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makaveli8x8
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Re: How do you guys feel about Lasik? [Re: JohnnieYen]
#21920563 - 07/09/15 03:41 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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with me they said my eyes were so bad they said id have less chances of side effects/or it was borderline that i could go either way, on what procedure they do.
I ended up going the safer route, which is where they don't create a "flap", they just take that skin off entirely and wait for it to heal over
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JohnnieYen
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Re: How do you guys feel about Lasik? [Re: makaveli8x8]
#21920577 - 07/09/15 03:45 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I had the same procedure. I believe its called PRK. Was so sensitive to light for the first few days I couldn't do anything but sleep and put drops in. Took about 3 weeks to completely heal
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Re: How do you guys feel about Lasik? [Re: JohnnieYen]
#21920683 - 07/09/15 04:09 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I wore glasses from 9 years old to 24 when i got lasik. its the best thing i ever did. i see better than 20/20 now and i had no problems the result are pretty instantaneous too, like the next morning i could see perfect
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Re: How do you guys feel about Lasik? [Re: JvF]
#21920707 - 07/09/15 04:15 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Lasik technology has come a fucking long way in the past 10-15 years, there are many different techniques.. the risks are extremely small if you go to a reputable place. I'm getting it as soon as I can afford it. I believe most of the problems you heard associated with them were when lasik was still in its infancy. Everyone I know that had it done loves it and they have perfect 20/20 vision now with no major side effects
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Re: How do you guys feel about Lasik? [Re: JvF]
#21920780 - 07/09/15 04:39 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Best thing ever. I received it years ago and I went from totally dependent on glasses (something like -5.25) to better than 20/20 literally overnight. If you look at the actual, objective data (versus anecdotal stories) the side effect profile is very, very, low and lower than most procedures.
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Re: How do you guys feel about Lasik? [Re: JvF]
#21920794 - 07/09/15 04:43 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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my parents got it done 20 years ago, the technology has almost definitely advanced since then and my mom still has 20/20 and my dad is a little blurry and especially needs reading glasses, but the man is 69 so it's probably not because of lasik.
My vision is -5.00 in both eyes so I've been considering it myself.
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makaveli8x8
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problem with the objective data is they hide a bunch of it. I remember during my office checkups after, id report problems and the nurse in the room would start to write shit down, and then the doctor would step in and suddenly she'd stop writting, shit like that.
During the eye checkup part id tell the guy a bunch of shit, he'd write it down, say he'd tell the doc, then the doc comes in and trys his best to ignore all the shit, gloss it over, pretend its nothing.
I remember i could read a piece of paper almost at the tip of my nose, i actually did that a few days before i got it done, then after i did that test again and i lost like 6 inch's, told that to one of the nurses and she acted pissed saying smart shit like how often do you read that close anyway......thats not the point you don't use it just for reading.
anyways my doctor was shit, he'd come in look at my eyes, say some cryptic shit to his nurse, didn't explain a thing to me sitting there unless i specifically asked, like he'd keep finding things in my eyes and reporting i guess the locations of them, i dunno w/e.
but yah i had mine done about 3 years ago , and if you do some research you'll find lots of cases were people got fucked, its just well hidden. I remember the person u pay, we went into her office, lights were out, she was crying or some shit had us wait a long time while she was alone in there. Eventually she tells us she had her eyes done apparently it was "great" somehow i doubt that
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