LASIK surgery

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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,890
    Sup?


    Im going to have to invest like $400 in contacts, $200 in eyeglasses, and $80 appointment next year. My prescription has stabilized, and I figure the technology has likely improved a great deal... Im considering getting lasered.


    Any thoughts? Costs? Tricks to getting a lower cost? If I go to one of their open houses as opposed to cannonball in for a consultation do they offer any incentives?


    Probably going to do my flex spending for the full amount, and possibly financing over 2 years if they offer 0% which I heard the do. Basically it will be a free loan and tax free... but still expensive.

    I also figure between contacts and eye appointments for the prescription, it's $450-ish per year. I will eventually come out ahead.

  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,458
    I had it done about 9 years ago. I am far-sighted, and had -6.5 and -6 diopters. My eyes were normal, I just had the far-sightedness. There is something, and I don't know the English word for this now, that makes a laser correction harder to do. Also, when you are near-sighted, the diopters that can be corrected are different.
    Anyway, mine seemed to be an easy case. It took approx 20 minutes per eye, and I left the clinic with sunglasses. My procedure costed 4000 Euros. Yes, it is that expensive in Germany. The insurance covered nothing because it is considered a cosmetic procedure. I considered going to Turkey to have it done, but my parents are both doctors and got scared thinking about it, so they went along :P
    After the procedure I slept a couple of hours and in the evening, was able to watch tv without glasses or contacts. It felt like a miracle! Hahaha
    I went for checks during the weeks after that and steadily improved up to 0 diopters. It was awesome!
    My vision has gotten a little worse, and I need glasses for driving or when I am tired now, but they are only -0.5 diopters, so I don't care. I think it has to do with me working on the computer constantly. I am hoping that once age sightedness kicks in, if at all, it will even out with the little weakness that I have in my vision now, so I will be all good again :D
    I would recommend the laser procedure to anyone who is bothered with glasses or contacts. My eye doctor was amazed at how great the scars looked on my eyeballs. You can hardly see them. People with myopia are usually not good with night vision, and this will not be improved with the Lasik. Especially in the beginning, I had more halos and flares around lights at night than usual. But this was in the healing process. I think it is worth the money, but have yourself checked properly before to make sure this procedure is for you. I went to one generic examination for free and then a more special testing that costed 100 Euros where the actual doc who operated on me noted the thickness of my eye skin etc etc for the operation.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    I would get it done
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,617
    had it done maybe 15 years ago and I was nearly blind @-) ....got one eye done for close and one for far....still working great....and I am OLD!
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • vduboise
    vduboise Posts: 1,937
    I had it done almost 10 years ago. Best decision I made- it did freak me out- the thought of them cutting and the laser- but they gave me some valium before hand. As someone posted, if you take a long nap you miss all the discomfort. I still have 20/15 after all this time- but still have night vision problems- which they said the surgery would not change. Newer technology probably better results now.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,890
    Im going to an open house next Wednesday.
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,458
    I remember the word I was looking for! If you have astigmatism, there might be problems. But good luck for your check up!
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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,444
    Snakeduck said:

    Black Diamond" said:
    As you get older, just realize you are still going to need reading glasses... doesn't fix that...
    There is an easier solution that most Americans have already figured out - just stop reading.

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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,890
    I have the surgery tomorrow. Pumped, but I opted for the safer kind that has a longer and more painful recovery
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    good luck!!
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    How was it MayDay?
  • LongestRoad
    LongestRoad Posts: 477
    I really should get this.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,617
    Wobbie said:
    had it done maybe 15 years ago and I was nearly blind @-) ....got one eye done for close and one for far....still working great....and I am OLD!

    I'm even older now and my peepers still work great.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited July 2017
    Unless your vision is very very bad, I wouldn't risk it. 
    Complications and bad outcomes are very rare, but if you are one of the unlucky ones...well it's your vision.  There's not much in life that isn't effected by it.
    My wife is an OD with eyes worse than mine, she has worked for an MD who did corrective procedures, and manages treatment for post-op patients.
    She hasn't/won't get LASIK either.

    Again, the risk of bad outcomes is extremely minimal, but is the burden of wearing glasses really a reason to take that risk?  We say no way, Jose!
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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    rgambs said: 
    Unless your vision is very very bad, I wouldn't risk it. 
    Complications and bad outcomes are very rare, but if you are one of the unlucky ones...well it's your vision.  There's not much in life that isn't effected by it.
    My wife is an OD with eyes worse than mine, she has worked for an MD who did corrective procedures, and manages treatment for post-op patients.
    She hasn't/won't get LASIK either.

    Again, the risk of bad outcomes is extremely minimal, but is the burden of wearing glasses really a reason to take that risk?  We say no way, Jose!
    I was -6.25 or so in both eyes. I guess I decided it was worth the risk as had it done 7 years ago and haven't had a bother :smile:
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    davidtrios said:
    How was it MayDay?

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