Lasik/Laser Eye Surgery?

danasings

Had it done in 2001. Totally worth it.

vanillacoffee

I've always wanted to do this, but was too scared. This is making me re-think it in a positive way!

Sarasjourney

I had LASIK done last summer and frankly it ruined my night vision. I get halos of light, starbursts, and double vision in my left eye whenever I'm in low light or looking at something dark like a movie. Apparently lots of people get this problem post-surgery but doctors write them off, and mine's done the same he claims my eyes are dry and I need to constantly put drops in my eyes. I may have 20/20 vision but I can't drive at night and I can't sit in a movie theater without constantly blinking the whole film because I can't see. It also gets worse if I'm tired or haven't had enough sleep or have been reading for too long.

I have these same issues.
I can no longer read without glasses.
My vision is such that I'll be needing glasses again, albeit a much weaker prescription than before.

I wouldn't do it again.

Unfortunately I had little choice in the matter. It was either have the LASIK or go the rest of my life buying new glasses every 6 months because of my astigmatism. I also had the ICL surgery before the LASIK to correct the astigmatism, I had to wait like 6 months between surgeries so my eyes could heal.

AglaeaC

I just want to add that with my expensive as hell toric contacts I have extremely sharp vision. Even my opticians are amazed. If you ask doctors who do these procedures how safe they are, few will talk about the downsides in an honest way. There was a blog article by an ophtalmologist who discussed the glaucoma situation, but I can't find it anymore. Maybe I didn't dig deep enough, but it is the kind of info that people will pay for to bury deep down somewhere where consumers can't find it. His message worries me.