Tiger got it done. It helped him identify several women that weren't his wife.
i'm pretty sure that makes you blind. not just 'legally' so, but way beyond that.
Those look super good too. Want.
I want to eventually do it but I'm too chicken, I know the odds are very slim of it going bad, I'm less worried about that. It's going through the proceedure itself. For those who did it, how does it feel? I am very sensitive in the eye area and it bothers me to have stuff in my eyes let alone a knife cutting the surface while I have to keep my eye ball straight, I just can't picture myself being able to go through it.
The thought of not needing glasses would be awesome though. I could actualy go on water slides when I go to the theme park and other stuff that, with glasses you can't really do.
There's no knife at all involved in the procedure today. It's all laser. You can get the knife if you want, but I don't know who would (has a lot longer healing time and I'm sure, more discomfort). I think it's slightly cheaper tho.
I would love it but the reports of damaged night vision keeps me away. I simply cannot afford that in my line of work.
I had it done, and have issues with ghosting. I get a 3d effect on LED lights, television logos, etc. It's more prominent in darker areas, while diminishing in bright rooms. I had custom lasik done, and it's been 3 years since the surgery. It's not going to go away. I still use eye drops to this day as well, but only a couple times during the day, and before bedtime. If you get it done, don't forget to factor eye drops into your budget. Believe me, those add up; especially since you need the preservative free vials for a while. Would I do it again? Probably not. While it's nice to see without glasses, the ghosting greatly diminishes the overall outcome. I haven't bothered with an enhancement because from my vast amount of research on the topic, lasers don't do a great job in treating HOAs like ghosting.
You're corrected vision in your right eye is 20/200? That's pretty extreme.
See that's what bothers me. Your night vision gets much worse as you age, so the people that get it now and suffer reduced night vision are going to be even worse off as they get older. Plus the whole starburst thing, and dry eyes. It sounds like you trade one set of problems for another. So you get better vision, but you get weird light effects at night, your eyes need drops constantly so there's the cost from that, and irritation from your eyes being dry, and you can't see for shit at night. I think I'll stick with contact lenses.
I had it done, and have issues with ghosting. I get a 3d effect on LED lights, television logos, etc. It's more prominent in darker areas, while diminishing in bright rooms. I had custom lasik done, and it's been 3 years since the surgery. It's not going to go away. I still use eye drops to this day as well, but only a couple times during the day, and before bedtime. If you get it done, don't forget to factor eye drops into your budget. Believe me, those add up; especially since you need the preservative free vials for a while. Would I do it again? Probably not. While it's nice to see without glasses, the ghosting greatly diminishes the overall outcome. I haven't bothered with an enhancement because from my vast amount of research on the topic, lasers don't do a great job in treating HOAs like ghosting.
You NEED eye drops when you get it? That would be a deal breaker for me. I cannot put anything in my eye. I would be sitting there forever trying to coax myself to let go of the drop and I'd probably blink before it hits. I have enough trouble with the "air puff" machine at the optometrist. Glad it's only twice a year.
Yeah, I had to use a steroid drop post-op for a week or two (forget how long since it's been a while) as well as regular drops.