lazer eye surgery

[mister c]

I was well cheesed off. Been to Specsavers yesterday & my eyesight has gone worse, so I have had to have varifocals Now I feel Very old indeed.

I would love to have it but my eyesight is too bad i have a -6.50 in my left eye and a -8.50 in my right

I had one eye done about 11 years ago (when they would only do one at a time)... but my other eye started correcting itself so they wouldnt do that one. i now have one eye +3 and one -3 it is a pain. I am back to wearing 2 contacts... I believe it is much better now. but more like £500 per eye. Loads of people I know have had it done.... but if you are over 40 you are likely to go straight to needing glasses for PCs and reading.. and the commnet regarding sight critical work is true also...

Originally Posted by Ed

They won't do me as my left eye is too weak. Shame. But I've just invested in a new pair of Ted Baker specs, very very different they are. Don't think they'll fit under a lid, so I'll have to carry on with the old ones. Will post a pic when I get 'em.

Ed - you've surely missed a golden opportunity here to look more distinguished in the court room - laser one eye and get yourself a monacle man!

Personally, nope would never have it done. That's purely down to squeamish factor though. My aunt had it done about ten years back now and raves about it all the time, the russians have been doing it for 20+ years, it's really quite a well established routine procedure now. If you can get over the smell of burning flesh as a laser burns into your eyes.... (sorry, everyone's had their brekky right?)

its on itv now

for 15 mins

Originally Posted by hovis

its on itv now

for 15 mins

Eeeeep. Yep, that put me off

Whether you are suitable for lazer surgery depends on your prescription, but when anyone reaches the ripe old age of 40 + just about all will need reading specs at some point, which could also include pc distance. The surgery corrects the cornea, but its the natural lens inside the eye which lets you see up close. When you have a minus prescription (shortsighted) you can for a long time see up close without specs, but this will change too, pooh!
There is always the option of varifocals, but also mono vision contact lenses. One eye has a distance lens the other a near vision lens, brill, the brain simply (some more simply than others) focuses in depending on the distance your looking.

[the_lone_wolf]

a good friend of mine had in done...

i can't recall it he's just had his 2nd or 3rd corneal implant operation as a result of the surgery not going to plan, nothing quite like having a plastic ring in both your eyeballs, especially when one gets dislodged

without wanting to say don't do it, personally even though i know the risk is relatively small, the consequences are something i've seen and wouldn't want to take the chance. i wear contacts or glasses as the situation takes me

also bear in mind that as you get older your vision will deteriorate and you will quite likely need glasses regardless of how perfect your vision is after surgery

Yeah but are the lasers fitted to sharks?...



Edit: sorry, couldn't help myself... don't answer, it'll just derail the thread.

Originally Posted by Ping

Yeah but are the lasers fitted to sharks?...

Can see which threads youve been reading P