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Excellent thinking. I've read enough horror stories to know it's not worth the risk, especially when my optometrist told me my vision would worsen anyways in 1

Excellent thinking. I've read enough horror stories to know it's not worth the risk, especially when my optometrist told me my vision would worsen anyways in 10 years.

deepspace 5y ago
Yes, even if I could overcome my phobia of things touching my eye and bring myself to have LASIK done, I would never do it, for the simple reason that my prescription keeps changing year by year. The glasses I was prescribed a few years ago are almost useless today, so I cannot help thinking that LASIK would just correct my vision at a point in time, and then a couple of years later it would be back to glasses. Not worth the risks in the slightest.
- glxxyz 5y ago
  Yes a stable prescription is one of the recommendations, mine had been unchanged for about 10 years before LASIK, and hasn't changed in the 18 or so years since then. I'm not big on the idea of touching my eye but the numbing drops are amazing- after I'd had a couple of eyeball pressure tests I got used to the odd sensation of things touching my eyes without me flinching.
glxxyz 5y ago
I had LASIK almost 20 years ago and for me it's been wonderful. My vision settled down to a small (about -0.5) prescription which hasn't changed since then. Legally I can drive without glasses but I basically only wear them for driving and the cinema. Multiple optometrists in the years since have told me that I have no corneal flattening, no scarring, and I've had no dryness. Relevant to the OP it was quite a procedure to experience. I was a little concerned before but it was quite interesting to watch the corneal flat be cut open (with no feeling at all) and peeled back, then see the little laser flashes accompanied by (weirdly) a smell of burned hair. When they dropped the flap back down my vision was instantly corrected, although initially a bit cloudy.

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Excellent thinking. I've read enough horror stories to know it's not worth the risk, especially when my optometrist told me my vision would worsen anyways in 1

by DantesKite 5y ago

Excellent thinking. I've read enough horror stories to know it's not worth the risk, especially when my optometrist told me my vision would worsen anyways in 10 years.

deepspace 5y ago
Yes, even if I could overcome my phobia of things touching my eye and bring myself to have LASIK done, I would never do it, for the simple reason that my prescription keeps changing year by year. The glasses I was prescribed a few years ago are almost useless today, so I cannot help thinking that LASIK would just correct my vision at a point in time, and then a couple of years later it would be back to glasses. Not worth the risks in the slightest.
- glxxyz 5y ago
  Yes a stable prescription is one of the recommendations, mine had been unchanged for about 10 years before LASIK, and hasn't changed in the 18 or so years since then. I'm not big on the idea of touching my eye but the numbing drops are amazing- after I'd had a couple of eyeball pressure tests I got used to the odd sensation of things touching my eyes without me flinching.
glxxyz 5y ago
I had LASIK almost 20 years ago and for me it's been wonderful. My vision settled down to a small (about -0.5) prescription which hasn't changed since then. Legally I can drive without glasses but I basically only wear them for driving and the cinema. Multiple optometrists in the years since have told me that I have no corneal flattening, no scarring, and I've had no dryness. Relevant to the OP it was quite a procedure to experience. I was a little concerned before but it was quite interesting to watch the corneal flat be cut open (with no feeling at all) and peeled back, then see the little laser flashes accompanied by (weirdly) a smell of burned hair. When they dropped the flap back down my vision was instantly corrected, although initially a bit cloudy.