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Should I get LASIK eye surgery?
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If you're in the Army and in a Combat Arms profession, they will do it for you free of charge I believe. There's a wait to get it done, but the Army will foot the bill for you. Look into that. I'm not certain on all the details, but I know that they are doing it. Plus, if they screw it up, the VA will cover you with disability because it was the Army that fvcked up.
ScottFern
Diamond Member
Nah, trust me this place was extremely nice eventhough it was located inside a Mall. I know I am just a cheap bastard and felt it was a little expensive especially for the risk involved. When it comes to my eyes 98% isn't good enough I guess. Although I did find out I have extremely large pupils when I got the consultation.
CycloWizard
Lifer
I do similar work on pig eyes every day (remove the cornea entirely). The smell really doesn't seem so bad to me, but I'm not really the squeamish type anyway, so maybe I'm not a good reference. 😛
imported_nerve
Senior member
I hope its a well paying job
DONT DO IT. Your eyesight is easily corrected by eyeglasses or contact lens.
ALL Lasik involves cutting a flap in your cornea and then reshaping the cornea by destroying cornea cells.
Your Cornea is a sensitive organ. Your Cornea allows you to see clearly. If you damage your cornea you will not be able to see. The endothelial layer is the innermost layer of your cornea and its job is to keep fluid out from the rest of your cornea. You are born with all of the endothelial eye cells you will ever have. That is, every minute endothelial cells are dying and your corneas ability to keep the cornea clear is declining.
Cutting your cornea with either a blade or a laser can potentially damage the endothelial layer of your cornea.
Your MD say that this risk is minimal. These are your eyes. If there are complications in surgery its your Vision at risk.
In addition, this is a big money making operation for DR's. They are motivated to cut and burn as many eyes as they can.
JUST SAY NO. buy yourself a nice pair of eyeglasses.
ALL Lasik involves cutting a flap in your cornea and then reshaping the cornea by destroying cornea cells.
Your Cornea is a sensitive organ. Your Cornea allows you to see clearly. If you damage your cornea you will not be able to see. The endothelial layer is the innermost layer of your cornea and its job is to keep fluid out from the rest of your cornea. You are born with all of the endothelial eye cells you will ever have. That is, every minute endothelial cells are dying and your corneas ability to keep the cornea clear is declining.
Cutting your cornea with either a blade or a laser can potentially damage the endothelial layer of your cornea.
Your MD say that this risk is minimal. These are your eyes. If there are complications in surgery its your Vision at risk.
In addition, this is a big money making operation for DR's. They are motivated to cut and burn as many eyes as they can.
JUST SAY NO. buy yourself a nice pair of eyeglasses.
CycloWizard
Lifer
$18,000/year, plus tuition (~$32,000) a year. Theoretically, I'm well paid as a grad student. Unfortunately, I only see a small fraction of my 'salary'. 😛
What is your beef against eye surgery? Did some doctor mess your eyes up or something? Are you an optometrist scared of losing business?
Every thread I've found on LASIK on this site has you responding saying "don't do it." Almost every time people ask you for some support for your claims, and I have yet to see you respond with any such support.
THe logic is really pretty simple.
If your vision is easily correctable via optics you're crazy to take the risk (and spend the money) on surgery.
I'm looking at a cornea transplant in the next 6-12 months, I would KILL to be able to get by with contacts or glasses.
Keratoconus has been linked to lasik, although they try to screen patients the process isn't perfect.
Don't get me wrong, I hate wearing contacts too. Unfortunately I don't have a choice, & now even the contacts don't work well enough. Cornea transplants are in my future you don't want them in yours.
