Anyone Here Have Lasik Surgery?

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

I got lasik in 2015 and I'm wondering who else here had it and what your experience with it was. I was seeing 20/70 before surgery and 20/15 next morning. Had discomfort/foreign object feel for about a month. I also felt a little discomfort when turning the eyeball. Now, my vision is perfect and I have absolutely no discomfort.

Talk about your lasik stories. Since there are a 1,000+ people here, I assume at least one person had it. Go!

 

[GodKnowsBest]

I got lasik in 2015 and I'm wondering who else here had it and what your experience with it was. I was seeing 20/70 before surgery and 20/15 next morning. Had discomfort/foreign object feel for about a month. I also felt a little discomfort when turning the eyeball. Now, my vision is perfect and I have absolutely no discomfort.

Talk about your lasik stories. Since there are a 1,000+ people here, I assume at least one person had it. Go!

I want to get it at around 25. How old were you when you got it?

Can you do an update in a year if we're still here?

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

I want to get it at around 25. How old were you when you got it?

Can you do an update in a year if we're still here?

I was 24 when I did it. Brutally expensive but I was on EI so I claimed it on my taxes and got a refund. Cost me 3,000.00. Ranges from 2,000-6,000, depending on your situation. I can do an update in a year.

 

[YoungFarah]

I'm hoping to get it in a few years after my eyes fully develop. My optician advised me to get it at 25 or so.

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

I'm hoping to get it in a few years after my eyes fully develop. My optician advised me to get it at 25 or so.

Cool. How bad is your vision now? Near sighted or far sighted?

 

[YoungFarah]

Is near sighted if I can only see near me? Then I'm that I can't see far away. I'm -5.5 on my right eyes and -7 on my left. I'm basically blind without glasses saxiib

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

Is near sighted if I can only see near me? Then I'm that I can't see far away. I'm -5.5 on my right eyes and -7 on my left. I'm basically blind without glasses saxiib

Shit that sucks man. I'm assuming your prescription is getting stronger and stronger? That's the case with my brother. Every year his eyes get slightly worse.

 

[YoungFarah]

Shit that sucks man. I'm assuming your prescription is getting stronger and stronger? That's the case with my brother. Every year his eyes get slightly worse.

Yh how bad was yours?

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

Yh how bad was yours?

So I got glasses in 2014, a year before lasik. Before that I used to drive at night, on rural roads near my work with 20/70 vision (really bad). I can't remember what the prescription number was but less than a year later I decided to get lasik anyway. FYI 20/200 is legally blind, 20/40 is the worst you can be to drive, 20/20 is perfect vision and 20/15 (where I am) is realy good. 20/40, for example, means you can see from 20 feet what a normal person sees from 40 feet, just so you know.

 

[YoungFarah]

So I got glasses in 2014, a year before lasik. Before that I used to drive at night, on rural roads near my work with 20/70 vision (really bad). I can't remember what the prescription number was but less than a year later I decided to get lasik anyway. FYI 20/200 is legally blind, 20/40 is the worst you can be to drive, 20/20 is perfect vision and 20/15 (where I am) is realy good. 20/40, for example, means you can see from 20 feet what a normal person sees from 40 feet, just so you know.

Yh I know how the 20/20 system works. You're lucky to have had glasses for 1 year I've been burdened with them for 12+ years

 

[The Cushitic One]

I heard some people can go blind
From it !

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

for 12+ years

 

[YoungFarah]

I heard some people can go blind
From it !

0.005% chance of issues occurring according to the NHS website

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

I heard some people can go blind
From it !

I went in for an assessment a month before the surgery. They do all sorts of tests on you, assess everything and let you know if you're a good candidate. They won't just barge right ahead.

 

[The Cushitic One]

0.005% chance of issues occurring according to the NHS website

I went in for an assessment a month before the surgery. They do all sorts of tests on you, assess everything and let you know if you're a good candidate. They won't just barge right ahead.

 

[YoungFarah]

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[GodKnowsBest]

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It's very rare. If one is so worried about Lasik they can get implantable contact lenses.

They replace the lenses in your eyes in the same way they do it to cataract patients.

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

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There's always a risk but it's miniscule, like @YoungFarah said earlier. That's a freak incident right there.

 

[Someone]

I would get this done but i'm too afraid of something going wrong

 

[Hades]

Are you in Toronto? Which doctor would you recommend? I know it's best to go to the more experienced ones & not take the cheapest option