tell me about lasik eye surgery I am nearsighted with stigmatizm in right eye need reading glasses?

Question

someone told me you have to go without glasses or contacts for 2 wks prior to surgery ,True???

Answer 1

You have to go without contacts so that any possible damage to the epithelium of cornea would heal prior to lasik surgery. As for glasses, it isn't true - you can go with them all the time.

Lasik surgery is a procedure that changes the curvature of cornea permanently, thus reducing or completely eliminating refractive errors. Surgery is performed quickly and the eye heals completely within a few days.

Lasik can be performed only once and cannot be corrected or reversed afterwards and you have to be a certain age before undertaking lasik. Another downside of lasik are possible complications.

As an alternative to lasik, you can also consider natural vision improvement techniques:

http://www.refractiveeyedisorders.com/ryv

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Answer 2

You have to go without contacts but can wear your glasses prior to surgery.

Are you using bifocals or two pairs of glasses, one for near and one for far? LASIK is usually used to correct distance vision (near sightedness and astigmatism) and then you will still need reading glasses. LASIK can also be used to create "monovision" where one eye is left a little nearsighted so that it can see well up close and the other eye is corrected for distance. About 75% of people can tolerate monovision and the surgeon will require that you try monovision first with contacts to make sure you can tolerate it.

The link below discusses this in more detail.

Answer 3

Lasik eye surgery is very safe nowadays. My cousin got her dental implants and lasik surgery in India by a company called Indian Health Guru Consultants. The Price for dental and lasik surgery is very less in India. She paid 25% of the price she was quoted in America.

Indian Health Guru Consultants is very famous in India They arrange Dental surgery, jaw surgery, lasik eye surgery, Dental Implants etc for foreign patients in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines- about their patient stories.They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as dental and eye surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

http://www.indianhealthguru.com
Hope this helps.