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This came up earlier this week, but wanted to repost it here since so many of you reached out about wanting to know more.... After extensive research on all op

by ada1981 10y ago

This came up earlier this week, but wanted to repost it here since so many of you reached out about wanting to know more.... After extensive research on all options, I found LASEK (not LASIK) to be the safest, healthiest, highest quality and best option. Here is my reply before... If you get LASEK vs. LASIK halos aren't a problem. I had LASEK done perhaps 8 years ago, and my eyes went from 20/400 to better than 20/15 overnight. The entire procedure was incredible including an HD prescription profile generated by scanning your entire eye. This is 10-20x more accurate a prescription than is possible with the standard methods. The process is $4k-$5k but with financing comes down to about the same you spend on glasses or contacts annually. No risk of halos as there is no "flap" cut like with LASIK, no chance it will come loose, and more accurate vision than you could ever achieve with lenses. The quality of life upgrade is incredible, no scratchy eyes, no falling asleep and waking up with stinging eyes, and for sports it's incredible. I can't explain what going from 20/400 to 20/15 is like, but basically I walked around manhattan for 6 months feeling like I was on LSD in awe of being able to see the mortar between bricks on the tops of buildings. I found the best LASEK surgeon in the country and have brought in friends / CEOs from other states and introduced them with incredible results. If anyone wants more info, an intro, etc. let me know and I can probably get you $500 or $1k off if you end up doing it. Anthony at 175g dot com

amalag 10y ago
I had PRK done from a popular surgeon who has done sports stars and even NFL quarterbacks (there are many good surgeons around) and it was successful and I am happy with it but I don't think you should evangelize so much about these surgeries. Some people have terrible outcomes and their vision is completely ruined. I personally think a flap with LASIK is just too dangerous and PRK (maybe LASEK) is much safer, but even people have issues with PRK (less than LASIK). An article: (I didn't do from this place) https://diamondvision.com/prk-vs-lasek/ https://diamondvision.com/prk-vs-lasek/
antisthenes 10y ago
I've seen you make the same exact post in the last vision related thread. Please stop shilling for whomever it is. The main risk associated with these surgeries is that there's no "preview" to check if your vision will be better or worse than your current contact-corrected vision. If it's worse - then by my definition, the procedure is a failure and that's the only thing I care about. The risk that it's worse isn't the same as the risk that is commonly defined in the success of the procedure - it's much higher.
- amalag 10y ago
  These surgeries are absolutely dangerous. Doesn't help with people like this giving their email addresses and looking for referral bonuses.
  - ada1981 10y ago
    Define "dangerous" and cite some sort of research, please. I'm offering my personal experience and offering to answer people's questions because I had such a positive experience. And at someone's request, introducing them to the person I used personally after a pretty exhaustive search into how to get "super human eyes". It seems to me to pretty standard human behavior to want to share something that enhances your life with others.
    - amalag 10y ago
      Dude you are trying to get a commission by referring your eye center. We get it. Don't be an idiot and claim these eye surgeries are perfectly safe. They have serious risks, including blindness. I am very happy with my PRK, but my colleague had his eyes bulging out because of excessive pressure and had some eye damage. But such testimonials are not so useful. Go into these surgeries expecting you could be the in the minority of people who have a complication.
      - ada1981 10y ago
        I'm simply asking you to provide any sort of statistics on the "danger" of these surgeries, which you refuse to do.
- ada1981 10y ago
  You may have seen my other post, but what you may NOT have seen is that I pre-empted my previous comment with: >> This came up earlier this week, but wanted to repost it here since so many of you reached out about wanting to know more....<< I literally had 30+ people asking me for more information, so it was clearly useful.. and no I wasn't shilling for anyone, though I am happy to introduce folks to my friend if they want my specific doctor.. I am interested in helping more people get LASEK however, as it is genuinely a major upgrade for your life. There is no preview with any surgery, all you can really do is look at the probabilities of tens of thousands of procedures and speak with a surgeon. And sure, you can have any subjective definition of success you want -- for example, if the surgery didn't allow you see through walls with x-ray vision, you could call it a failure. I understand what you are saying though, your fear is that you'd get LASK, and then you'd still need to wear glasses or contacts. You are talking about risks and things being much* higher -- I'd appreciate if you cite some sort of research or other statistics on LASEK. All of that said, my quality of life is easily 10x what it was before, so for me, it was a risk well worth taking. If I would have been worse off after my surgery, I wouldn't have had to pay -- so aside from the small risk of having a small routine medical procedure (which also could be safely redone to try again if needed) there was no financial risk and minimal time..

