Laser eye surgery.....

[recycled sixtie]

As I write this my 24 yo daughter is undergoing laser eye surgery to correct vision.
Could not see the blackboard when she was a young one going to school. I told her I would never let anybody operate on my eyes for that kind of thing. She is however very stubborn and insisted on doing it. Your opinions, experiences good and bad would be appreciated on laser eye surgery.......

[JTO]

Excellent results for me!
Done 8 years ago; no regrets
Troy

[Rikao4]

the Lady had her's done a yr ago..
huge difference..
kick's herself once in a while for waiting so long..

Rika

[Crowbob]

Orhto radial karetotomy or refractive photokeretectomy?

The ladder does not endure over the long run, I'm told.

[biosurfer1]

I had mine done about 3 years ago...never a regret. My eyes do get slightly dry from time to time which never happened before but it's still more than worth it.

[Joe Bob]

Low level light issues....I pack a flashlight now. 8 years.

[Scott R]

13 years for me, vision is still perfect. I would never go back to glasses.

[love911]

My wife did the laser surgery back in 2001,and very happy with the result.

[72doug2,2S]

I had dry eyes before my surgery. Now when I wake up I have no issues after I use a drop in each eye. My vision is awesome. 7 years now.

[lukeh]

Wife did hers 10 years ago and has been very happy. I assume the process is even better now.

I just failed my drivers vision test and asked my eye Doctor about getting it done. He said it would help me see things far away but that my good close-up vision would suffer. Is that true and can anyone comment on that? Did anyone find their near sightedness improved while their far sightedness got a little worse?

[Iciclehead]

I have been considering refractive lens exchange which involves removal of the natural lens of the eye, then replacement with an artificial lens implant, in theory restoring perfect vision back to us old farts.

I always had vision that was far above average and as old age crept in I needed glasses...which I hate with a passion. Since I am farsighted now, apparently the normal lasik type surgery does not work....hence the implant.

Any experiences with any of these kinds of surgeries would be great.

In terms of the normal type, son was nearsighted, had his done a few years back....no problems, excellent result. He is delighted.

Dennis

[masraum]

The wife had it this past spring. It has been great. I don't know that I'd want it done, but so far I've been lucky and don't need to.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by lukeh

I just failed my drivers vision test and asked my eye Doctor about getting it done. He said it would help me see things far away but that my good close-up vision would suffer. Is that true and can anyone comment on that? Did anyone find their near sightedness improved while their far sightedness got a little worse?

My wife had her eyes done a few months ago, so I feel pretty comfortable answering your question.

There are a couple of ways that they can correct. One is called "monovision" and involves correcting one eye for close vision and the other eye for far vision. Your brain will learn to use each eye for each task. A guy that I work with had his done like this about a year ago, and loves it. His eyes were very bad for many years, and now he doesn't need glasses for any task (close or far).

For my wife, one of her eyes was very dominant. Based on the fact that she reads A LOT, and she had that one eye that was very dominant, they recommended against the monovision. Since she did not get the monovision, she ended up as your doctor described. Before the surgery, she could read books without glasses if she had to, but she did have bifocals to help with reading. Now she has to use the cheap reading glasses that you get at a drug store to read. She absolutely can't see close without reading glasses.

The reason, as it was described to us, is that your eyes have lost flexibility. This has limited their range of focus. If the lenses are corrected through surgery to improve your distance vision, that will move the range of your ability to focus out to work with the distance vision which will mean that you won't be able to focus on the close stuff. You will then need $10 reading glasses for close work.

monovision is the other option, but is apparently not for everyone.

[Nevergrowup]

" Well, there's a delicate corneal inversion procedure... a multi-opti-pupil-optomy. But, in order to keep from damaging the eye sockets, they've got to go in through the rectum. Ain't no man going to take that route with me!"

One of my favourite movies!

[glewis80SC]

We had my sons done when he was 19ish followed the instructions of our eye doctor to wait for his eyes to stop "growing" . He inherited really bad vision from his grandfather, thick lenses and all. That was 6 years ago...changed his life for the better. I had mine done probably 9-10 years ago best money spent.

[5String43]

My wife had it a couple of years ago, is thrilled with the result.

[weseeeee]

I had it done 12 years ago. No problems at all. I was wearing -375 contacts before and my vision improved to 20/10 after the surgery. I'd do it again without hesitation.

[lukeh]

Originally Posted by masraum

My wife had her eyes done a few months ago, so I feel pretty comfortable answering your question.

There are a couple of ways that they can correct. One is called "monovision" and involves correcting one eye for close vision and the other eye for far vision. Your brain will learn to use each eye for each task. A guy that I work with had his done like this about a year ago, and loves it. His eyes were very bad for many years, and now he doesn't need glasses for any task (close or far).

For my wife, one of her eyes was very dominant. Based on the fact that she reads A LOT, and she had that one eye that was very dominant, they recommended against the monovision. Since she did not get the monovision, she ended up as your doctor described. Before the surgery, she could read books without glasses if she had to, but she did have bifocals to help with reading. Now she has to use the cheap reading glasses that you get at a drug store to read. She absolutely can't see close without reading glasses.

The reason, as it was described to us, is that your eyes have lost flexibility. This has limited their range of focus. If the lenses are corrected through surgery to improve your distance vision, that will move the range of your ability to focus out to work with the distance vision which will mean that you won't be able to focus on the close stuff. You will then need $10 reading glasses for close work.

monovision is the other option, but is apparently not for everyone.

Sounds exactly like what the Doc said. If I have it done I'd be trading my new driving glasses for reading glasses. I figure then why bother with the surgery if either way I end up needing glasses.

[tharbert]

My wife had radial keratotomy back in the 80's. That was before lasers. It lasted up until about 2010. 30 years of not having to mess with contacts? It was certainly worth it for her.

She now wears contacts and has mild correction for distance and a bifocal for reading. I suspect she would have required reading cheaters , surgery or not.

[mreid]

12 years ago I went from -6.25 and -6.50 to 20/20. One of the best things I've done with no issues today. Highly recommended!