Laser eyes surgery- would you do it or not?

Answer 1

Yes I would do it.
My partner has his eyes lasered about 5 years ago, and apart from the silly huge specs he had to wear for a week afterwards, there has been no problem. I would hate to have the hassel for glasses or contact lenses. I really appreciate that I don't need anything to see now, and if my eyesight deteriorates, I will look in to surgery.
Yes, there are risks, but personally I'd rather take a chance on making things worse - otherwise I'll constantly be thinking "I wouldn't have to do this if I had the surgery".

Answer 2

I've had it done...5 years ago. Also I am a Certified Ophthalmic Technician and have worked with doctor's and watched the procedure done on hundreds of patients and been there for all of their follow- up care.

First you need to be very comfortable with the Ophthalmologist you decide to use. Make sure their clinic is not just a "chop shop." Also make sure that the Dr. you use is the one that will do all of your follow-up care, and not send you to another Dr. outside the clinic. That way if you have problems, you are already there with the Dr. that did the surgery.

You can expect a full dilated exam to see if you are a candidate for the surgery. They will check the thickness of your corneas and take topographical pictures of your cornea. Be aware that if your corneas are thin, you will have to have an alternative procedure called PRK. LASIK itself is not especially painful, just uncomfortable for about a day afterwards, but PRK CAN BE painful. With PRK, there is not a flap made in the cornea as is with LASIK. The laser is used on the outside and a bandage contact lens is applied to the eye after surgery. Basically it's raw skin until it heals. The results are usually the same with both procedures. The Dr. will explain all this in great detail for you.

Basically all I'm saying is....use a trusted Ophthalmologist, ask lots of questions, and you'll be happy with the results.

Like I said before, I've had it done and have had zero regrets. I would do it again in a heartbeat!

Good luck!

Answer 3

I had my eyes lasered about 3.5 years ago and haven't regretted it in the slightest.

I was short sighted with a prescription of around -6 to -6.5 with an astigmatism in my right eye. Now, I can read the bottom line of the eye sight board without glasses. Night vision was affected for around 6 months after the procedure with a lot of glare from lights. That has now gone and night vision is as good as it ever was.

Beforehand I was very unsure whether it was a good idea and did quite a lot of research on success rates and possible side affects. The vast majority of failures that you hear about are due to post operative infections so I resolved to stick absolutely rigidly to the post-op care regime. I also chose to go with Ultralase since they seemed to have the better success rate at the time.

During the procedure you feel, at worst, mild discomfort and for the next 6-8 hours it feels as though you have sand in your eyes when you open them. (They suggest you keep them closed for 2 hours after the op. I was booked into a hotel for the afternoon/night following the op and brought CDs with me and kept my eyes shut for the whole afternoon.) Following the op someone asked me which I'd prefer to do "Go to the dentist or have my eyes lasered?" Not withstanding the possible implications I'd have my eyes lasered again.

The change to your life afterwards is immense, 3 years or so on and I still can't stop smiling about it.

Get yourself down to a clinic for the free evaluation at least. There is a chance that they can't operate (cornea too thin, etc) and if that is the case then the decision is made for you. If they do reject you however, I'd recommend you don't go to one of these 'We'll accept you even when others don't' places, the rejection was for a good reason.

I hope you get the courage to get it done, I couldn't recommend it more!

Answer 4

I'm looking into laser eye surgery, I would love to have my vision back again. I am not really worried it won't work, I am scared about the cut in the eye where they lift up the flap. That is all that is putting me off at the moment. I will have the surgery when I have saved up and am brave enough.

Answer 5

To be honest, I for one, having my glasses all the time wrecked in all kind of ways would not want to subject myself to laser surgery. After all, the risk that something goes wrong is what I am concerned about.
My wife, having her skin caving in on her face insisted to have a specialist to fix it, but thousands of dollars later, she is as unhappy as anything. The specialist however insist he did a good job. It was simply that my wife’s expectations more then likely were too high.
Now, she is more unhappy about having had the treatment, but don’t regret spending the money as she blames the specialist.
Well before she had the treatment I warned her that afterwards she might be more upset about the end result then if she left it the way she had it. She wouldn’t listen then.
With laser treatment for your eyes you too have to consider the positives and the negatives and not think it will not happen to you but rather consider; What if it happened to me that it went wrong with my treatment, what then will be the likely result? You may just then consider the risk to great or you may hold the risk is worthwhile to take.
I for one decided it isn’t worth the risk!

Answer 6

I do not have glasses or have I ever had to wear contacts so my answer might be Little impartial, but my brother-in-law had the laser eye surgery and he said that it didn't' hurt at all and he has perfect vision now. He did complain that things were blurring for a day or so but other than that he is completely satisfied.

Hope I could help!

Answer 7

Laser eye surgery is very safe nowadays. There is one company that is very famous in India that arranges Laser surgery for foreigners in India. They are called the Fly2india4health Consultants. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories. I have also read that they arrange financing for international patients, as all surgery is not covered by insurance or by the stinking NHS.

They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. The cost savings are incredible. As a doctor I personally believe that your Dental surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of Healthcare available here is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

My cousin got her Dental surgery done there and she is more than very happy with the results. She is all praise for Fly2india4health Consultants. She paid just 20% of the cost what she was quoted in USA and it was like a wonderful vacation for her. Hope this helps

Source(s):
http://www.fly2india4health.com

Answer 8

What condition you are suffering from for which you want Laser eye surgery?

Answer 9

for me yes i will do it. if this method will help you and correct common eye disorders. For me Laser eye surgery is the fastest and lack of pain afterward. And the fact that good vision is usually achieved by the very next day.

Answer 10

Well yes I would unless I have astigmatism then that would not help much actually they are developing that, But if you are in -6 and up (-1 to -6 ) then do it if you are less then -6 that's also difficult to have complete correction so you will also end up with glasses but thinner , beside i know 4 people did that, except for the first week they are happy with it and would do it again if they go back, So i would say go for it , that's it and good luck in that