by ada1981 10y ago

amalag 10y ago

I had PRK done from a popular surgeon who has done sports stars and even NFL quarterbacks (there are many good surgeons around) and it was successful and I am happy with it but I don't think you should evangelize so much about these surgeries. Some people have terrible outcomes and their vision is completely ruined. I personally think a flap with LASIK is just too dangerous and PRK (maybe LASEK) is much safer, but even people have issues with PRK (less than LASIK). An article: (I didn't do from this place) https://diamondvision.com/prk-vs-lasek/ https://diamondvision.com/prk-vs-lasek/

antisthenes 10y ago

I've seen you make the same exact post in the last vision related thread. Please stop shilling for whomever it is. The main risk associated with these surgeries is that there's no "preview" to check if your vision will be better or worse than your current contact-corrected vision. If it's worse - then by my definition, the procedure is a failure and that's the only thing I care about. The risk that it's worse isn't the same as the risk that is commonly defined in the success of the procedure - it's much higher.

amalag 10y ago
These surgeries are absolutely dangerous. Doesn't help with people like this giving their email addresses and looking for referral bonuses.
- ada1981 10y ago
  Define "dangerous" and cite some sort of research, please. I'm offering my personal experience and offering to answer people's questions because I had such a positive experience. And at someone's request, introducing them to the person I used personally after a pretty exhaustive search into how to get "super human eyes". It seems to me to pretty standard human behavior to want to share something that enhances your life with others.
  - amalag 10y ago
    Dude you are trying to get a commission by referring your eye center. We get it. Don't be an idiot and claim these eye surgeries are perfectly safe. They have serious risks, including blindness. I am very happy with my PRK, but my colleague had his eyes bulging out because of excessive pressure and had some eye damage. But such testimonials are not so useful. Go into these surgeries expecting you could be the in the minority of people who have a complication.
    - ada1981 10y ago
      I'm simply asking you to provide any sort of statistics on the "danger" of these surgeries, which you refuse to do.
ada1981 10y ago
You may have seen my other post, but what you may NOT have seen is that I pre-empted my previous comment with: >> This came up earlier this week, but wanted to repost it here since so many of you reached out about wanting to know more....<< I literally had 30+ people asking me for more information, so it was clearly useful.. and no I wasn't shilling for anyone, though I am happy to introduce folks to my friend if they want my specific doctor.. I am interested in helping more people get LASEK however, as it is genuinely a major upgrade for your life. There is no preview with any surgery, all you can really do is look at the probabilities of tens of thousands of procedures and speak with a surgeon. And sure, you can have any subjective definition of success you want -- for example, if the surgery didn't allow you see through walls with x-ray vision, you could call it a failure. I understand what you are saying though, your fear is that you'd get LASK, and then you'd still need to wear glasses or contacts. You are talking about risks and things being much* higher -- I'd appreciate if you cite some sort of research or other statistics on LASEK. All of that said, my quality of life is easily 10x what it was before, so for me, it was a risk well worth taking. If I would have been worse off after my surgery, I wouldn't have had to pay -- so aside from the small risk of having a small routine medical procedure (which also could be safely redone to try again if needed) there was no financial risk and minimal time..