Have you or anyone you know, have the Lasik eye surgery procedure?

I had a procedure called "INTACS" done about 6 years ago. It is similar to Lasik, but instead of making the flap and lasering out some of your lens to change it's shape, they make two incesions, one on each side of the iris, and put little plastic cresents to adjust the shape of the lens; kind of like permenant contact lenses. I chose it over Lasik because it was more reversabe; I would now chose the Lasik instead, because it has a shorter recovery time and the surgery is so much more refined. As for the rest of your questions: 1. It was totally worth it! I paid about $1800 each eye (my parents paid half)and I would do it again in a heart beat, although it is much cheaper now. I went from 20/240 to 20/30 in 15 minutes. It took me about a week to recover (mostly it is just light sensitivity, there was no real pain and only a little irritation the first two days) 2. Side effects: when driving at night for the first 6 months or so after wards, I would see halos around light sources like street lights and headlights. But that went away, too. I never had any infections or bad reactions. 3. My vision has lasted this long with no changes. The doctor did say that when I hit 40 years old I will probably notice some decrease in focus, because most people begin to get a bit farsighted at that age anyway, and the sugery won't stop future changes. Needless to say, I'm really glad I had it done, but I also had headaches from wearing glasses and my eyes were beginning to react badly to contacts, so it was a pretty big deal to be able to leave those things behind. I you like your glasses, maybe it isn't worth it to you, but I hope my post has answered some of your questions.

My mother in law just had lasik eye surgery about 3 months ago. She is in her 80's. She has worn glasses for years and she decided that maybe she could get vision surgery and she wouldn't have to wear them any more. Well about 1 month after her surgery, 1 of her eyes started to be glazy when she looked out of it. She went back to the doctor to see if maybe she had an infection in it, but she didn't. The doctor told her that the retina pulled away and she would never be able to see out of that eye again. She is elderly but she sure would have been better off to stay with using her eye glasses. Poor thing.

my aunt and my cousine had it and thier vision did improve too but I am scared of letting anyone touch my eyes. I am trying an excersise programme these days and its really relaxing for the eyes and good. I feel actually some vision improvement in my eyesight but I am new to this so I do not know I have to get my eyes checked first. I will try it fully first. DO you want to try its demo version as I have signed up for the affilate programme too after using this programme but have not started promoting iot yet, I am thinking of buiolding a website about it. If you want you can go to my profile for the link.Before you go for surgery may be you can try this.

I actually have a friend and he has had lasik eye surgery! He said that he can now see twice as better now then when he actually wore his glasses. He said that it hurts a bit after and you have to wear shades for a while! He also told me that it was something that i would never regret though and that it is worth in sooo many ways!!!

I have not had lasik myself. I do however know of 5 people that did and they are just thrilled with the results. None of them had any complications whatsoever. They are truly grateful to have been able to give up their glasses.

My sister in law had lasik surgery. She said she would have it done again. It took longer to heal than they said it would but he no longer has to wear contacts or glasses. They told her that it should last 10 years. By then they will have better options though. I personally am not willing to let them do lasik surgery. What if they mess up and I cant see at all. Too much of a risk for me.

I had it done several years ago now and I can say that it is one of the most and only positive times I have ever visited the hospital as it improved my blurry vision so I didn't need to wear glasses(as I always used to lose them anyway!)I've had no side effects so far, although a few of my friends have some head ache trouble by having it done, but I have not. Plus I got it done on the National Health Service program so I didn't have to pay a thing for this treatment! And it has helped me by doing all my drawings with which I would be lost without! I went for an eye test the other month and still 20/20 vision.

I have worn glasses since I was a child. I have looked into this so many times,and I have friends that have had it done with great success. But I am nervous to have surgery on eyes.

Recently my dad had the lakik eye surgery done to both eyes, one at a time of course! and he has had absolutely no complications of any sort. He never had any time off, all he had to do was rest a bit more than usual and wear dark glasses for a while but he has been happy and healthy and now his eyes seem as good as new. Well, as new as a 70 year old man's eyes can be!

Everyone I know that has had it loves it. You do have a few days where you have to avoid bright light and smoke while your eyes heal. And you should NOT do it if your eyesight is unstable -i.e. you prescription changes year to year - because you'll pay all the money for the surgery, and your eyes will just change again. So I have heard. I am very far sighted and only need glasses to read, so I haven't had it myself.

My son and my sister and my nephew have all had it done. My brother is an eye surgeon and he performed it. He wouldn't do it for me because I have dry eyes and he was afraid of complications. It does last, and I think it would be worth any amount of money! I know one side effect can be a decrease in your ability to see contrast in dim light, but none of the people I know who've had it have complained of that. One thing to consider is your age. If you are close to the age when you will need bifocals (forties and up) you need to know that lasik will NOT help with that. So you will have to use reading glasses. That means putting them on and off constantly because they're only for close vision. When I wore contacts for distance and got to the point that I needed bifocals, I found it really annoying to be putting reading glasses on and off all the time, so I opted for glasses with progressive lenses that correct both problems. For people who have cataracts, they now can implant a lens with vision correction when you have the cataract surgery. This is what I'd like to have done eventually.

Lasik has the advantages over other procedures becuase of lack of pain afterward anda good vision is achieved the next day after the treatment. Risks exist but it is extremely rare for complications that lead permanent significant vision loss,less than one percent of peopel suffer rom serious complication after the surgery,and many complications can be resolved through retreatment or enhancements of the eye. The most important steps in the surgery is to select a reputable surgeon because they can make sure whether you are properly screened and let you know whether you are a suitable candidate for LASIK surgery. May be you can consult a surgeon ,if you are suitable for it,you can have the surgery to improve your eyesight,side effets may include eye inflection,inflammation whcih can be treated by antibiotics or steroids. Hope this information helps.

I have known 3 people who have had the procedure. All are currently not wearing glasses and have only good things to say about it. My one friend said, though, that you can see/smell the smoke burning off your eye. That always creeped me out and made me NOT want to go through the procedure...ugh.

Hi. I had lasik surgery 3 months ago. My doctor said I was a good candidate. Now my eyes are dry and I am worried they would not get back to normal. I use Restasis to help my eyes produce more tears but I don't see any improvement for now. I just hope they will improve with time, I will let you know.

I have had the operation to the eyes: it is quite troublesome because your eyelid is excessively opened while the laser however carves the crystalline one, after a week of convalescence which you must to also take the sunglasses in the evening to avoid the light, the glasses they were only a far memory. I'm very satisfied.

A lot of people from around the world are having it done here in the Philippines for half the price at the most prestigious doctors locally. They have featured it on tv. An actress had it done and it was successful. I think you should give it a try.

well my nan had it about two years ago, i didn't see her(i've been away from home for 7years)but every one sayin she is alight and happy with her eyes,for a while every time i talk to her first thing was how is your eyes.

That's so funny b/c my aerobics instructor just had it on Monday. She's very happy with it and can see us and was teaching the class today (Wednesday). She healed quick!!!!

from what i saw through tv, they said it is cheaper if you come herein the philippines for lasik surgery.we have the best docotrs here.i saw some documentaries and some testimonials about their surgery.

My husband had laser done on his eyes about 5 years ago. and is still satisfied up to now. his vision is around 200 that time and it became 20-25. he had it done with a friend who cannot see without glasses and ha 20-20 vision too. For both of them, it's worth the money