Originally posted by: lokiju
I still feel to this day that it's without a doubt the best money I've ever spent.
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.
What implants?
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.
What implants?
It's like a permanent contact that they put in your eye. I went to a special opthamologist in philadelphia for some eye problems last year and he is world reknown or something. Anyway, him and like 5 other guys invented them and he told me about them. So I did some research and they are awesome. Because it fits directly in your eye it corrects the whole problem by fitting to your eye unlike LASIK and you don't need for reading glasses after laser surgery (yes that's right many still need reading glasses even after laser), it is much safer, and supposedly they can get your vision better than 20/20. There are a lot of other benefits over laser surgury also, I am currently looking for the best link.
They are available in Europe, but the damn FDA with all the time they take for everything is still under the process of approving them.
Originally posted by: MrChad
I know several people of various ages who have had it done, and all have raved about it.
I will definitely be doing it in the next couple of years.
Originally posted by: MasonLuke
i cant say im happy, but i'm content. YMMV.
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.
What implants?
It's like a permanent contact that they put in your eye. I went to a special opthamologist in philadelphia for some eye problems last year and he is world reknown or something. Anyway, him and like 5 other guys invented them and he told me about them. So I did some research and they are awesome. Because it fits directly in your eye it corrects the whole problem by fitting to your eye unlike LASIK and you don't need for reading glasses after laser surgery (yes that's right many still need reading glasses even after laser), it is much safer, and supposedly they can get your vision better than 20/20. There are a lot of other benefits over laser surgury also, I am currently looking for the best link.
They are available in Europe, but the damn FDA with all the time they take for everything is still under the process of approving them.
Originally posted by: Playmaker
If you've had LASIK, are you happy?
I remember reading a Golf Digest article from a few years ago about Tiger and dozens of other pro golfers and other athletes getting it done around 2000 when it first became wide-spread and thinking I'd never do it myself. However, I'm now 22 and my eyes have been relatively stable lately, so I'm thinking about taking the plunge.
I realize there are immediate risks, but once the procedure is done, have there been any common long-term risks? LASIK has been around for at least a decade, so there must be enough long-term data out there.
Or are all of us near-sighted individuals still better off sticking with contacts?
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.
i'm not sure what kind of implants you are referring to, but there is one type of implant, they put a ring in your cornea to change the shape of it. it has had moderate success at best, actually my brother has 4 US patents on a procedure that allows him to adjust the thickness of the ring once it's in your eye.
the advantage of the ring over lasik is, the ring procedure is reversible, once in, if patient doesn't like the results the ring can be removed.
but it wasn't as good as the eyesite got worse, i think the ring wasn't good for anything beyond like -5 or so.
Originally posted by: TygGer
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.
What implants?
It's like a permanent contact that they put in your eye. I went to a special opthamologist in philadelphia for some eye problems last year and he is world reknown or something. Anyway, him and like 5 other guys invented them and he told me about them. So I did some research and they are awesome. Because it fits directly in your eye it corrects the whole problem by fitting to your eye unlike LASIK and you don't need for reading glasses after laser surgery (yes that's right many still need reading glasses even after laser), it is much safer, and supposedly they can get your vision better than 20/20. There are a lot of other benefits over laser surgury also, I am currently looking for the best link.
They are available in Europe, but the damn FDA with all the time they take for everything is still under the process of approving them.
Problem with this is that it's also not proven and many will still play devils advocate. What's involved with implanting a permanent contact into the eye? What if you accidentally scratch your eye... will the contact be damaged? etc...
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Wait until implants are approved here like they are in Europe. They are a much much better option.