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Used TLC 15+ years ago. Would do it agin in a heartbeat. As I’m rapidly approaching the big five-oh, i need readers for computer/phone. But distance is still solid.
 
I got lasik done but from a place off Sudley Manor. Been happy since
 
Von Hayek said:
he told me that he would never do LASIK on me and I shouldn't let anyone else tell me they could.
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Was this just on you, specifically, or did he mean on anyone in general.

Did he give you an explanation?

I've been entertaining this for some years now, but am very reluctant. I can live with having to wear glasses, as well as misplacing them, and knocking them off my face, but it would be hard to live with surgically screwed up vision.

I absolutely hate wearing glasses, not for vanity reasons, they just annoy the hell out of me. Contacts are not an option. I tried them, but could not get the hang of putting them onto my eyeball.
 
my wife had to do PRK because her corneas weren't thick enough for lasik. Her vision was fubar'd before. She had a week of painful recovery (prk is harder recovery than lasik), then had 20/13...***ing hawkeye vision! for a while. Now, several years later, it's back to just hawkeye vision! she says it was the best money she ever spent. She does complain about a bit of halo effect at night when driving into traffic.
 
So they deemed me an extra low risk candidate and will take me if I want it. I asked a very specific question: If I get it, how will my eyes degrade with age versus if I don't get it. He assured me that the age-related degradation over the next 20+ years will be less than what would otherwise happen if I did not get the surgery; in simpler (tho not ocular) terms of 10's, maybe I'd need 2/10 correction versus 4+/10. I like the sound of that because I'm already buying the super $$$ glasses just to keep the thickness down. I had him clarify it by confirming to me that a LASIK eye will degrade more slowly than an OEM eye. THAT is what I need to research to either call BS on or use as my main motivator. So it seems like I'd basically be starting over with roughly OEM vision, meaning in 20 years maybe I'll only need the Rx I had at 15 years old. That excites me.

If I do it, I'll choose the distance correction over the mono vision option. I already need readers anyway and that need probably won't go away. Mono vision might buy me some time before readers would be necessary but the big trade off is lesser distance vision. I've been used to wearing glasses since I was about 12 years old so I really don't mind needing them on occasion to read.

A possible problem that I need to inquire about is this - the gray area between where I can see fine and where I need readers, ie within arms length like when on my back under the truck or on a ladder wiring an electric box, both places where I can't just get closer and look over my glasses.

Thanks for all the comments. I'll keep this updated as I make my decision.
 
I know the place I got mine done would not do my dad's because his eye sight was more problematic with needing reader than seeing far and dr told him its not worth the expense for him.

I've also got a few friends that have had prk done, and have heard that is supposed to last longer than lasik. I believe it's more involved compared to laying there having a laser burn layers off your eye.

Oh yea, be ready for that. I just assumed I'd be out while they did it. Nope, you're awake with something holding your eyelid open while the laser does it's burning then the doc scrapes the layers.
 
Crusha said:
Oh, hellll no!
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I didn't realize that till right before going into the room and nurse asked me if I wanted a pill to help me relax.
It's in the book they give you when you schedule, but I didn't bother reading it.
 
I got mine done in Fredericksburg. Still no glasses 20 years later.
I had bad astigmatism and couldn’t see the alarm clock from arms reach.

lasik was life changing for me. Half a day of discomfort for me. And lots of eye drops for months afterwards. Worth it.
 
Crusha said:
Was this just on you, specifically, or did he mean on anyone in general.

Did he give you an explanation?

I've been entertaining this for some years now, but am very reluctant. I can live with having to wear glasses, as well as misplacing them, and knocking them off my face, but it would be hard to live with surgically screwed up vision.

I absolutely hate wearing glasses, not for vanity reasons, they just annoy the hell out of me. Contacts are not an option. I tried them, but could not get the hang of putting them onto my eyeball.
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He meant this for me specifically.
 
I honestly haven't met anybody who says they've regretted getting it, and I've only met one person who ever had to go back for a correction. The scary thing is that all the endorsements from those folks sound like they're all reading the same sheet. I always go full disbeliever mode when that happens...another glass of Kool Aid, anyone? But this time it seems legit.
 
I know two People that got it and love it. I have not found a person that regrets doing it. I need to look into getting it done.
 
I will say this.
The surgery is well worth the experience if you need it.
However if you are ever expecting to get hit in the face/eyes or get bashed in the eyes doing work get the PRK. The healing time is longer but it is much more durable if you ever pull the flap on your cornea with lasik you will damage it and have to get it redone.
 
1MOA said:
I will say this.
The surgery is well worth the experience if you need it.
However if you are ever expecting to get hit in the face/eyes or get bashed in the eyes doing work get the PRK. The healing time is longer but it is much more durable if you ever pull the flap on your cornea with lasik you will damage it and have to get it redone.
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This is what my research and conversations with doctors has shown. Very good point.
 
1MOA said:
I will say this.
The surgery is well worth the experience if you need it.
However if you are ever expecting to get hit in the face/eyes or get bashed in the eyes doing work get the PRK. The healing time is longer but it is much more durable if you ever pull the flap on your cornea with lasik you will damage it and have to get it redone.
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So your saying I need the PRK? I’m always in jeopardy of getting bashed in my face.
 
I got a successful result after my LASIK surgery. I was a highly myopic patient and this LASIK surgery opened a new world of vision for me. Before this, I faced difficulties in driving and was not able to do physical exercises like swimming because of my spectacles. Now I'm free to do anything I want.
 
Same as everyone else on here. I had PRK back in 2012 and best decision of my life. I would 100% recommend it to anyone considering it. I did it at TLC in Tysons as well, solid team.
 
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