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May I ask your age? I'm 40 years old now and have been thinking of getting my eyes fixed as well.

• sgift 12y ago
  29. My doctors warned me that I have to expect presbyopia from the age of 45-50 (like everyone else), so no idea if you think 5-10 years without glasses are worth the cost.
  • ekianjo 12y ago
    I assume you went for LASIK ? Well the problem is that not everyone can do it, there are a number of contraindications for LASIK usage (medical conditions). And long term efficacy of LASIK is still a question mark, as far as I know.
    • woliveirajr 12y ago
      I've done lasik when I was 20. Just 4 years later my myopia returned (in a smaller degree) and my astigmatism return exactly to the same level. Yes, I had halo effects for the first 6 months. Yes, I somehow do regret have done that. Perhaps if I had waited until today (15 years later), technology could be better and I could have left enought cornea material to do another surgery.
      • mattlutze 12y ago
        Unfortunately, this is probably why they recommend that an optometrist confirms your eyes haven't changed over two yearly visits, before doing the surgery.
    • sgift 12y ago
      I went for ICL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implantable_collamer_lens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implantable_collamer_lens) - the correction needed was outside the safe range for LASIK (-8 at max according to my doctors and then the results can be .. questionable)
    • the_af 12y ago
      I had LASIK for minor myopia a few years ago (minor but enough to require glasses, otherwise I wasn't able to read a sign across the street), and it's been a mixed bag. I'm glad that I don't have to wear glasses anymore, and that I can read the sign across the street, but my vision was never back to perfect. It's ok, but not perfect. I experienced some of the annoying halo effect at night that seems to affect some people, my eyes get tired faster, and also the myopia wasn't completely removed, just enough that I don't need glasses. It was a bit disappointing, but mostly I'm disappointed at my surgeon, who didn't tell me this. He felt more like a salesperson than a doctor, never telling me about potential complications, side-effects or limitations. When I went back for my first checkup, I told him my right eye was a bit blurry (it still is; coincidentally, it was the eye with more myopia before the surgery), and he told me "nah, what matters is your binocular vision, which is fine. Don't worry about your right eye."... which may be fine, but he never told me this before! He never told me "what matters is your binocular vision"; I might have decided not to have LASIK if he had told me that :(
      • Cthulhu_ 12y ago
        > He felt more like a salesperson than a doctor This is the main vibe I'm getting from all kinds of laser eye surgery practices. I mean they wouldn't advertise it if it was a regular medical procedure.
• jleyank 12y ago
  Careful at this age, as middle-age/"can't see up close" might hit you in a few years forcing reading glasses. While one person is an anecdote, I sent from 0 to 2.5 diopter correction in the 42-44 range, with 0.25/0.5 changes occurring every 6-month checkup. I'm currently watching a whole lot of coworkers making their offices brighter (greater depth of field) and wishing for larger arms, monitors and fonts. Get some good advice here to avoid disappointment.