my eye s myopia 600 degree,i dont know if i should do the laser surgery on it. will it have some side effect?if you know about it please help me.thank you very much.
2006-08-17 19:44:49 · 7 answers · asked by gretchenhe 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I had laser eye surgery. It was the best thing I ever did. The thing you have to know is that there are limitations on how bad your eyes are for them to even consider you for laser surgery. I was farsighted, the opposite of what laser surgery was originally created to help people--so I had to wait for several years until the technology got up to speed to do farsighted. Even then, I barely became a good candidate for surgery because of my astigmatisms and the nature of my eyes. You should go to your eye doctor and have your eyes checked out. If you have a stable prescription and your eyes fall into the range for laser eye surgery, you should be fine. Your doctor will tell you if you are a good candidate or not.
There are lots of potential problems with eye surgery--it is surgery after all. I had to watch a video explaining all the things that could go wrong. You should get a referral for a highly qualified doctor who performs laser eye surgery. Don't go to any discount place. Chances are they aren't reputalbe. The doctor I went to had an impeccable record and was very qualified.
There is prep work for having laser eye surgery. I had to wash my eyelashes everynight for a week before surgery to remove any build up that could interfere iwth the procedure. I also had to put eye drops in my eyes for a few days before surgery. The procedure itself is very quick--I was in and out of the surgery room in 10 minutes.
When you have the surgery, they will tell you to rest your eyes for the remainder of the day--only opening them to walk to the bathroom or to eat. My eyes felt like there was some grit --like when sand is blown in your eyes--and they stung a bit when I opened them. It was easier and more comfortable to keep them closed. I spent the day in bed catching up on sleep. You have to wear eye shields for a week after surgery when you go to bed and you have to put more drops in your eyes. I was able to see and go to work the next day.
It has been 4 months since my surgery and things are great. The one side effect I have is that my eyes do tend to get dry easily, so I have to be more conscious and put drops in more often, but that is a minor inconvience. My eyes are still healing and improving everyday. It isn't cheap either but I do believe that it was worth every penny to never have to wear contacts.
Oh--also, age plays a large factor in how your eyes turn out in surgery. If you are over 45, you will have to wear some sort of glasses for night drving--no matter how well the surgery corrects your eyes. If you are younger than that, no worries.
Go to your eye doctor, get your eyes checked out and look into surgery if you are a good candidate.
Good luck!
Oh yeah, one more thing. They never guarantee 20/20 vision. You may have to have a "touch up" on your eyes. Since I was farsighted, they had to overcorrect my eyes so they wouldn't revert back. My left eye is great but the right eye is officially nearsighted. But the touch up is very quick and easy to do.
2006-08-17 20:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by sidnee_marie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know, I've heard great stories about lasik and I've heard horror stories - I read something about how Kathy Griffin got surgery on her eyes and she was messed up bad for awhile and had to keep getting eye surgeries over and over - you going to really want to sit down with the doctor and go over the pros and cons - it may not be for everyone and they cannot guarantee that you'll have 20/20 vision after wards which means you may need to correct your vision even after the surgery - good luck
2006-08-17 19:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by Big Buddy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consult a prominent Opthalmic Surgeon (who has all the facilities/gadgets to check/test the nature of eye defect you face) before you go ahead with any surgery. Surgeon to surgeon sometimes opinion varies. It is your eye and you have to care for it.
Best of Luckl!!
2006-08-17 19:53:37 · answer #3 · answered by SESHADRI K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-19 12:41:04 · answer #4 · answered by Benito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my wife is an optometrist, she reffered anyone who really needs it.
my suggestion is disregard advices here that says go, unless they are optalmologies. go to optalmologies first, they need to check your eyes if possible for operation.
and one more thing, "one eye" first coz there is small chance of mistakes in any operation, if that happened you still have another eye.
2006-08-17 19:55:28 · answer #5 · answered by happydoods 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will send you to an eye DR to make sure it is right for you.
2006-08-18 11:13:30 · answer #6 · answered by Sancira 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not yourself, have a professional do it.
2006-08-17 19:49:56 · answer #7 · answered by meow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