Tell me about Lasik...

[bicentennial_baby]

I have no idea if its for me...I'm nearsighted, wearing glasses since age 14, now about to be 31. I don't mind the glasses, but I'm curious. Good? Bad? Risky? Let me have it, DUers.

:hi:

[Lady Effingbroke]

1. I had it done about 7 years ago. Best money I've ever spent on myself.

Painless, no complications whatsoever, and I have at least 20/20 vision (if not slightly better).

If you are a good candidate for the surgery, I highly recommend it.

[bicentennial_baby]

2. What makes a good candidate?

that's what I don't know :)

[Lady Effingbroke]

3. Basically, a stable glasses/contact lens prescription, no vision-related diseases that might affect

the effectiveness of the surgery, have a common vision problem (nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism) that can be corrected by the surgery, and have thick-enough corneas so that the LASIK surgeon can cut a deep-enough flap in the cornea.

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Ok, gotcha...

I'm good on the first 3, don't know about the corneas. But otherwise, set to go! :)

I'll check it out, thank you so much. :hi:

[Capn Sunshine]

9. Did they tell you it doesn't last much longer than seven years?

You have to go back every so often for a redo as your eyes continue to change as you get older

[seemunkee]

4. My wife had it done about 5 years ago

She has been having night vision problems and going for a touch up in Jan.

[hippywife]

11. That gives me this scary image

of a sort of face lift on your eyeballs! :scared:

[seemunkee]

13. Some people need touch ups

Her night vision was getting bad. She was seeing halos. This will hopefully fix it.

[hippywife]

15. I have heard that night vision

is the first thing to be affected when it starts wearing off.

[Omphaloskepsis]

6. I think you look good with glasses...

Are you willing to risk (the odds are small) of damaging or losing your vision if something goes wrong.

And BTW. I started wearing glasses at 12 and I am 30 now.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Aww, thank you, I agree...

I'm pretty attached to my glasses, and think they look good on me. And no, probably not. I'm somewhat risk averse in the vision dept.

Merci, cher Ryan. :*

[WCGreen]

7. I thought it was one of Anne Rice's Vampires...

[bicentennial_baby]

10. No, that's Lestat

:spank:

[WCGreen]

12. Well bite my neck....

LOL....

[bicentennial_baby]

14. And call you what?

:rofl:

[WCGreen]

16. Hurry sunup...

[Rowdyboy]

17. I had it 6 years ago correctring 20/100 and 20/200 vision....

I love it and have had no problems. Still need non-perscription glasses to focus while reading but I knew that before the surgery.