Eye! Eye!! To operate or not to operate that is the question!

my auntie had laser treatment in her eyes for glaucoma and cataracts i think..she was fine afterwoulds and she is disabled and over 80 years of age..i have had five eye operations as a kid so am looking forward to having laser when i need it..hope this helps..

I myself have had laser eye surgey and was slightly scared at first, but it's like going to the dentists you fear it and then it's over quick, It corrected my blurry vision and my eyesight has been perfect ever since, I'd recommend it to anyone who needs to sort their vision out, but it may not be suited for everyone!

ive had in excess of 20 opperations on my eyes. I was born totally blind and had opperations to give me sight. I finally came off the blind register when i was 8 years old. Operations on your eyes are very painful and dont always work. I certainly would never have elective surgery on my eyes, but each to their own

I have a friend who had it done- he is very happy with it- I would advise that your friend research into the drs before having it done. That is very important for this type of surgery and get a second opinion too- some places don't care if you are a candidate or not.

I wouldn't. I'm a chicken when it comes to things going near my eyes. although i do have perfect eye sight, happens while eating carrots lovely carrots. =) (i was rabbit in a former life) I would give my father enough to go get it down if i had it. he often complains about his glasses. (we know people whos had it done and it's worked, we've only known one person who has had side effects but nothing major) just headaches every now and then but it says you can experince this in the little leaflets =) kudos! ~Joey

Yes if I absolutely needed eye surgery I would however Never would I have laser eye surgery. My first husband had laser eye surgery and the results were absolutely fantastic, he could see better than ever but it only lasted for awhile then it all went downhill. In the end his eye went rotten and had to have it removed and went blind sometime after. I know they're improving as time goes on but No I would not. Take Care. Grandmaof2

I have not had lasik surgery done but if I could afford it I would. I wear glasses all the time and only take them off for bedtime.

I have had the operation to the eyes and everything has gone well: is quite troublesome because your eyelid is excessively opened while the laser however carves the crystalline one after a week of convalescence glasses were only a far memory

I have already had laser eye surgery on one eye to remove a cateract of my eye. No it does not hurt you are given a secative, yes it did work. The only thing is before anyone operates on your eyes it to have a blood test as well as I had mine done but due to sugar diabeties which was found out later I have problem with my eye but you can see better like when you were around the age of 16.

I am very short sited so i would love to be able to afford to have this done. Maybe one day when i win the lotto lol

The technology has developed, and now you can get rid of your glasses. The problem is for my opinion is that it's dangerous. I don't mind to do other surgeries in other places in my body, but in my eyes it's just too scary. You can get blind because of it. I really don't know how the doctors do this kind of surgery, and I don't know how much precent it can work, but you need to talk to someone who did this surgery, and can answer to your questions. Lucky me that I have a very good eyesight.

As someone who wears glasses and has for years if I could afford it I would have already done it. I hate my glasses and can't wear contacts and would give anything to be able to see with out my glasses.

I think eye surgery is good and not hurt. It is one of the best way to clear our eye sight.

My uncle Steve had laser eye surgery. Apparently its really good, but bloody expensive! i don't know whether it hurt or not. I would love to have it, but not for that money!!

I wear glasses but I can't get laser surgery as my bad eyesight is down to having weak eye muscles, so laser surgery would be useless. I also think that I look better with glasses so I probably wouldn't have it done. But if I could have the surgery, and looked better without glasses, than I'd have it done..:)

my brother in law actually just had the laser eye surgery. he had to wear glasses a lot or contacts and since he has a baby now and he keeps pulling down on the glasses, he's just been getting irritated of wearing them. so he decided to get the surgery. it was only an hour or so for actually sugery and they gave him a hotel room to rest in after the surgery. he said there wasn't any pain and he just needed to put eye drops in his eyes for a week and he had to wear goggles while sleeping and protective glasses for a week as well, and of course sun glasses while outside for a while while the eye heals itself. but he thinks it was great. he sees clear and only in the first week he occasonally got some blur spots, but everything is great and he doesn't need his glasses anymore.

I would not. I don't want to get my eyes messed up. I am happy with what I have now. Even if I wasn't happy with my eyesight, I'd have to seriously consider the risks. What if I went blind from the surgery or something?

I wear glasses all the time (except when i sleep) and have done so ever since i was a little kid. I have considered corrective laser surgery to fix my short sightedness, but i always think that "what if it went wrong?" I could end up in a worse position than before. Wearing glasses isnt that bad. If anyone decides to have the surgery, make sure you go to a fully qualified and experienced surgeon - you wouldnt want a inexperienced doctor to mess things up and make you go blind.

Laser eye surgery doesn't hurt at all. Just go and do it and it'll be over soon. If you need more information regarding this, i know a company that specializes in eye surgeries. They have a pretty good website as well (ahem ahem)... You can go to their contact us form for inquiries. The website is www.perlmancenter.com It is very informative and they have a page that discusses laser eye surgery. hope it helps.

i personally would do it! I have seen it done before. It is very quick and very painless :) Have to wear the cool sunglasses for a while afterwards.