Lasik for corective vision

Has any body ever had the laser surgery for eyes. Does it work. becuase i was thinking of doing it.But i am scared it could make u blind. I don't want that.

It's probably a good idea you do a lot of research on the subject, since you don't seem to know much about it. I considered it about 2 years ago, lost my deposit because I decided not to do it. You won't "go blind" but there are some things you should know.

First the heath concerns. Here is a website about possible side effects. Mainly it might impair your night time vision and produce halos and starburts. It also degrades over time, so even a year after your surgery your vision will start to degrade again and you'll have to go in for correction.

Also, just like contacts, it doesn't cure multiple conditions, for example if you suffer from astigmatism and myopia. Currently, I see better up close with my glasses off. If I elected the surgery, I would have to wear glasses to see up close.

Then there are the financial concerns. Some companies are pretty shady; they quote prices that no one gets and use optometrists with not as much training and experience as say an opthamologist. Don't go for these bargain basement prices you hear about, ultimately it's your eyes your fucking with.

[Edited on Sep 03, 2005 by AceTracer]

Dude, they stick friggin' lasers in your eyes.

If anybody blinded by lasers finds a way to reply to this, I'll be impressed.

Not "all of them," but a statistically significant number of people do suffer unpleasant side effects, up to and including actual worsening of overall visual acuity or even blindness. Call me paranoid, but I'm sticking with glasses until the long-term results of vision-corrective surgery are better understood. There simply isn't enough data now---there can't be, because the procedure hasn't been around long enough.

[Edited on Sep 03, 2005 by alpo]

Eggzackly.

In your friggin' eyes.

I was contemplating it until my friend told me how they do it. Dont they pull up a layer of your eye and then shoot the laser thing in it? Then pull it back down and your good?

That's my concern- the long term affects of it. . .

basically, yes.

Yes. I saw a video of it being done, it takes like 10 minutes total. They cut a sliver of it open and then you see some light reflecting off the cornea, and then they cover it up again.

I don't even like eyedrops.

NOOOOOOOO! Stop!

I don't think your eyes are going to affect much of anything. You won't turn into Cyclops from the X-Men.

Unless you were referring to the long term effects.

[Edited on Sep 04, 2005 by AceTracer]

You've got a little something in your eye there...

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

[Edited on Sep 04, 2005 by AceTracer]

Mothertrucker!

Spoilertag that shit, PLEASE!

fuck it, it's saturday night and i've been drinking. fuck you grammar.

Long term you can get a halo effect, spots and cloudiness in vision. It happens to a small amount of people. But blindness... not so much. Research it though, for simple nearsightedness or farsightedness it can be quite effective. I happen to have asigmatism in one eye so it would be more complicated were I to undergo the prodecure. Weigh your options. To me it's worth it to deal with contacts and glasses.

AceTracer said:

bibliachica said:
NOOOOOOOO! Stop!

You've got a little something in your eye there...

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

[Edited on Sep 04, 2005 by AceTracer]

haha

You're awake while they do it, too.

Just adding to the pile here.

And they make you watch movies of the old ultraviolence while playing Ludwig Van.