CLKeenan

I just had it done earlier today. Just woke up from a 4 hour post op nap and I can already see wayyyy better!

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-Shady

Nice to hear you're improving. I wanted to get it but the doctor said you need to be 21+ and I'm only 17 (18 in a few weeks).

Suddenly_Ass

So how does this look then?

Big Joe

I got it done last year and it was worth every penny.

When I woke up from my first nap I felt like my eyes were melting out of my face because I forgot the doc gave me drops.

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CLKeenan

I can now see those pointy elbows from across the room. Jeez. I think it was better before.

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Tobias Funke

I had it done four years ago, best $6,000 I ever spent. My vision was horrible, so it was so weird to be able to walk to the recovery area directly after the operation without needing my contacts to see. The red eyes were freaky though, got a lot of stares for a week or two.

Bofu2U

Do they still cut the shielding off your eyes for the op? Just wondering, considering it.

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Rage9

I've considered it, but your eyes can still regress again over the years from what I understand.

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Tobias Funke

I had it done 4 years ago and I'll need to go back to get it touched up. Over the past year I've noticed my vision has weakened, but at least it doesn't cost me anything.

King.

Good to hear it went well. I use daily contacts (focus dailies). They are really soft and watery - normal contacts feel hard and sharp in comparison. Was considering lasik but heard some people have problems with dry eyes and itching after a few years. And I'm really comfortable with my contacts so don't think I'll ever get one.

ItsYoBuddy

I've considered getting it done. My vision has been going bad since 3rd grade. I can't see a damn thing without my contacts. I was told by two doctors not to get it done until I'm 25, they said because your eyes are still developing or something idk. Not sure if I'll go through with it or just keep on with my contacts.

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I've considered it but it seems the possible side effects aren't really that well known down the line. When I was doing my research I also read a lot of people were complaining about dry eyes and some other shit...fine with my glasses for now.

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1yerrot

They redo it for free? That's whats up, I gotta look into it my vision is starting to getting bad. I used to have better than 20/20 but I can tell that's no longer the case.

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Tobias Funke

Not sure about other places, but I had my procedure done at a place called Herzig who give a life-time guarantee, although I think your eyes can only have it done so many times.

verdeithaca

got it done last year. really good price in LA. best investment in my life

Kenilworth

You people that put lenses physically onto, and lasers shot at, your eyes are my heroes.

I got hit in the eye with a golf ball ('haha balls on your face') when i was little, luckily it hit my eye ridge so, you know, I got 20-20 and can fly a plane if I wanted to and don't need to spend all the $$$ you guys do on glasses and lenses and procedures and visits to your eyedoctor and...what was my point again? I'm just bragging now...

Oh right, it was lucky that it hit the ridge of my eye instead of blinding me forever. It was a god damn bullet. Also, please say fore when you're golfing, please, there's a reason for it.

I can't open my eyes underwater, putting in eye drops is tough, I've just developed such a strong muscle reaction and aversion to stuff getting close to my eyes, I watch people put in contacts and I feel like the biggest bitch in the world because if I tried that I'd just produce so many tears and blink and cut my eye and bleed to death.

Glasses or nothing for me if I need them later, I guess...But till then, 20-20. I might not see the world in HD (20-15) but, you people are blind and I am your twitchy-eyed king. Your ocular deficiency amuses me; eat some carrots.

Gooddeal

Wanted to get it done until I saw this.

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I did. They had to do each eye twice but now i'm 20/15.

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Rage9

You can ask just about anyone who wears contacts what it was like at the start, it was exactly like that. It doesn't feel natural at first. I remember it taking like an hour just to get them in when I first started out with them. You eye wants nothing to do with it, and does what it can to reject it. But after like a week or so you'll adjust and then it's gravy. Added benefit of being able to poke yourself in the eye I guess.

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I have -1 (It is the layman term.. not sure what it is called) but I have had constant -1 for over 12 years now... Am used to glasses, but I am waiting for some non invasive, non-side-effect treatment to come out...

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qualo

Did it years ago, excellent results. Eyes not perfect but good enough. I thought it was dodgy to do it again because of the flap, I guess that's healed now though so might see if I can have it done again to try and get it perfect.

joshman1204

My wife had her eyes done roughly 8 years ago and paying for that surgery was one of the worst mistakes of my life.

