Who's had their eye's lasered then?

[Mister_Smee]

Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

Totally non-boaty but with the number of people on the forum I thought I would ask this.
Has anyone had laser eye treatment for short sightedness and is it any good?
I am thinking about it and with the huge amount of info available I would like some personal opinions.
Namely:
1. Did it hurt!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
2. Did it work??? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
3. Whats your night vision like? /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
4. Is your vision totally corrected?? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
5. Did you have any problems either during or after having it done? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I would welcome any info.
Just to add a boaty bit, took the boat out over the weekend, it was great, can't wait for the summer to arrive now.
Cheers all.

Stuart

 

[david_steward]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

I had it done at the Boots clinic at Bluewater. Best thing I ever did, should have had it done years ago.

Night vision is good, some halos at first but soon went.

Now have 20/20 vision.

It was sore the first evening, but no worse than a visit to the dentist.

Pay the extra for the Wavefront treatment. Be suspicious of the cheap outfit offering £600 per eye, expect to pay £2500 for both eyes.

 

[DERF]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

good mate of mine had it done (both eyes at once) last year.

did it hurt? no
did it work? yes
night vision? I guess so
totally corrected? yes
any problems? the guys got some major issues.. but not with the
eyes

 

[Newbieknownowt]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

Not had it done personally, but know 2 people who have - 1 v.happy, 1 did have some problems with blurred vision. Boots have stopped doing this treatment however, because the risks were apparently greater than first thought (something in the order of a 10% "complications" rate rather than the rate of much less than 1% previously quoted) and they therefore feared a large litigation bill. I'd do a bit more research before I took the plunge.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

Interested in this, what sort of correction have people had done? My prescription is pretty grim in the -10/-11 league.

 

[gcwhite]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

But if one's prescription changes again in the future does the whole procedure have to be repeated. If so i would rather stick with my contacts

 

[Mister_Smee]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

Thanks for the replies so far.
Apparently they will do up to -15 diopter now thats impressive!!!!
You have to have a stable prescription for over 2 years so that seems to take care of needing a second go.
Keep those comments coming????

 

[Superflid]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

No, but it feels like it!

Must use goggles when I'm attacking metal with the angle grinder...... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[AJW]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

Asked my Opthalmic Optician back in Blighty about this for me last year. (severely astygmatic, short sighted -7 or 8ish I think) and he was emphatically against it. For me (36) he reckoned that in a matter of years I'd be back into glasses in my 40's so limited benefit. He also pointed out that he doesn't know of a single Opthalmic surgeon who has had this done and as a consequence he would not recommend for family, friends and patients. He's a pretty knowledgable guy - small independent practice, not a branch of specsavers and I heeded his advice. I've worn glasses for so long that I long ago learned to live with the fact and am not prepared to risk anything however slight to do without them.

Having said that, I have friends and colleagues who have had it done and successfully - so far. I guess you do as much research as you can and then make your own choice.

HTH,
Alan

 

[PhilF]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

mine was too, complications possible and needs redoing every 10 years, and too scared

 

[oldgit]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

now thats rather curious cos on a recent BBC prog about the eye hosp in London and with specific reference to lazer treatment,a docter said that 50/60% of eye surgeons had the process done on themselves.

 

[Mister_Smee]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

I do know of eye surgeons who have had it done, so it can't be all that bad (can it?)

 

[PhilF]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

I know cancer surgeons who smoke, what does that prove. Doesnt make it safe - just a calculated risk

 

[l'escargot]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

Could be a difference between eye surgeons and opticians. From my enquiries not many opticians would recommend it but I suppose they want to sell glasses. But saying that I wore extended wear contact lenses for years and most opticians won't even recommend them. For most of these things, no one knows the long term effects. I think that whilst they are happy for some people to try these new methods out so that they can monitor them, they don't want a total take up in case they turn out bad.

 

[Mister_Smee]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

PhilF it does not as you say "prove anything" but it is a surgeon who does the proceedure not an optician so they if anyone have more knowledge about the whole process and its (risk:benefit assessment).

 

[petem]

Re: Who\'s had their eye\'s lasered then?

[ QUOTE ]
but it is a surgeon who does the procedure

[/ QUOTE ]

Are you sure?

 

[PhilF]

I agree but

the opticians get to see the after effects of the op's. I would love to do without lenses and glasses but have heard too many horror stories to give in to vanity

 

[BrendanS]

Re: I agree but

suprised Wiggo hasn't jumped in yet. He has an informative website on this subject, which he posted last time topic came up a while back, based on his research and experiences.

 

[jimi]

Re: I agree but

I disagree I thought his sight was crap?

 

[BrendanS]

Re: I agree but

Sight or site? Do you know the difference? Please don't duck the issue yet again, just answer the question