contact lenses

Originally Posted by keithd

£12 pm monthly disposables for me. bit of upkeep required i.e. cleaning them everynight but thats no big deal it quickly becomes part of the routine.

next year i plan to go for it and have my eyes lasered.

or is it lazered?

open wide....

you see thats the way i would go if they could do it for my prescription

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Tara

forthose that don't know i forgot i had taken my lens out and managedto take the top layer of my cornea off

I thought that was an urban myth! Fantastic. Er, I mean, how terrible for you

Originally Posted by northwind

I thought that was an urban myth! Fantastic. Er, I mean, how terrible for you

Cheeky - it hurt like hell and wouldn't recommend it

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Tara

wouldn't recommend it

(Northwind stops trying to detach own cornea) OK, thanks!

Originally Posted by northwind

(Northwind stops trying to detach own cornea) OK, thanks!

Originally Posted by Kinvig

For me teh troublewith the laser option is:

1) It's permanent so if they mess up. Game over you're getting a dog & a white stick

2) They have to cut the cornea open to perform the surgery, then afterwards you're walking around with an eye with a hole in - say a fly gets in? Or something drops out?


Designer specs for me!

Got a pair with the bendy metal so they fit snuggly inside my shoei.

1. yes this is true, but there's risk with any surgery i guess, be it cosmetic or essential

2. now THAT i didnt know!! are you sure bout that??!?

Does anybody know of an optician who wears contacts or has had lazer surgery? cos everyone I've ever seen wears glasses
I'm a wimp and couldn't handle either

See I was speaking to the lovely Eastern European lady at my opticians and she says they aren't encouraged to wear contacts at work, and it's much better for customer relations if they wear glasses, so maybe that's why they all wear them. It's just a reassurance thing.

Some of them can probably see perfectly well...

Or do I just believe in marketing conspiracies too much...

Originally Posted by justmacsv650

Does anybody know of an optician who wears contacts or has had lazer surgery? cos everyone I've ever seen wears glasses
I'm a wimp and couldn't handle either

Yep, had a presentation done by a guy who performs the laser surgery. He had had it done and had done the surgery on his daughter too. Unfortunately there is little point me having it as it would only reduce my perscription to -7 so I would still have to wear contacts or glasses all the time.