Laser eye treatment - who's done it?

I had it done in 2005, about £1000 at the time, and my eyesight is still 20/20, was fairly bad. It's probably the best thing I ever did. I used optimax and would have it done again if needed
 
You might not have seen it, but there is a humongous thread about laser eye surgery somewhere in this forum.
 
Last time I enquired no optician had ever undergone the surgery.

I have a mild prescription so I decided to wait for now.
 
My wife's had it done. Good results but needed a number of corrections. Was painful for the first few days. Personally I'd never have it done, i'm too squeamish for anyone to go near my eyes.
 
Was a stable -3 in both eyes, paid £1700 to have it done in Oct 2000. Best money i ever spent.
I'm 46 now and i'm just starting to get a little long-sighted (due to age).
Wen to Maxivision in Manchester, total of 15 mins for the both eyes.
Zero side effects for me. The technology must surely have gotten better in the past 16 years, so i'd thoroughly recommend it.
 
shadow_boxer said:
Personally I'd never have it done, i'm too squeamish for anyone to go near my eyes.
Click to expand...
I thought that too, but it's really not that bad. The actual procedure only lasts about 20 seconds per eye. I am so squeamish that I actually passed out the first time I went, while they were making the flaps, but I went back a few weeks later and got through it without issue the second time. I didn't experience any pain, though there was a bit of discomfort for the first couple of months as my eyes got dry fairly often, but the drops they give you help a great deal.

I wouldn't hesitate to have it done again should the need ever arise.
 
I had my 1 year sign off at LVC last week. Haven't received the 'official' paperwork through but essentially I am good to go. I was reading under the 20:20 line with both eyes (just!), no dryness anymore. Very happy indeed.

I wore glasses for 25 years. Laser eye surgery is absolutely worth it. There's all these aspects of your life that improve. I'm more confident, I feel like I look better, I feel better in myself. Then there's all the things you can do without noticing. Going to see a film in 3D and wearing the glasses? No problem. I can see when I'm swimming with goggles now. In the sunshine I can be a 'normal' person and wear sunglasses without worrying how many hours I'm going to keep my contacts in. I can hook them in my shirt and off I go. Skiing, no more headaches/eye strain from wearing contacts all day on the slopes. Gigs, no more worry if it gets a bit rowdy someone's going to knock my glasses off. Wearing big headphones isn't uncomfortable anymore. The list goes on and on. Totally worth it, and as mentioned a million times in this thread LVC are brilliant.
 
Scam said:
I had my 1 year sign off at LVC last week. Haven't received the 'official' paperwork through but essentially I am good to go. I was reading under the 20:20 line with both eyes (just!), no dryness anymore. Very happy indeed.

I wore glasses for 25 years. Laser eye surgery is absolutely worth it. There's all these aspects of your life that improve. I'm more confident, I feel like I look better, I feel better in myself. Then there's all the things you can do without noticing. Going to see a film in 3D and wearing the glasses? No problem. I can see when I'm swimming with goggles now. In the sunshine I can be a 'normal' person and wear sunglasses without worrying how many hours I'm going to keep my contacts in. I can hook them in my shirt and off I go. Skiing, no more headaches/eye strain from wearing contacts all day on the slopes. Gigs, no more worry if it gets a bit rowdy someone's going to knock my glasses off. Wearing big headphones isn't uncomfortable anymore. The list goes on and on. Totally worth it, and as mentioned a million times in this thread LVC are brilliant.
Click to expand...

I had read that a side effect is that your eyesight worsens but im not sure on the chances. Im tempted to have mine done as im -2 in 1 eye and -2.75 in the other however i wear contacts so some of your points dont make a differnece for me..
 
There's no side effects of eyes getting worse over time, that's just aging. My eyes will age and deteriorate when I start getting older, but I'm now starting from 20:20 rather than whatever I was before with glasses. Don't listen to anyone who tells you it "wears off", that's a load of nonsense.

Oh, and I used to wear contacts. They're useful but still get in the way as I posted.
 
I had both eyes done, about 11 or 12 years ago, best money I've ever spent.

I went from something like a -6 in one eye & -4 in the other to -0.something in both eyes, spectacular but hoped for result. I was very short-sighted before the op, had good vision after.

My eyes have deteriorated over the years, & I do need glasses now - but I'm not bothering with them as I can still easily get by without them (plus, I don't drive).

Like someone else said, it's very liberating to no longer have to wear glasses - it allowed me to restart taekwon do, not really possible before, I'd had to forgo contacts due to conjunctivitis.

The procedure did sting a bit, & the eyes hurt for a bit after, but that was nothing. I do remember smelling burning during the procedure - smelt like burning insects :)

I think my eyes have been a lot healthier since the surgery. If I look for them, I can now see the occasional floater, but oth I'm 51 years old. What I don't get anymore are headaches from wearing such heavy glasses & straining to see stuff, I'm no longer continually trying to get glasses to fit or stay in place.

Certainly if your eyes are bad I'd recommend laser surgery, if you're just a tad short-sighted, if it's more a cosmetic thing, I'm not so sure.
 
Bassmansam said:
Glasses and contacts will do for me! Far to squeamish to have something like this done.
Click to expand...

I had a contacts assessment yesterday, was there for a few hours really struggled to take them out. I think it was first time so eyes made it difficult, I need to get more contact on the eyeball rather than bottom of eyelid.

I'm not squeamish at all but getting a laser pointed at your eye can start becoming terrifying if you think of it too much :p especially considering you have to be awake.

Ian13 said:
Certainly if your eyes are bad I'd recommend laser surgery, if you're just a tad short-sighted, if it's more a cosmetic thing, I'm not so sure.
Click to expand...

But wouldn't you say it's better to do it when you're younger, rather than wait till your older where longetivity will be reduced? And I'm talking about only minimal short sightedness but the person still has to wear glasses/contacts to improve vision.
 
Last edited:
But wouldn't you say it's better to do it when you're younger, rather than wait till your older where longetivity will be reduced? And I'm talking about only minimal short sightedness but the person still has to wear glasses/contacts to improve vision.[/QUOTE]

I had it done when I was 39 or 40. Glasses/contact lenses were completely unnecessary - for me - after doing it. It's only been the last 4 to 6 years when I've noticed a need for glasses, & I imagine that's due to too many hours staring at a screen, & getting older.
 
theone8181 said:
Especially when one of the operations uses a blade (if you don't pay more for the laser operation).
Click to expand...

Sometimes you don't have a choice. I opted for the laser flap but the surgeon said he wanted to cut a manual flap after looking at my scan due to some scarring.

This did knock £300 off the price.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom