lasik recovery time

[Vish]

Are there any drawbacks? My mother claims you lose "depth of vision," whatever that means. Maybe she means depth perception.

Also, how risky a procedure is it?

[CD56]

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Are there any drawbacks? My mother claims you lose "depth of vision," whatever that means. Maybe she means depth perception.

Also, how risky a procedure is it?

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People that have lasik in their 30s/early 40s will usually require reading glasses in a few years, but they would have anyway if they had had perfect vision all their lives.

I'm a 3rd year med student and I spent a week with an Optho that did a lot of Lasik, he had his eyes done, and as we walked around the hospital he was constantly bumping into people whom he had corrected w/ lasik

One word of advice, you pay for what you get, anyone offering like 300 an eye in the phone book probably isnt worth it, make sure they're an opthomologist, and ask how many times they've done the procedure and for how long they have been doing it. It's a good sign if they own a lasik machine and have it in their office, it's a bad sign if the machine is in a bus and parks outside their office the one day that they do the procedure (I'm not kidding)

[Grisgra]

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Are there any drawbacks? My mother claims you lose "depth of vision," whatever that means. Maybe she means depth perception.

Also, how risky a procedure is it?

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People that have lasik in their 30s/early 40s will usually require reading glasses in a few years, but they would have anyway if they had had perfect vision all their lives.

I'm a 3rd year med student and I spent a week with an Optho that did a lot of Lasik, he had his eyes done, and as we walked around the hospital he was constantly bumping into people whom he had corrected w/ lasik

One word of advice, you pay for what you get, anyone offering like 300 an eye in the phone book probably isnt worth it, make sure they're an opthomologist, and ask how many times they've done the procedure and for how long they have been doing it. It's a good sign if they own a lasik machine and have it in their office, it's a bad sign if the machine is in a bus and parks outside their office the one day that they do the procedure (I'm not kidding)

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My question is, is it better to find an invididual opthomologist, or would going to one of the big, *expensive* chains, like TLC, be a better idea? It seems to me that the latter folks would be more experienced with possible problems . . . and they aren't cheap, fly-by-night operations.

[fyodor]

I had mind done about 4-5 years ago. I was told going in that I would require reading glasses when it was done (I didn't before) I was ready for that tradeoff.

I was one of the few who had no night halos post op. As a matter of fact my vision is better at night than in the day. My vision is not pefect in the day but it is way better than it was. I can easily drive now without glasses. Recently I picked up a pair of progressives anyhow though for playing pxxxx. My distance vision is slightly better with them than without them except at night.

I need reading glasses indoors but in bright sunlight I can read a newspaper perfectly.

[Warik]

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My question is, is it better to find an invididual opthomologist, or would going to one of the big, *expensive* chains, like TLC, be a better idea?

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I highly highly recommend going to a bigger expensive chain... and I recommend TLC. I had my procedure done at TLC and in addition to going through an extensive preliminary screening to make sure I was a candidate, they also helped me treat my eyes for a minor condition I had that would have affected the surgery, for free, and then reviewed me again a few weeks later.

The $ spent towards my surgery also covered 7 followups after the fact AND the procedure is guaranteed for life, so if my vision degrades naturally they will zap me again to fix it.

Worth every penny. Don't one of your most valuable assets - your eyes - in the hands of some chump charging you $300 bucks.

[Randy_Refeld]

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Are there any drawbacks? My mother claims you lose "depth of vision," whatever that means. Maybe she means depth perception.

Also, how risky a procedure is it?

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You might want to PM Mason, I remember him post a negative experience about this procedure (I hope I'm not remmebering wrong).