I can see again - LASIK Laser Eye Surgery

[RoomKid]

Good news for you :) Glad to hear that it went well :)

[temple_treefrog]

Inspiring story. I can't wait to get this done as well, once my prescription becomes more stable.

[DrewJW]

I had surgery in 2005. Lost 0.25 in the right eye already. Astigmatism is kicking in too.

This worries me, do they ask you to bring in records or somehow with your consent get your records from your optician.

[tiagosilva29]

This worries me, do they ask you to bring in records or somehow with your consent get your records from your optician.

Who are 'they'? I'm not sure if I got your question.

[AbandonedTrolley]

What company did you use?

Optical Express

Question from the young lady for you: Was the cost for both eyes?

The costs was for the both eyes so £2330 in total If she has any other queries just shout, I'd be more than happy to answer in detail any questions she has.

They are really making some serious dough off that operation, 20 minutes with a laser and they want that much money? Oh please.

the way I view i is that you are paying for the research, in the same way that people pay £40 for a blank DVD with a game on, you are paying for what has gone into it, not the thing itself.

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I was made aware of the possiblities with trouble regarding cataracts etc, but I feel that my vision in younger life is more than that in later.

i'm pretty sure i've seen advertisements for £350 per eye so around £700 total, much less than the £1330 this person paid.

Indeed OE advertise at £395 per eye. I'm sure had I have gone with the mechanical cut and standard correction it would have been around this price. A friend had that exact treatment and they quoted £900 and he had a £300 off voucher from their head office, so yes, I have paid more, but the treatment was the more advanced thus carrying the price tag with it. I actually went with the £2330 not the £1330 treatment.

[buckboii]

Congratulations man.

[mattmatik]

I've worn glasses for 22 years and lenses for about 18 but unfortunately, my prescription changes every year or other year. Far too much for LASIK. I haven't even consulted my optometrist about the surgery. Maybe one day (I'm 29) my eyes will stop changing but I doubt it.

I am envious of those who are able to get it, though. I would love to not have to worry about packing lens stuff for vacations or making sure I have my glasses on me in case a lens goes missing.

[MytMowse]

I still don't feel this surgery is safe enough for me to do it.

Even if I get perfect vision once it is done, in the long run, no one is sure how it will affect your eyes later.

[Cupcakes]

It's not about how long it took, but about the equipment and the cost of development. The average CT scan costs at least $500 and you just lay down there and the operator presses a button. And they're a company after all, they're in for the monies :-)

Man, let me know where you've paid only $500 for a CT scan. I've had ~10 last year and each one was billed around $1600'ish (just for single sections like head, wrist, hip, chest, knee). MRIs were around $2500+.

[spikey_richie]

A have a friend who had LASIK about 6 years ago, and his vision is fine but he gets very itchy eyes.

I wear glasses, but only for driving as I'm short-sighted (2% in my left eye, and 1.5% in my right eye)

[iamwhoiam]

I'd have it done, but I don't like them cutting the flap open. Seen videos of it and it looks gruesome. I'll wait 10 years or so until you put your face up against a machine and it does it all in 30 seconds, without cutting anything.

LASEK (not LASIK) is just that. A couple of drops in each eye, no flap is cut, a calibrated laser is passed over each eye and non prescription contacts are worn for a week to protect the eye. Healing time is about a week. I'm having it done next week.

[_neutrino Veteran]

I wish that Lasik surgery worked for every type of vision impairment. I have Trifocal Glasses, however, i am not a candidate for the Lasik procedure so i am stuck with lenses for the rest of my life unless they discover something else out first.

[Yelreve]

When they did it could you smell your eyes burning? :shiftyninja:

[Creamy]

Now thats a Milestone! :) I'm happy for you! :)

[wahoospa]

Congrats for the success and hope all goes well in the future. I have had 4 eye operations so I would not be afraid of lasik but I don't think anything but glasses are in my future.

[Stokkolm]

I had PRK surgery through the Army in 2005 and I gotta say, it's definitely one of the best things I ever decided to do.

[MulletRobZ]

I've been considering laser eye surgery for the past few years myself, but unfortunately, I cannot afford it right now. However, I did switch from glasses to contacts six months ago and I find them to be significantly better than glasses when using computers for extended periods of time at work, or when working out at the gym.

[HawkMan]

I still don't feel this surgery is safe enough for me to do it.

Even if I get perfect vision once it is done, in the long run, no one is sure how it will affect your eyes later.

LASIK, is in recent test, despite being a relatively new prosedure considered to be the safest surgery you can do. after 15 years hardly anyone are having negative side effects or complications from the surgery.

I did my IntraLasik a month or so before xmas, thought the guys wanted to use the Zyoptix intralasik method due to my skewd cornea or whatever. But they also said regular Intra LAsik would be more than good enoguh, even regular Lasik could be done. I pretty much have perfect+ vision now. Despite complications during my surgery. The eye drops on my first eye either didn't work right or soemthing, so I started to feel the burnign during the first laser, but figured it was normal, then the flap got "scratched" so I had to wear a rpotective lens for a week after the surgery. Anyway it worked out fine.

I paid more than the OP though, despite not getting the more expensive Zyoptix (wich techcnially is supposed to be usable on pretty much any eye defect), but then again, I did use the best eye surgery clinic in the country with the surgeon that first started doing it here. I'm sure I coudl have gotten it done far cheaper, but My eyes are my eyes they're not easy to replace :p

btw, yeah I didn't feel a single thing on the second eye, though after the first I was a bit worried :p Crazy red eyes from the vacuum ring though :)

[Growled Member]

Congratulations, man. That's a wonderful thing. :)

[*RedBull*]

Congrats on the eye surgery. Mine has paid off big for me. I'm very happy after having lasik surgery . There are some limitations, but overall I have better than normal vision.

I honestly don't mean to upset or scare you, but I discussed laser eye surgery with my families optometrists in depth once last year, and the points he questioned that he said came up at conferences he took part in that may be relevant to me were :

- After laser eye surgery the exact ORIGINAL length of your eye is lost and this makes it difficult to impossible for cataract surgery later in life (you say they measured this, is the measurement documented and passed to medical records now?)

- I'm a long time practising martial artist, and laser eye surgery weakens the eye making it dangerous for combat sports.

Where do you get your statistics on this? I've never heard of such such a thing. I know the military does LASEK (silmilar to PRK) as opposed to LASIK, Where the skin in front of the lens is removed completely. That I can understand somewhat with eye length. But the contact sport part seems to be BS. Many military professionals get this surgery and never have a problem. I advise people to get LASIK as it has faster healing time than LASEK.

[Razorwing]

Congrats! But for me, I think it's too risky. lol.

[Jeston Veteran]

Congrats! I had it done 5 or 6 years ago and don't regret it one bit. Unfortunately they didn't have the more fancy options back then. Oh well, I got through it.

[SimplySchizo]

can anyone really put a price tag on someone's vision?

i've been meaning to look into it myself. as long as my dominant eye is open i can see perfectly. closed and things get a little weird lol.

20/60 i believe it was.

anyways.. congrats man. no pain at all huh...sweeeeet! :D

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

Wow, I'm good that worked out. I know someone who wants to get it done, but is afraid because you only have one pair of eyes, if something goes wrong, you're screwed :/

happy to hear everything worked out

[Inklin]

Can I get it on the NHS? :laugh:

My vision is poor though, more so in my right eye, I have a 'lazy' eye and my brain is ignoring it for the left eye.

I'm supposed to wear glasses but stopped a few years ago and haven't had my eyes tested, I will have to get it sorted soon though.:|