Viper GTS
well, i had it done, and to me, its a miracle. I always had this primitive fear that if shlt hit the fan and we had to survive in nature without "eye doctors" and walmart for cheap glasses, I would be screwed becaues I couldn't hunt, couldn't gather, and could only basically sit around cause I couldn't see. Now that I have it done, I'll admit its not perfect. I got 20/15 in my left eye now, but its not as good in my right. I have some halos at night too. Know what? Compared to what I had before, its "absolutely fcking wonderful" and I thank god everynight.
calisoldier83
Member
q]Originally posted by: Viper GTS
THe logic is really pretty simple.
If your vision is easily correctable via optics you're crazy to take the risk (and spend the money) on surgery.
I'm looking at a cornea transplant in the next 6-12 months, I would KILL to be able to get by with contacts or glasses.
Keratoconus has been linked to lasik, although they try to screen patients the process isn't perfect.
Don't get me wrong, I hate wearing contacts too. Unfortunately I don't have a choice, & now even the contacts don't work well enough. Cornea transplants are in my future you don't want them in yours.
Viper GTS[/quote]
Just curious I'm rethinking the whole idea now. But for reference what doctor did you see? How did you find him? Was there speculation beforehand? How long ago was it... More details please...
THe logic is really pretty simple.
If your vision is easily correctable via optics you're crazy to take the risk (and spend the money) on surgery.
I'm looking at a cornea transplant in the next 6-12 months, I would KILL to be able to get by with contacts or glasses.
Keratoconus has been linked to lasik, although they try to screen patients the process isn't perfect.
Don't get me wrong, I hate wearing contacts too. Unfortunately I don't have a choice, & now even the contacts don't work well enough. Cornea transplants are in my future you don't want them in yours.
Viper GTS[/quote]
Just curious I'm rethinking the whole idea now. But for reference what doctor did you see? How did you find him? Was there speculation beforehand? How long ago was it... More details please...
Machine350
Senior member
I had a friend get the custom LASIK. He really loves it. My beef is that we have NO IDEA what the long term effects are to this procedure.
I'm tired of my vision being corrected by glasses, and contacts are plain out of the question. I tried them in the past, and they were horrible. Plus I drive race cars, and I can't wear contacts while racing. I tried it once, and got something under my contact during a race, not fun.
For me, the risks are worth the rewards. I've worn glasses for almost 20 years, and I'm looking forward to getting rid of them. I'm willing to take the risks for the benefits.
I've been screened for Keratoconus, and they haven't found anything. We also have no family history of it. Also, after the wavefront stuff was done at my examination, the doctor said I'm a good candidate for wavefront because I have very thick corneas.
I'm getting my surgery done by a great doctor, who is more than willing to discuss all the risks associated with LASIK. He and his staff have made me feel very comfortable with the whole thing.
CycloWizard
Lifer
Hopefully we will in a few years. Really, the mechanism that the eye uses to focus isn't even known at this time, nor why near sight is lost with time (these things are what I'm doing my PhD work on). Once these are realized, the predictability of long-term effects of these surgeries should be readily apparent. That said, the cornea does not appear to change significantly with time. Modifying it at a young age likely makes it lose elasticity (increase stiffness) earlier, but most of the changes in the eye that occur over time happen behind the cornea in the uveal tract (lens, ciliary body, and so on). Thus, it can be more or less postulated that the long-term effects of corneal surgery should be negligible relative to the other changes occurring in the eye.
That said, I have terrible vision and am not really looking to get any of these procedures done until I'm at least in my late 20s. It is at this time the eye has stopped changing its optical characteristics rapidly and begins its slow decline with age.
Yea that's the point that I'm at, at 29. From the time I got glasses when I was ten until my mid-twenties, my eyes were constantly changing. I needed a new prescription every year, and the new prescriptions were pretty large changes from the previous one. Now, I haven't had to change my prescription in over 3 years.
CycloWizard
Lifer
Yeah, the eye is weird. It doesn't grow in the same manner as other organs... You'l probably have about the same prescription until you're close to 40, then your near sight will start to go (or get worse if you're already farsighted). Bifocals for everyone (until we develop artificial lenses, which might not be so far away). 🙁
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