is custom lasik working for you?
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I would strongly recommend you and your friend to read this website carefully before making a decision. You have only one pair of eyes, and therefore should not risk your most precious things. I have had lasik surgery myself, and if I were given a choice , I would never have it again. Please do not believe in those who can benefit from your surgery. What they aim at is money, and not your health. I think there is a new technique that helps shape your eyes and thus reduces your myopia without involving any operations at all.\n\nUseful website:\n\nhttp://www.lasikdisaster.com/
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Consider laser vision correction or contact lenses
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I personally know someone who recieved laser eye surgery. For a while, he was fine, but he eventually went back to glasses.
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Lasik is the way to go. All the other "natural Methods" may improve the sight while you do the exercises but once you quit, it goes back to how it was before. See your local Ophthalmologist.
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I had Lasik about an year ago.  My vision was quite bad, and is now 20/20.  I am very happy with the results.  Yes, Lasik can correct astigmatism.  I didn't have one myself but I read alot about it in the literature that they gave me.  But, cosidering your eyes aren't that bad, I'd really think about it because it is quite expensive!!
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Keep in mind that these are your EYES you're talking about.  Yeah, you could go to the place that does Lasik and has a coin-op laundry in back because it's cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend it.  You're not looking for a "sale"-- you're looking for a pro.\n\nIt's a very odd procedure.  Strangely claustrophobic, I would say.  They do offer valium if you need it to calm your nerves if you need it.  I wasn't bothered by it, but it is a little surreal.\n\nBefore having it done yourself, go to a surgeon that has a type of fish-bowl operating room.  This way you can watch the procedure being done while standing in the lobby.  It helps calm your nerves a little.
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I work for an optometrist that also comanaages laser patients. I've probably met at least 150 people that have had it done. That vast majority love it and have had excellent results. Usually, the worst I've seen are cases of chronic dry eyes. That doesn't mean there aren't risks, they are just low. Do your research to find a good surgeon and ask lots of questions. Remember you may need touch-ups and if you are young, you will need reading glasses at around 40-45 regardless.
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Your eye doctor will not recommend that you have laser eye surgery at age 14.  Your eyes are still growing and your prescription is still changing.  If you have the surgery now, your eyes will continue to change so that you'll need glasses again.  I don't know that there's a minimum age requirement for LASIK, but you need to wait until your eye doctor tells you that you're ready for it and that your prescription has stabilized.
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I believe LASIK is the safest and most popular procedure.\n\nFor LASIK, the skin covering the eye is cut and lifted, the top layer of the cornea is cut and lifted, and the underlying layer of the cornea is reshaped with a laser. The new shape allows the eye to focus images on the back of the retina more clearly. The pain is minimal, and the process takes 15 minutes. This is the most popular laser eye surgery, with over 800,000 procedures being performed in 1999.
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Most laser refractive surgery is recommended with people of 6.00 or less.  So, this makes you on the edge.  Lasik and other refractive surgeries or PRK or corneal rings are very safe. The best thing you can do if you are thinking about laser surgery is to really research the doctors in your area.  Stay away from the people who claim it's so easy they can do it over your lunch break.  There are some risks as with any surgery. Most practices have someone in charge of marketing and would be happy to either set you up with a free consultation with their corneal specialist or send you more information than you could ever dream of.\n\nAs far as cost, my practice charges just under $1,300 per eye. Pain is minimal and I have mostly heard it described as annoying achiness.  There will be eye drops for a while afterwards, make sure you are okay with that.\n\nAlso keep in mind that not everyone is a good candidate for surgery.  There are several tests required in determining whether you can have surgery. You have to have enough eye tissue, no dryness, etc.
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I believe that it is possible.  However, you can't have any laser eye surgery.  If you have Lasik which is popular now they will not let you.  You must get PKG, sometimes called bladeless lasik.  The military actually pays for this surgery and performs it at Bethesda on the East Coast, somewhere else on the west.  The difference is that in lasik the cornea is cut and then reattached after the lasering.  Because of the pressures on the eye during flying this can actually open back up.  In PKG they rub the cornea off before lasering.  They then allow the cornea to heal itself underneath a contact lens.  This method is actually safer and has less side effects.  The reason that Lasik is so much more popular is that the healing time is only a matter of hours, whereas it is about a week for PKG.  I suggest doing a lot of research and do not talk to a recruiter, they won't know what they are talking about.  Talk to an admissions officer for the Air Force Aceademy, they will have a better idea.
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Sorry couldn't find the correct answer...do know that they are offering Lasik procedures now though.  Often found it odd that when I was in, that the dentist would track you down and report you the 1SG if you hadn't gone in for an annual examine (and it's even part of your deployment criteria) but they never once check if you need new glasses.  So solider could have bad vision but have all their fillings ;-)
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My laser eye surgery did not hurt at all. My daughter and I had it done at the same time. I have worn glasses since I was 9 years old and I was SOOOOOO excited to get up the day after surgery, look across the street, and be able to read the house numbers! I only wish I had been able to do it sooner. The farsightedness that occurs in middle age cannot be corrected by Lasik so I have to wear glasses for reading but not for distance. For a few months afterward, I used to see "halos" and double lights at night, but that's disappeared now. If you follow all the aftercare advise on eye drops, sunglasses, etc, you should be fine! I have never regretted having the surgery! Good luck!
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A few, but a competent Lasik place should warn you and prepare you before your surgery.  After mine, I had to put drops in them all the time because they were very dry.  I couldn't open my eyes for 6 hours after the surgery so they could begin healing.  I used rewetting drops they suggested for at least 3 months afterwards.  And I do have a few problems at night with driving.  The lights have tiny little halos and make it harder to drive(but I deal), and the red lights at the movie theater floor blind me(someone has to lead me down the steps after the movie).  But overall i was super happy with the results and love it!!
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No, there are no special lenses or extra costs required to correct for astigmatism. They build the correction factor into your prescription.
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I had Lasik over a year ago.  And if I could re live it, I'd choose to do it, every single time.  Its worth every penny and any fears.  I wore glasses, than contacts for as long as I could remember, and it is about the most AMAZING feeling you can have, waking up the next day, opening your eyes and you can see everything.  And it is just that fast, the next day you can see!  The procedure itself... they put a clamp on your eye to keep it open, there's pressure, than depending on what machine and how much you're paying for the procedure, sometimes the doctors create your flap by hand, or its by machine... I had the machine do it.  There's a burning smell, not unlike burning hair.  Than they pull the flap back (you can see all this as its happenning) and than there's light.... than darkness.  Than you feel and see the doc using almost a mini paintbrush to put the flap back down.  Than its over.  Simple as that.  They do it one eye at a time, you're awake the whole time and its NOT painful.  There's a little pressure but that's it.  My clinic gave me a relaxant beforehand.  Total procedure takes NO MORE than 15 minutes!  Its amazing.  Its scary, I cried through my whole procedure.  But again, I would do it again if I had the choice.  Side effects: I work with computers and only took 4 days off work after the procedure... than was back starring at the screen... so they told me thats why I had headaches for two weeks after the procedure, but that's it!  The dry eye thing... I had dry eyes REALLY BAD for a whole year, a bottle of eye drops will be your new limb.  But now its gone!
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First and foremost: DO YOUR RESEARCH ON DOCTORS PERFORMING IT IN YOUR AREA.  Talk to people who have had it done. It is considered a relatively simple procedure with great success.  Of course, like with every surgery there can always be some risk.  This one is pretty low.  They have it pretty much mastered now.  20/20 for 5 years after my Lasik!  I have ZERO regrets!