trials owns Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 hey, this crossed my mind a few days ago, fed up of wearing glasses and this seems like a good cure. whats peoples view about it? anyone had it done themselves? id love too get it done but dont know if ive got the balls too go through with it.....especially with the "what if" thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatJsy Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Planning on having it done this year, make sure you do your research. Many clinics advertise LASIK as being simple and pain free but there's side effects they leave out and if you ride bikes and are likely to get hit in the head the flap they create may come loose. Oh and having done a fair bit of reading on it, it may not even be a long term solution, you're not guaranteed to get 20/20 vision (although it's over 90% certain) and a lot of people still go back to glasses/contacts after a few years. Do your research, preferably from medical journals and not random internet articles! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I had lasik about 6 years ago, it works really well. was just like going to the dentists, pop in for a consultation, then go in a week later for a quick sit in a dentists chair and a big fancy machine comes in and fafs with your eyes for a min. And your all done. all to do then is get home go sleep ( because you cant open your eyes that day it feels like arc eye ) in the morning wake up perfect vision, you normaly get given eye drops for the next few weeks. i did see adverts for permanent lens replacement which looks more promising if your looking at a long term fix though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 cool, ill do some research into possible side effects and such but it sounds like the way too go cheers lads dezmtber - how much did you pay per eye altogether if you don't mind? ive not really looked into it in detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Optical express will normaly quote about 700-800 for both then wait it out and they will drop the price to 500 ish for both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Makes me feel so sick just thinking about it, girlfriends brother had it done and he was really happy with it. Have you tried contacts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Imo having fillings or theeth pulled is much worse. i didn't feel a thing getting the eye surgery done, and i cant even bare to get water in my eyes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Imo having fillings or theeth pulled is much worse. If someone botches your teeth you can get dentures. If someone botches your eyes you can get a white stick and a Labrador. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 A friend of mine had it done and said that her vision is now a lot better than it was without glasses or contacts, but not as good as it was with them, which I thought was interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 yeah that's pretty interesting, dont want too spend all that money and find it hasnt worked too its full potential yeah, I've tried contacts, there excellent when in but Hate getting them in and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Get the kind you keep in for a whole month, best thing I ever did swapping to them. Here's a good tester for you, find a doctor at one of the eye clinics who's had it done themself. I bet you can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Both my Mum and Sister have had it done. Both costing £2-3k. The price they advertise on tv is bollocks. I wore contacts for 10+ years but after getting a nasty infection leaving me virtually blind in one eye (fine now) all christmas 2012 i've been contactless since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatJsy Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Having LASEK in 5 weeks time, I can let people know what it's like if anyone's still interested. Going to ride a hell of a lot beforehand in case I end up blind... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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