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Gentle Glide posted:Not trying to thread hijack however i had a question about LASIK while everyone is here Nothing here disqualifies you out of hand. You need to see a doctor still, because there are factors that can disqualify a candidate that will not be readily apparent. Camulos posted:Do they give you anything to deal with them shooting your eyeballs with lasers? The idea of someone touching and being that close to my eyes makes me incredibly uncomfortable but I've heard they give you drugs that make you not care, anyone have experience with them?
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Pardot posted:They gave me valium, but not enough for anything, I was completely lucid. I was fine in the willpower department, but it was defiantly the most terrifying thing that's happened to me. They cut my loving eye and pealed it apart! You need to be lucid, because you need to do things, like look at a goddamn light. Yeha they cut your eye open, but afterwards you could see, and I mean before that they werent much good anyway so no great loss eh?
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eyeshitinyourserial posted:There is an alternative recently approved by the FDA that is coming into favor but is not as widespread as LASIK. A few things with this: 1) LASIK is safe as gently caress. Honestly. People make a big to-do about the corneal flap and oh god what if my eye pops open and occurences like that are so rare they're about negligible. Really anything other than dry-eye is so rare its about negligible. 2) LASIK has changed a lot since it first became approved. Techniques and procedures have been refined and improved upon to reduce some of the side-effects/enhance some of the results. Technology like CustomVue and WaveScan have pretty much eliminated the night-time glare/halo thing, as well as consistently improved correction. 3) LASIK is not a "one-time shot and if its not done right you're hosed." LASIK can be performed multiple times on an eye to correct or enhance the original procedure. Any place worth its salt should do this for free if you had the surgery from them. Implantable collagen lenses are good for people with exceptionally high myopia, as they can sometimes correct to stronger prescriptions than LASIK is able to. Other alternatives to LASIK are PRK (as discussed, a precursor to LASIK, still widely used) LASEK (similar to PRK, melt your epithelium instead of making a flap) and EPI-LASIK (newest, makes a flap out of only the epithelium, not the cornea).
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jibberjabber posted:I had LASIK done on Friday July 31, And my right eye is still a little blurry but my left eye is fine. Did anyone have one blurry eye after LASIK and how long did it take to get better? I'm kind of worryed that my right eye will stay this. Your vision wont stabilize for weeks. Dont worry about it. And really this is probably one of those things you should ask your doctor if you're really worried about, vice the internet. If your surgeon isnt up to providing some basic info like that well, poo poo. Happydayz posted:how much of a difference does bladeless LASIK and custom wavefront make overall? And since it's so automated right now just how much difference does the doctor make? Bladeless is cool I guess but they are about the same as far as vision correction. Paying for a good surgeon is worth it. yeah, the laser will turn off if you look away or do something stupid, but theres a whole host of things involved in any surgery that cannot be automated. And you only get the one set of eyeballs. Unless you have a specific reason to get PRK over LASIK, I would go with LASIK. You can deal with the recovery time, sure. But if ya don't have to...
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SteviaFan420 posted:I'm interested in getting lasik or another procedure done but I'm a little nervous. This is possible but also and more importantly stupid. It will also most likely give you a serious headache.
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