I had her convinced that I had a huge dick ..... FUCKING LASIK

tonymontana

Gonna be getting it done soon, I hope. I'm fuckin sick of wearing contacts, and I'm only 20 lol.

wayn3

I will get some kind of operation for my eyes, but a very valid alternative is that of an implantable contact lens. At least if they fuck that up your eyes arent damaged permanently.

roclafamilia

Anyone here get advanced surface treatment? It's supposed to be a lot better and safer than LASIK. I know two people who've had it done a year ago and they're loving having it done.

Muninn

Yeah, I had the same experience.. after about 6 years of wearing contacts every day though I can now put them both in after a few seconds without a mirror, lol. You get used to it pretty quickly.

ScottDaMan

I love my contacts, I'll probably never get laser crap done. My dad's girlfriend got hers done, she had VERY bad eyesight, THICK THICK glasses kind of bad, and after 4 years, now she has little floaties in her eyes that fucks with her vision. Hard to explain, but fuck that.

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Uncle Tony

I'd never do it. I use daily disposable lenses. I see no reason to risk going blind or even get complications which are considered "regular" like dry eyes or halos...

What's wrong with just using contacts?

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Find someone who'll do it one eye at a time. Then at least you'll get to wear an eye patch like a pirate if something goes wrong.

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Otinsdale

I had it done 10 years ago. I wasn't a fan of the actual procedure, freaked the shit out of me even though it didn't hurt, but I could already read the name of the machine as I was stumbling out of the surgery. when I woke up the next day I was seeing color levels and depth of field that I didn't even know existed.

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mattseh

Yes they do. IMO it's well worth it. I was around -5, so terrible, needed glasses / contacts for anything beyond not getting run over. OP, it will take a few months to fully stabalise, but within a day or 2 I could function normally. Cost me £2700 (Americans multiply by 1.6).

A year later it's fine except if for if I use screens a load, my right eye weakens slightly at night. Solution: regular breaks and optional eye drops.

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King.

Yeah my main concern was that it's invasive, even though you can't feel it they are cutting a slice off the base of your eye. And the whole itching and red eye thing that a percentage (albeit very small) experience is enough to put me off.

CLKeenan

Just woke up for the first time in the morning. Being able to see the time on my clock was crazy. My first thought was 'shit, did i forget to take out my contacts?'

Freakin. Awesome.

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Your_Pal

This sounds great what kind of visibility you had before? + or in -

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Sandman

Had it done about 12 years ago. Some of the money I've spent. Wife drove home and I'll I could say was holy shit look at that & holy shit look at that,etc.

Still 20/15 (better than 20/20 vision) and no real issues.

Hav3n

LOL did it last year. Best $3000 i've ever spent on anything. Ever.

1 eye isn't perfect 20/20 but with both eyes open I am 20/15

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Bofu2U

Shit, that's how I felt when I first started using monthlies (contacts) because you can sleep in them.

If I had that every day... gah. I'd be a happy man.

PS - Mattseh told me they don't have to cut your eye open if they have some sort of laser way to do it. I'll be probably scheduling a consultation now.

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Hav3n

They cut a flap, zap your eyes, then lay the flap back down to heal.

Basically... don't watch any videos of it being done and you'll be ok.

they give you a vicodin too before the procedure to relax you.



Seriously.... just do it. You WON'T regret it.

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-4 and -4.25

I was under the laser for just over 40 seconds while some of the other people in the post-op room were saying they were only under for 10-15. I was clearly the blindest in the bunch

Also, just to note this as well, I am in no discomfort at all. Granted, I am on a tightly regimented eye drop schedule. They give you 3 different types of eye drops to use. One is breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before you go to sleep. The other two are breakfast and dinner. You also have eye lube drops you can use whenever you want. After one week, the regularly scheduled eye drops goes down from 3 different types per day to 1 per day.

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Beach Affiliate

I'm -4 in both eyes. This is making me think it's about time I made the leap.

How much did it cost? Did insurance cover any/all of it?

I'm def. not going to one of those "$299 per eye" jobbers I see ads for in the paper so I'm thinking $5k to $6k, correct?

Hav3n

Used to be about $3k per eye but the cost is coming down to ~$1500 per eye.



So mine was $3k total. Insurance won't cover (at least mine wouldn't)

This included all the visits leading up to the procedure plus a 2 year window for corrections and adjustments after the procedure.


Embarrassed to admit this. But at least ONE of the reasons I did this was because if the shit ever does hit the fan. I don't want to be dependent on glasses or contacts in order to see.

