anybody had lazer eye surgery

[roastelk]

in particular intralasik for near sightedness. at the same time I'm sort of scared of letting somebody shoot a lazer beam at eye balls, and really sick of the eye glasses ive been wearing since I was 8. Im going in for a preliminary exam next saturday, My optomistrist thinks my pupils my be too a large for the sugery to work well. but he admits he isnt a specialist in eye surgery.

I ran my bicycle in the back of dozzen or so cars before my parents had my eyes checked. while my Vision isnt particularly bad, I have two verry diferntly focused eyes, which throws off my depth perception.


"During LASIK surgery, a flap is created in the outer layers of the cornea, using the IntraLase FS laser. The flap is hinged and lifted so the excimer laser can treat only the underlying layer of the cornea. Traditionally, the instrument used for creating a flap has been the microkeratome. It cuts and lifts a flap that is approximately 1/4 to 1/3 of the corneal thickness. This circular flap remains attached to the cornea by a small hinge of tissue. The hinge enables the flap to be lifted away from the central cornea. The excimer laser can then be used to reshape the exposed mid-layer of the cornea" ....from the gimbel eye center web site.

[godfry n. glad]

My wife did. Back in 2000. She loved it. She had myopia, with minor astigmus.

[lisarea]

My beef with LASIK is just that a lot of LASIK surgeons play down the risks. And there are risks--night blindness, light halos, double vision, things like that, which can be far worse than the problems the surgery is supposed to correct. And from what I've read, a lot of these complications don't show up until later, so they aren't included in the statistics. (I think statistics are something like 3% of cases have serious complications or something like that.)

Personally, I wouldn't even consider it unless I had a really debilitating problem that I couldn't correct any other way.

[Dingfod]

Even so, it couldn't be worse than that avatar of yours.

[roastelk]

teh risks of halos and night blindness are greater when a person has large pupils, which is what my regualr eyedoctor said, and what I have read. I have been told they will refuse treatment if they think the risks are too high.
they use intralase pf lazer to cut the cornial flap, whcih ive read has had far fewer problems then the old method, wich is surgically cutting the flap with a microkeratome


I'll be heading to the Gimbel eye center, which is considered one of the top eye centers in the world. two of thier opthalmologic surgeons have done 15000+ surgeries each. Ive done considerable background checking on the place/doctors, Im not just repeating what theyve said.

also, I found a 13 minute video of an intralasik surgery....

http://ca.video.yahoo.com/video/play?p=microkeratome&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&meta=vc%3D&b=2&oid=bd6b48b71acfd70e&rurl=video.google.com&vdone=http%3A%2F%2Fca.video.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dmicrokeratome%26prssweb%3DSearch%26ei%3DUTF-8%26meta%3Dvc%253D

[IRON MAN]

Something I've been wondering about - since I note some deteriation in my vision.

I've never worn glasses, and my vision has always been quite exceptional. Which is why I notice even the minor loss in quality so easily now.

I wouldn't rush out an get surgery at the moment, but as I understand it, the tech gets better all the time. I figure by the time I need it, there will be a small chance of failure.


And this is a spelling you can't claim is different in the US.

Laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation' - so even you guys don't get to spell it with a 'z'. ;)

[ceptimus]

Leesifer asked the same question (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9569) a few months back - check out that thread too.

[pescifish]

Leesifer asked the same question (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9569) a few months back - check out that thread too.:yeahthat:

[Adam]

I done got me some lazer surgery a few years back, and I love it. I don't have to remember to put in my contacts on days when I have a soccer game any more, and I don't smash my glasses into the couch if I fall asleep watching a movie.

Make sure you talk to the doctor about the risks, though. I have minor halos at night now, but some people get them much worse. The surgery itself is one of the most fun things I've ever done...I'm probably sick, but I loved watching them lift a flap out of my cornea.