshit.
And more and more.. just a bunch of horseshit
I think we're probably in the same age group so this may apply to you as well. I'd love to get it done, but the end result would be that I'd need glasses for reading. I'm nearsighted right now, but If I got corrective surgery, my distance vision would be corrected but I wouldn't be able to see anything up close at all and would have to have reading glasses with me at all times.
Kind of negates the whole procedure in my mind. The end result is I'd still need glasses.
where around here did you go for the procedure?
I'd be tempted to do this but since I only have two eyes and can't get any more if they mess it up, I'll wear glasses.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.
This website is very misleading.
i agree. The Lasik office i went to had done 90K procedures since 1999. they are well established and have corrected the vision of people like John Elway. the part about the flap never healing is bullshit. the clinic has done several top ranked MMA fighters and if the flap didnt heal the first time one of those guys got kicked in the head or slammed on the mat their the flap would be knocked loose. that just isnt the case.
I don't want to belabor the point, but if I had LASIK or a PRK procedure to correct my distance vision, I could only read with glasses. The point was that I would need to have glasses with me all the time in case I needed to read. It's just easier to wear them than to carry them. I think we're actually on the same page on this, but my description wasn't as clear as it could have been.Actually, it is the opposite.
You would not need glasses to drive or while you are walking about. Also, depending on your age, you would most likely need bifocals in a few years anyway.
So, I have had no problem with either, but if this accelerates the stiffening of my lens to where I need reading glasses 5 years earlier, so be it. At least I have 15 years of clear vision AND no need for Bifocals!
Every surgical procedure has some element of risk.