Having recently been to the opticians and found that the eyesight is getting worse, I was wondering if anyone has experience of eye laser treatment?
How safe is it as I have heard there is a chance it can make you blind? Have any long-term effects yet been estasblished?
Many thanks
2006-09-21 03:41:17 · 14 answers · asked by Chris G 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
My husband had his done although five years ago, he has had no problems but he recons his sight is fading again so he may need to have it redone in the future.
2006-09-21 03:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by carla s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had this surgery about 7 months ago and now see at 20/15 in both eyes. There are risks which the doctor SHOULD cover with you during your visit, but the risks are rare and a GOOD doctor should be able to tell you if you are a good candidate for the surgery. The most important thing you can do is make sure the doc is reputable and not some guy or gal who opened up a clinic in the mall on a whim. Your first visit should be long and they should run A LOT of different tests on your eyes to see if you are able to have the surgery. Even if the doc is reputable, get a second opinion, make sure you are a good candidate and they are not just giving you a line to get your money. Also it depend on the type of surgery you are having. If you are near sighted then LASIK or similar is the way however if your eyes are just getting worse because of aging the surgery is a little different than just regular laser surgery. Other than that it is the BEST money I have ever spent and if someone took it away today I would do it all over again!
2006-09-21 03:51:55 · answer #2 · answered by CBNP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eye laser: Looks like you are talking about laser for removing spectacles. If it is so:
1) Procedure- currently the latest is LASIK
2) Improved with "wave front" technology (Bausch & Lomb calls it Zyoptix, others call it c-laser/ customized laser)
3) You should be above 19 yrs. of age (as this procedure will correct today's power but not what will come in future)
4) If you are 40 or over, this procedure will correct only distance vision & you will need glasses for near (else go for "monovision" type of correction)
5) Your spects. power should have been stable for atleast 1 year
6) This procedure is not for preventing power increase
7) Pre-operative check-up will include: general health, corneal assessment, retina assessment & tear-film quality also
8) In best selection of patient, best surgeon and best instrument, you stand a chance of 98%+ to get your final power within 0.5Dioptres
9) Procedure is about 12 yrs. old. We do not know the effect of the thin cornea in 20 years or so
10) Technology is improving. Next 6 month to 1 year will bring more techniques.
Hope this is adequate
Sincerely,
R.Wadhwa
2006-09-21 03:54:15 · answer #3 · answered by r_wadhwa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had it done, and it is perfectly safe, though you must have someone with you when you do it as you won't be able to see much at all at first.
Whoever you go to to do it may not want to do it for you just yet if your eyesight is still changing, as, even if they correct it today, you may need it again in a year's time.
Also, for the first couple of months you may need reading glasses until your eyes fully adjust. Nobody told me this at the time so I got a real shock! BU tit does go away after a couple of months, so just get those cheap ones off the counter from chemists.
2006-09-21 04:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by Quilps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would avoid it like the plague.
1) You say your eyesight is getting worse. Laser is unlikely to stop the progression, so you would soon need glasses again
2) There is a risk and a proportion of cases have serious problems - relatively small proportion, but not close enough to zero for my liking.
3) The long-term implications simply are not known yet. It needs to have been running for at least 40 years before we really know.
2006-09-21 03:47:12 · answer #5 · answered by Robin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people I have know (almost all) have had a good experience but I do know a person that did go blind in one eye, and I do know this person, it is not "hear say". Have a complete eye scan by a optician of the retina, it is a little costly, but the price is cheap compared to the alternative.
2006-09-21 03:47:04 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got it done. My experience was a good one but all lights have a halo effect. It's annoying and I would have like to have know that before but I think it was worth it, especially since I couldn't wear contacts because the drove me crazy. I went to
http://www.insightlasik.com/
2006-09-21 03:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try contact lenses, if you find glasses are not for you, but glasses are worn now by all your top celebs now ,so choose a nice style for your face. Lazer is not a cure for all eye problems.
2006-09-21 03:53:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No medical procedure is without risk. There are complications with most things. A reputable practitioner should go through all the possible side effects with you and let you weigh up the risks. Personally I'll stick with my glasses thanks.
2006-09-21 03:46:09 · answer #9 · answered by Andrew W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a small risk but i had it done 4 yrs ago and have had no problems other than a few weeks of sore eyes.
2006-09-21 03:43:45 · answer #10 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