Lazer your eyeball

[SgtSlaughter]

Lasik surgery.

Anyone do it?

Would you have done anything differently?

Pros/cons...

 

[jimmy d]

grandfather had it only wish was he did it sooner

 

[krishna]

One of my clients just did it and he loves it

 

[stormin67]

I did it about 2 yrs ago. I love it. The only advice I give people is to have some GOOOD pain/sleep med for the first day/evening. It felt like someone threw a handful of sand and salt in my eyes. The only side effects I now have is halo's at night but, if it gets bad enough when driving, I wear the yellow driving glasses and all is fine. Good luck.

 

[stosstruppe]

I had ultralase lasik done about a month ago in anticipation of enlisting in the British Army.

In and out in 10 minutes, less than a minute to cut the corneal flap and correct your vision per eye, there is no pain though some moderate discomfort (smell of ozone if it's a laser cutting the flap, putting in the speculum, tube attached to your eyeball to cut the corneal flap - you'll feel internal pressure in your eye ball). First week you'll be putting in eye drops every 2 hours (anti inflammatories, anti biotics and lubricating drops).

First day or two very light sensitive. You may experience moments of quite moderate eye watering / "stingyness". Avoid touching / rubbing your eyes at all costs for the first week or two until the corneal flap re settles. Bathe with a moist piece of gauze to clean / tackle the itchiness.

No cardio for ~2 weeks, no resistance training for a month until corneal flap settles, no sauna / steam rooms or swimming pools either for a month.

Most common complication which the majority get is haloes (driving at night, look at the lights) and 'dry eye' which you'll treat for x number of months with lubricating eye drops. If you're unlucky it's for life.

Eeehh, any specific questions just post up. Most of mine were centered around healing rates, types of complications, realistic success rates etc.

 

[musclemom]

My husband would love to get this done, he's worn glasses all of his life and can't wear contacts, so I'd love to see the responses.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

screw cardio.

No lifting for 4 weeks

Crap

I'll have to plan it around a deload, lol.

 

[stormin67]

I lifted 2wks after, no probs. Of course after the doc looked at me.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

2 weeks, that's better... but damn.

I guess surgery is still surgery even if it is only 10 minutes long.

Thanks all for contributing

Others post up if you have more experiences.

 

[mm107]

2 weeks, that's better... but damn.

I guess surgery is still surgery even if it is only 10 minutes long.

Thanks all for contributing

Others post up if you have more experiences.

im so down to get this done. My vision is fuckin horrible. Contacts or i cant see. Far or near.

My right eye has a bad stigmitism, from when i was younger, i got smashed in the face with a baseball and broke my eye socket, and messed up my cornea a lil.

i got to see if im even a candidate. If so, im gonna do it, especially since i have a medical credit card for it. (applied and was accepted if i wanted to do the surgery)

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Do it man.

I can't wait to get it done at some point. Now, i gotta figure out when i want to take 2-4 weeks off from the gym, lol. That's a hard decision.

Prices have come WAY down on it too.

 

[mm107]

Do it man.

I can't wait to get it done at some point. Now, i gotta figure out when i want to take 2-4 weeks off from the gym, lol. That's a hard decision.

Prices have come WAY down on it too.

how much in your area (since its not too far anyways)

 

[SgtSlaughter]

on the national lasik institute site 600-1800 ($299/eye - 899/eye), depending on prescription.