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Thanks. That's promising. I didn't think insurance would cover it but figured I'd ask (I'll still check with BCBS just in case)

And that's not embarrassing at all. Nothing worse than fumbling for my glasses when I hear something go *BUMP* in the night - particularly when I keep a weapon and maglight hidden beside the bed for just such an occasion.

CLKeenan

What you should definitely do if you are able to is put money in an FSA or HSA plan ahead of time for the estimated cost of the surgery. It's basically like getting 30% off because the money you put in there is pre-tax.

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Congrats bro

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I had my eyes done by one of the doctors/institutes that pioneered the blade free lasik-

A lot of the issues you read about are because of Dr. Hector getting his medical degree from Tijuana U and not knowing the first thing about the second hand equipment he bought and is advertising lasik for 500 bucks...

If you want quality, you need to pay for it--

mine cost $4000 dollars and I would do it 1000x over if I ever had the choice to reconsider my decision.

I even had astigmatism that went un-diagnosed through all my years of wearing glasses and contacts, and they caught it in the initial consultation...

I had the blade free lasik 'flap' procedure on my left eye, which can't be measured beyond 20/10, and I had PRK 'surface ablation' on my right eye with the astigmatism which is a solid 20/10

If you're thinking about it, don't buy into all the bullshit that you read on the internet about problems, as those are caused by unskilled surgeons and cheap equipment, and shitty post-op care.

Go to a major provider, see what they have to say. If they don't think they can do it well, they will tell you.

While I was there, I easily saw 10+ people turned away from the procedure and sent to the regular eye docs on staff for glasses and contact fitting because they were not good candidates for the procedure.

Hell, the army now provides the surgery to soldiers in combat positions; and it takes a lot for the military to implement anything like that without having 1000's of documented successful cases.

Do what your doctor says, use ALL the drops for as long as they tell you, and don't skip your follow up appointments.

Someone I used to hang out with's wife went and got it, never bothered to go back after the surgery for her follow ups, didn't use the drops she was supposed to, and what do you know? She has halos, and fuzzy spots, and would try to tell you it is the worst decision you could ever make, BECAUSE SHE WAS A BAD PATIENT.

Talk to your doctor, and be prepared to pony up the cash for the procedure. It's well worth it.

Waking up and being able to read the alarm clock, not to mention seeing your loved one's faces clearly from across the room with out looking through scratched up lenses and foggy contacts more than makes up for the week or so of mild discomfort you may or may not have to go through.

AllBizNiz

I had lasik done about 5 years now and it was the best thing I have ever done. Right after the procedure I took some sleeping pills and woke up with the burning gone and could see perfect. I almost forgot I used to wear contacts and glasses at night.

I paid about $2300 for both eyes and they did the cut with the laser instead of the blade. That also included a warranty for both eyes. I just have to get an eye exam every 2 years to keep my warranty active.

I would definitely do it all over again. I still have perfect vision to this day and recommend lasik to friends and family all the time.

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Otinsdale

smelling my eye burn was kind of weird....

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For me driving home was a nightmare (I didn't drive). After the procedure your eyes are incredibly sensitive to light, and because it was January and after 5 pm, the entire hour drive I had to close my eyes because the other cars headlights were so bright.

nickCR

My wife had the LASIK done in Colombia by a very well known doctor that does the treatment there. Without a DOUBT you NEED to follow the instructions, avoid bright lights, avoid dust, etc.. Keep them very lubricated with gel tears. In colombian terms we paid a very high price for her eyes to get done ($1600), however her vision is still great after 3 years, she is however losing a little sight and well she's still blind as a bat at night.

But FOR FUCK SAKES its your EYES we're talking about. Don't take the chance that you will go blind by having some fucking retard do your LASIK. Pay the price.

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A buddy of mine had a gastric bypass done. He did it in Las Vegas with a doctor that is well known for performing such a surgery. He recovered very well, without any problems. Cost him like 50 - 100K not sure exactly.

Another buddy of mine had a gastric bypass done. He did it in Costa Rica with a doctor that claimed to know what he was doing and would cost him 20K. He recovered ok. Then a week after had internal bleeding and after spending another 70K and 2 months in the hospital lived. But he really came inches from dying. Literally I got a call from someone I know that went something like this: "Hey XYZ is in the hospital again due to complications and the doctors are saying we should consider preparing for the worst, you might want to stop by to visit him."

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