On one of my contacts there is a little triangular cut on the outside edge... it looks like a little triangular piece was snipped out of it (its small but noticeable). Pretty much, the outside ...
I got in a scrap last week and I caught a punch around my eye. At first my eye was a little bit red in the far corner, and then it just started dancing across my eye. I woke up this morning and it ...
Here's my problem. I am very near sighted. Without glasses or contact lenses, I can see the tiniest of print. Not as well if I wear reading glasses over regular contact ...
i am 35 and wearing contact lence for a decade now and i am tired of using those lence but i am afraid of operation or laser, this is not a cataract, i might say that i am a nearsighted i felt about ...
just recently my eye has have started to water a ton and sting totally randomly! like i'll just be sitting there (or today, marching) and it'll start watering and stinging a lot. in fact,...
I have very bright white eyes. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about that. If it could mean I'm healthy or not so much because my blood vessels are not visible. It could mean nothing, I&...
Okay so I have an appointment to get my eyes checked and I haven't done it since 2003. Anyways, I've always worn glasses but I was thinking about switching over to contacts so I need some ...
Okay..when you put contacts in do they sometimes feel a little itchy for the first couple minutes? I've had my contacts for about 10 months..and sometimes when I put them in they itch and feel ...
i always see glitter and other little tiny particles at the bottom of my contact lens case... i know its really germy! how do i sterilize it safely?...
I wonder, are there any links between drinking soft drinks (especially diet soft drinks) and decreasing vision? Drinking diet soft drinks is one of my vices (and probably my only vice when it comes ...
My friends say that I look ALOT better without my glasses on, so I went to costco to try on contacts. I just couldn't get close to my eye without me freaking out. Is there anything I can do to ...
20/150 for the right eye & 20/175 for the left. I also want to ask why some eyeglass lenses are thicker at the sides than at the middle, and some are just flat or have the same thickness at all ...
I have been wearing continuous wear lenses for a couple of years now, and have always been told that as long as they are changed every 30 days that they are ok to leave in all the time, I have also ...
Yeh ya know when you wake up in the morning and at the bottem corners of your eyes theres that stuff.What it is and please dont answer eye boogers.......
i havebeen getting a tiny bright spot in my eye every time i blink
(it happens every now and then)
its the same as you get after someone has taken a pic of you aith a flash cam!!
can�...
if i just need a routine eye exam and i haven't had my eyes check in about 2-3 years, which one do i go to? would it really matter? Additional Details forgot to add...a few years ...
Dryness and halos images at nite. but they will go off after like 3 months. No problem at all.
Brian
I had the procedure in 2003 and I've been very happy with it. Other people I know say the same thing. Of course, there are concerns, particularly after the surgery (protecting the eyes, following the guidelines from the clinic, etc.) but I've had no problems and I'm glad I had it done.
Vadim S
mine would have cost $4000 (wavefront lasik)
I was gonna do it but im glad I didn't, i canceled two days before my operation... they would have really overcorrected me due to a mistake in when they were taking my perscription.. plus I have large pupils and my prescription changed in the last year...
I guess I went to a bad place (Lasik MD in Toronto) because they didn't tell me ANYTHING!
My eyes are even already a little dry and I had to ask for eye drops for part of the exam, they simply just gave me the drops and didnt warn about the severe dry eye problems people with already dry eye experience after lasik ...
anyways i pray everyday for thanks that I didn't do it :) because I would have been about a diopter over-corrected plus would have likely seen halos and had dry eyes because of my pupil size and pre-existing dry eyes!
you mite be fine tho, i dont know what your story is... a VAST majority of people are fine... just be very careful with the pre-op, find out everything they are supposed to check and make sure they do it!! that was my issue!!! :P
Maybe I will try again in many years when the technology gets MUCH better
Bec
You can end up with worse vision than when you started, imagine only being able to see what you can see without glasses but that being the best vision you can get, even if you wear glasses again. It's quite uncommon but does happen, I've only been practicing for 3 years but I've seen several people like this.
You WILL end up needing glasses again, maybe in a few years but you'll never be free from glasses forever!
You can get infections, it's cosmetic surgery so all the risks go with it, etc, etc, etc.
Sister Sister Dee
I am 10 years post-LASIK, I am pleased with my results. I am also an optician and I see mixed results, most people are happier after it is done but some people have continuing problems.
The procedure has improved greatly since I had mine done but there are some drawbacks. There is a high correlation between LASIK patients and greatly-reduced low-contrast vision---a type of vision problem not really addressed in a standard eye exam. I do not have 20/20 vision now (I never did, quite) but my low-contrast vision is poor. This means I see ok in an eye exam under very good dark/light conditions, but that my vision is considerably reduced when a room is dark or for night driving. Also, I needed reading glasses a few years before most other people my age--but use them only at work with tiny eyeglass screws, etc.
Knowing what I know now, I would still have had the procedure done.
If my son (high RX) wished to have it done, I would encourage him to do so--but I would help him carefully research the best place to have it done. This is very important.
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