| Has anyone here had Laser Eye Surgery and if so who with and were you happy with the results? |
Laser Eye Surgery
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IronGiant 6,352 posts
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OnlyJoeKing 1,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDo they still have to slice off the front of your eye and peel it back to shine the laser in? -
Zeffi 1,070 posts
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Registered 7 years agojdjak nshay nasysn lo nss -
Frogofdoom 17,973 posts
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Registered 9 years agoZeffi never recovered from his laser eye.
I know someone who had it and he loves it, took a little while to get used to it but couldn't be happier with it now.
No idea who he used though. -
RyanDS 14,073 posts
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Registered 13 years agoBest money I have spent in my entire life.
One of the genuine life changing events that I would recommend to anyone who can get it done.
Cost about a grand ten years ago. 15 seconds per eye of discomfort and perfect vision ever since. -
minky-kong 14,787 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI'm really considering it, I've always been slightly short-sighted but it's got steadily worse over the last 5 years. Is there a cut-off level where the prescription is so bad that laser eye surgery can't be done? -
Zeffi 1,070 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDoesn't it only work with one type of sight loss (long/short)? Or is that a myth -
Tricky 5,088 posts
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Registered 20 years ago@minky-kong I was looking into this the other day. There are limits with LASIK, but there's a newer technique called SMILE which apparently can handle higher prescriptions. It also doesn't involve the need to remove the flap from the front of your eye, but it's consequently more expensive (like, more than £2K per eye I think). -
DaM 17,729 posts
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Registered 20 years agoUser Pacrifice did it IIRC. Has a lovely labrador now. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI’d like to in principle, but don’t see myself ever willingly allowing someone to come at my eyes with a scalpel -
You-can-call-me-kal 23,013 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI’d second what Ryan says. Best money I’ve ever spent.
No scalpels involved. No cutting of any kind. You just look at a light for a few minutes. The worst part is this thing they use to keep your eyes open but it’s a minor discomfort. -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYeah, if there's a non-scalpel method I'm interested... -
fontgeeksogood 12,913 posts
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Registered 3 years agoWhat's the no cutting one called? When I looked into it, all of them needed a flap cut (horp) -
You-can-call-me-kal 23,013 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI think technically the flap was still cut but it’s all done with the laser instead of a blade. You don’t feel or notice a thing. It’s still a form of LASIK.
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jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYou-can-call-me-kal wrote:
Is it a lifetime fix or can your eyes still deteriorate, requiring future procedures?
I think technically the flap was still cut but it’s all done with the laser instead of a blade. You don’t feel or notice a thing. It’s still a form of LASIK.
I don’t know about this SMILE thing. -
You-can-call-me-kal 23,013 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWill be more or less lifetime fix for my shortsightedness, or well into old age anyway. I’m likely to become long-sighted though but I can live with glasses for reading. -
IronGiant 6,352 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI'm short sighted so think it's fine for me.. after years of contact lenses I'm ready but still terrified lol
Did any of you use a clinic in the Midlands/Warwickshire? I'm expecting around £500 per eye. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGet back to me when the surgery lets me shoot laser beams from my eyes. -
RaymondLuxuryYacht 464 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI bought an awesome laser pointer (military grade) from a guy in China, so I'll have a crack if you like? Will beat any reasonable quote. -
IronGiant 6,352 posts
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Registered 18 years agoRogueywon wrote:
Jack Jack style?
Get back to me when the surgery lets me shoot laser beams from my eyes. -
minky-kong 14,787 posts
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Registered 13 years agoTricky wrote:
A quick Google suggests I'm alright as my prescription is still fairly small. Definitely on my consideration list now.
@minky-kong I was looking into this the other day. There are limits with LASIK, but there's a newer technique called SMILE which apparently can handle higher prescriptions. It also doesn't involve the need to remove the flap from the front of your eye, but it's consequently more expensive (like, more than £2K per eye I think). -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIronGiant wrote:
I was thinking more Mr. Flibble style, but I draw the line at the Gingham dress and wellington boots.
Rogueywon wrote:
Jack Jack style?
Get back to me when the surgery lets me shoot laser beams from my eyes. -
I had it done back in 2000. Cost me £800 an eye and although the first eye was scary (burnt chicken smell ftl) the second was fine. Funnily enough as I was waiting in reception, I picked up a newspaper (the mail I think) and it had a double page story called “my laser surgery helll”. Not quite what I wanted to read. I handed it to the receptionist and told her she might want to bin it as she called my name.
Twenty minutes in and out and although my sight was a bit milky, I could see perfectly straight away. I went from -4.5 prescription to 22/20 vision. It’s been that good for the last 17 years and as people say it’s the best money I’ve ever spent in my life.
I’m slightly long sighted now that I’m getting old and just bought my first pair of reading glasses. I’ve also got a pair of driving glasses as I’m now ever so slightly short sighted as well and it helps rest them.
Had no issues and I had an astigmatism in one eye. I used lasik at a place in Leeds. Like I say, best money I ever spent. -
Zeffi wrote:
It can’t be used to correct age related long sightedness... or at least couldn’t when I had it done.
Doesn't it only work with one type of sight loss (long/short)? Or is that a myth -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMy eyesight has been pretty stable for the last decade at least so I am tempted by it, contacts are fine and all that but dryness when tired and travelling is a bore. I’ve got large pupils though so I’m put off by the stories I’ve read about laser surgery in folk with larger lupils -
I nearly lost my sight to an eye infection from contact use. That was one of the drivers for me to try it. I thought the odds of it going wrong were less than another infection. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI’ve worn contacts for over 25 years without any real issues, touch wood -
I was a muppet. I was told that the extended wear ones I had could be slept in and worn up to two weeks. Turned out that was nonsense. Place I bought them from got closed down a few months after my infection due to other complaints. -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoAs my (contacts) prescription is -7.50/-7.00 I’ve always been wary about doing it, the idea of waking up and being able to see without reaching for glasses is still bloody appealing -
I used to a total nobber, late teens I wore the same pair for about 6 months non stop, slept in them and everything. When I finally cane to my senses I was amazed at how clear everything was with new lenses. How I’m not blind now I don’t know
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