My eyes have been always perfect until the last couple of years. I now need reading glasses and I hate them. If lasik could fix 50 year old aging eyes, I would definitely consider lasik.
Everyone still has to do reading glasses at a certain age, so they say to get it done in your early to late 20's.
Some people can't get lasik because of the shape of their eyes. I'd be scared also. If they mess up you can go blind and some people do end up with worse vision than before.
Ya, that is what I was most scared about right before. Now a days you can get a garenty if you pay extra for it that says if you don't have atleast 20/20 with in the year you get your money back. Not much to console if you are blind, but it is better then paying for something that went horribly wrong.
My sister had the surgery done on her eyes about 7 years ago. She's had no problems so far.
Most people that have problems have them right away, most of the problems are with healing wrong. Caused by things they can fix or things that should have said you weren't a good candidate in the first place.
I had a family member who had this about a decade plus ago and had poor results, which have made me paranoia to consider this. I know technology has significantly improved, but I'm sticking with glasses and contacts for now.
I did a lot of research before and most of the people that had bad results shouldn't have been aloud to get it in the first place. I picked someone to do mine that was more expensive, but had very strict rules and followed them. I also made sure that I was not at risk by checking my pupils and eye dryness levels. Most of it is you have to know that you can trust that the person testing you to see if you are a good candidate can be trusted to tell you the truth. I would rather have the best than the cheapest when it comes to my docs.
I wish I could because I have such bad eyesight I need real glass glasses and they are heavy! Contacts are better but I haven't had any since I retired and probably won't because there always seems to be other things that are higher priority. And glasses are just easier even if they do hurt by the end of the day 
See the reason I did it with the risks is that it isn't easier for glasses for me. I have had glasses since I was 8, but since I have had kids they are always a problem. Plus you can't sleep in contacts without risking your eyes, and I can't see at all without them. I would have to get up in the middle of the night alone while my hubby was in afghan and would trip and run into things until I got my glasses on to get to the baby. All kids are a hassel, but mine are at the age now where they don't listen the first time, so that makes lots of things dangerous. When ever I cook my husband has to be home from work. So I can't surprise him and for the months he was gone I had to have someone watch my kids to make super. Any time I was cooking they were all over me and no matter how many times I got my glasses fitted to my face they never stayed on. So I couldn't see with two kids in the kitchen with me. Then over the last month, when my husband was at home, my daughter would run straight at the stove as soon as I opened it. I know she is just curious but as soon as the stove opens I am blind until my glasses unfog. It scares me to death thinking I was right there and can't see to stop her. I have to always assume that my husband knows every time she is in the kitchen when I am cooking or he has to cook every meal until they are old enough to listen no matter what. Right now my son is 4 and my daughter is 1, so who know how long that would have taken.
I'll be honest if they had said one tiny thing that might make me at risk I would have never done it, but I have been able to see for a week now and it is so great. I can see everything they get into, and now I don't have to worry about them breaking my glasses. (At one my daughter has still managed to break 2 pair of expensive glasses.
I don't even know how she did it. It was like magic, she broke them at the metal parts.
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Topic: Lasik!!!! (Read 1236 times)
May 01, 2010, 09:47:25 am