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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > TELL me about LASIK!
 
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FooGoo
Oct 21, 2008
 Is there anyone here who was -6.00 diopters or greater prior to surgery?

I'm currently about -7.50 and noticed a lot of the people who say it was "the best money they ever spent" were in the < -5.00 range. From what I understand, it can get complicated for high-myoptics.

So if you're one of those that were nearly blind, how is it post-surgery? Night vision? Dry eyes? Aberrations (halos, starbursts, etc.)?

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FooGoo
Oct 21, 2008

The Gay Bean posted:

I got EPI-LASIK (basically PRK) at my doctor's recommendation. Price was almost the same.

With LASIK there is a small but nonzero chance of flap complications for the rest of your life. My doctor told me a story of a women whose dog hit her in the eye with its paw and she had to get the surgery redone.

I'm not going to defend what my doctor said or anything; I took his word for it and it's possible that he was wrong. That was just my reasoning.

There's also that PRK works with lower corneal thickness so a wider range of patients are open to it. I believe that the instance of minor complications (haloing, eye dryness, and starbursting) is less with PRK.

For the record, I'm a year downstream of my surgery with perfect vision and no side effects. I was at 95% at about 3-4 months. Best 2 grand I've ever spent.

What was your pre-surgery prescription? So you have no issues with dry eyes or night vision now? Thanks.

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FooGoo
Oct 21, 2008
 Is it true that you are given a choice of correcting for distance or near vision? Therefore if you choose to correct for vision, you might need reading glasses for close up vision.

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