Just got lasik

[z0mb13]

Nice! Do you have a halo effect?

 

[artikk]

Congrats on lasik and now i'm jealous.

 

[gscone]

I'm in the wrong profession for sure/ $2500 in 1 hours work? Dang, I make that much in days worked.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: gscone
I'm in the wrong profession for sure/ $2500 in 1 hours work? Dang, I make that much in days worked.

u forgot the investments (machine, degree) and also the insurance costs

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: gscone
I'm in the wrong profession for sure/ $2500 in 1 hours work? Dang, I make that much in days worked.

u forgot the investments (machine, degree) and also the insurance costs

a lasik machine costs around $700,000.00. a Medical Degree costs a significant amount of money. office, staff. shoot, my brother (forgot to mention, he has 4 lasik lasers) has about 30 people working for him and there are only 2 doctors on the staff. everyone else gets salary from the money the 2 doctors pull in.

it's not cheap, he makes good money, don't get me wrong, but it's not cheap to keep a surgery center like that running.

 

[gscone]

I totally agree- But chances are, your brother has a solid business model he follows and that is why he is above water.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: gscone
I totally agree- But chances are, your brother has a solid business model he follows and that is why he is above water.

he does. his prices are about the lowest in LA, CA. he does about 40 surgeries / month.

that's his business model. he also has an extremely high success rate (100%) after 27,000+ surgeries.

 

[gscone]

Simple, yet effective. Many dr's here pump out 7-10 procedure's a day, so you know they are raking in the dough. Alos, any people here choose to lease out the equipment, not go out and buy the lasik equipment.

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: gscone
I totally agree- But chances are, your brother has a solid business model he follows and that is why he is above water.

he does. his prices are about the lowest in LA, CA. he does about 40 surgeries / month.

that's his business model. he also has an extremely high success rate (100%) after 27,000+ surgeries.

 

[Martin]

I've seen how they do it TV......cutting your eyes open...freaks me out.

Anyway, I just started wearing glasses (only lectures and driving), currently at -1.25/-1.5, so I'still have some years to go before they stabalize. I guess I will consider this afterwards.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: gscone
Simple, yet effective. Many dr's here pump out 7-10 procedure's a day, so you know they are raking in the dough. Alos, any people here choose to lease out the equipment, not go out and buy the lasik equipment.

The guy I went to probably did atleast 10 by the time mine was scheduled, and my appointment was for around noon. I would think that the weekend would be alittle busier than during the weekdays.

As far as halos, I haven't noticed them at all, of course its only been one night so far.

 

[archcommus]

Guess more people here have eye fears than I thought. I'm sort of one of them. Like I said, took me forever to get used to putting contacts in.

I'm -4.0 and am only 18, but I THINK (hope) it's stabilized.

Originally posted by: gscone
I'm in the wrong profession for sure/ $2500 in 1 hours work? Dang, I make that much in days worked.

If by "days" you mean only two or three, or even five, then I'd say you're making some pretty good money yourself! :thumbsup:

 

[Riprorin]

I have really lousy eyes (-6.25), but glasses/contacts work fine for me.

I don't see the point of risking my eyesight.

 

[gscone]

I'm not quite sure its a major risk. Lasik is a proven technique to improve vision.

I don't see the point of risking my eyesight.

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: gscone
I'm not quite sure its a major risk. Lasik is a proven technique to improve vision.

I don't see the point of risking my eyesight.

Sure it's not a "major" risk, but why take any risk at all with your eyesight as there are other alternatives that work well for most people, i.e. glasses/contacts.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: gscone
I'm in the wrong profession for sure/ $2500 in 1 hours work? Dang, I make that much in days worked.

u forgot the investments (machine, degree) and also the insurance costs

that's why i'm going to start a lasik system in my basement, and skip the medical degree. i figure why go to medical school for all those years if i'm only going to do ONE thing? that's time wasted where i could be making money doing lasik surgery.

 

[Riprorin]

This is cheap:

$390 per eye

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
This is cheap:

$390 per eye

Somehow "cheap" and "cutting my eyes open" don't go together.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: gscone
I totally agree- But chances are, your brother has a solid business model he follows and that is why he is above water.

he does. his prices are about the lowest in LA, CA. he does about 40 surgeries / month.

that's his business model. he also has an extremely high success rate (100%) after 27,000+ surgeries.

If he does 40 surgeries a month, how has he done 27K? MacLasik in the beginning?

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: Riprorin
This is cheap:

$390 per eye

Somehow "cheap" and "cutting my eyes open" don't go together.

Agreed. But for some people only the price seems to matter.

I'm not interested at all. Glasses/contacts work fine. Why risk your eyesight?

 

[Fatdog]

Originally posted by: Riprorin


I'm not interested at all. Glasses/contacts work fine. Why risk your eyesight?

I agree. One of my biggest fears is losing my eyesight. I've looked into this a couple of times, but I'm too much of a worrier. If anything ever goes wrong, it usually will happen to me.

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Jealousy++

Me too. I just went in for a consultation, and doctor recommended against it. Even with CustomLasik and Intralase my cornea thickness is borderline. Since I'm young, the doc suggested I wait for future procedures to clear FDA. Sucks.

Lousy vision (especially for sports) :thumbsdown:

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
I'm not interested at all. Glasses/contacts work fine. Why risk your eyesight?

Well for some of us with heavy astigmatism and chronic dry eyes contacts aren't a great solution.

My vision w/ contacts < My vision w/ glasses. Stinks if you are into sports/outdoors.

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
I have really lousy eyes (-6.25), but glasses/contacts work fine for me.

I don't see the point of risking my eyesight.

I'm -7 in one eye and -7.50 in the other. Not quite coke bottle glasses, but close.

I'm also quite the worrier and that's why I haven't done it yet. However, I'm hoping to this year because I'm quite sick of contacts (been wearing them since 83) and glasses (since 77).

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Ophir

Originally posted by: Riprorin
I'm not interested at all. Glasses/contacts work fine. Why risk your eyesight?

Well for some of us with heavy astigmatism and chronic dry eyes contacts aren't a great solution.

My vision w/ contacts < My vision w/ glasses. Stinks if you are into sports/outdoors.

Yep. My wife is basically blind without glasses/contacts.

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: Triumph
that's why i'm going to start a lasik system in my basement, and skip the medical degree. i figure why go to medical school for all those years if i'm only going to do ONE thing? that's time wasted where i could be making money doing lasik surgery.

There's more to a LASIK tool than a laser pointer and a magnifying glass.