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What are some of the negative I am seriously considering
getting Lasik, but I am afraid
of the negative side affects.
What are some of the things
that can happen?
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If your talking laser surgery one of the negative side effects that have been noted is night blindness... the inability to drive at night because of blurriness ask your doctor about it |
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I want to get Lasik done but Im planning on getting Lasik
done. Im wondering if there is
some site possibly government
run that gives a list of
approved places. I dont want
to just go anyplace. Clearly i
want the best place ever. Can
some one refer me to a site or
something that can verify a
company is good or not?
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I am a family doctor, and TLC Lasic is very respectable. Go to a few places and get their diagnostic exam. Then pick the best place that fits your situation. All the surgeons will have like 99% success rate, not many things go wrong. Things to consider by your eye doctor. -18+ age - stable prescription -sufficient corneal thickness Many other factors will be considered, but these are some of them. |
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What is the down time for Does everybody know the down
time for lasik surgery? Alot
of people say they have their
eyes perfectly good after
24hrs but my friend had it and
it has been 5 days and she is
still seeing blurry. She cant
see far away and cant see
closebye either. Does anybody
know?
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Had mine done at 4PM went home and to bed. Next morning at the doctors office at 7AM and to work at 8AM. Had a halo effect driving at night for about a week. My eyes continued to improve for weeks afterwards. The greatest thing in the world. |
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Does anyone know at what age Im 25, and i plan to get my
eye fixed. But I heard that
the surgery will not last for
a lifetime. As one ages, so
does your eyesight, right? How
much do you think it will cost
to have lasik?
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I think the doctor would probably have the best answer as far as age goes. I've known people of various ages (30 - 70 yrs old) who have gotten the surgery. I was watching something recently and the doctor would not do the surgery on a teenager because their eyes were still changing. This confused me a little because anyone with sight problems seems to notice a change in their eyesight as the years go by. As far as cost. I think that depends on the doctor. There was a time when it cost around $3000. But, I recently saw something that said it could be done for several hundred dollars. I am not a medical person, so all of my information could be completely outdated. Sorry I couldn't be more help. |
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What is the difference between I was informed all about Lasik
but once it came down to it
the doctor said I could only
have PRK laser surgery and not
Lasik. I don't know much about
PRK.. I mean I know it takes
longer to heal and I basically
know the procedure.. but I
wasn't informed of the side
affects it may have and I
can't seem to find the
information I need online. Has
anyone had this surgery? WHta
were your results and did it
hurt? I need as much
information as possible please
before I make a decision. I
will be calling the doctor
tomorrow, but I would rather
hear about it from people who
have actually had it done.
Thanks in advance.
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The technical difference between Lasik and PRK is where the laser ablates (removes) corneal tissue. The patient difference is speed of vision recovery and discomfort. When the excimer laser was first developed, all laser assisted surgery to reduce the need for corrective lenses was Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK). The process of PRK is to remove the outermost layer of soft cells on the cornea (epithelium), reshape the surface of the cornea with the laser, and then wait for the epithelial cells to regenerate and cover the treatment area. Corneal epithelial cells are the fastest reproducing cells in the human body. Early PRK was quite successful and a significant improvement over previous techniques, but it had some problems. Removal of epithelial cells causes a wound response that includes major discomfort and corneal haze if the laser needed to remove a lot of tissue to correct very bad eyesight. A very clever eye surgeon realized that if the laser sculpting was done under a flap of corneal tissue and not at the surface, then the wound response would be different. Lasik is actually the combination of two surgical procedures. The first step of Lasik is to create a flap of corneal tissue and move it aside. The second step is to use an excimer laser to reshape the cornea. After ablation, the Lasik flap is repositioned over the treatment area. Lasik “fools” the eye into not knowing it has had surgery, so the wound response is muted. This is why Lasik can have almost instant vision recovery, virtually no pain, and virtually no chance of corneal haze. There are a few important limitations to Lasik. One is corneal thickness. At least 250 microns of corneal tissue must remain untouched for a healthy eye to remain stable. The Lasik flap is about 100-160 microns thick, so the laser sculpting is starting that much deeper. Some people don’t have corneas thick enough to accommodate the Lasik flap. The other problem with Lasik is the flap itself. Although Lasik flap related complications are relatively rare, they do occur. No Lasik flap means no possibility of a Lasik flap complication. No possibility is always better than a low probability. Lasers and surgical techniques have improved over the past decade and the lasers are able to create very nuanced sculpting. Placing 100-160 microns of Lasik flap over a nuanced laser ablation loses some of the nuance. For these reasons, many doctors are returning to PRK as their primary choice for laser eye surgery. Newer lasers and operative techniques have all but eliminated the chance of corneal haze with PRK. In the long-term, the results from PRK will likely be equal to or slightly better than Lasik. In the short term you may experience discomfort and vision recovery will slower than Lasik. With PRK you can expect to have very poor vision for 1-3 days, “functional fuzzy” vision for about a week, and then vision quality will improve over the next few weeks and months. |
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