Laser eye surgery

LeperousDust

LeperousDust

LeperousDust

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Following this I've been inspired to look into laser eye surgery again. Hoping penski/law notice this thread too.

I'm hyperopic majorly in one eye :( not sure how much but i have an eye test soon, and astigmatic in both. Go me!

What are the limits of LES, does astigmatism effect what they can and cant do? Where are respected eye clinics that, if i should go ahead with this, I should get in touch with. Price isn't so much an issue, but put it this way i'm not made of money. Few grand overall would be great. I'm after a good service overall, from pre surgery to aftercare etc... :)

Thanks :)

P.S. Third thread of the day =/ I feel like a dirty spammer.
 
Without being medical.

Laser Eye Surgery rocks!

Had mine done in Optimax in Feb.

Best money ever spent.
 
LeperousDust said:
Following this I've been inspired to look into laser eye surgery again. Hoping penski/law notice this thread too.

I'm hyperopic majorly in one eye :( not sure how much but i have an eye test soon, and astigmatic in both. Go me!

What are the limits of LES, does astigmatism effect what they can and cant do? Where are respected eye clinics that, if i should go ahead with this, I should get in touch with. Price isn't so much an issue, but put it this way i'm not made of money. Few grand overall would be great. I'm after a good service overall, from pre surgery to aftercare etc... :)

Thanks :)

P.S. Third thread of the day =/ I feel like a dirty spammer.
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Hmmm...

Respected eye clinics...

Moorfields Hospital in London - they ARE the world leaders in this field.

As I posted in the other thread - it's where the other places send you when they screw up. :D

Simon/~Flibster
 
i am tempted by this. are there any longterm effects (how can they know if there are or arent?) whats the worse case senario if they mess it up?
 
spirit said:
i am tempted by this. are there any longterm effects (how can they know if there are or arent?) whats the worse case senario if they mess it up?
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Based on the information I was given before surgary, it would be very very hard to go blind.

Basicly if they made a mistake, and they you complelty ignored there aftercare, then ignored it some more, then when you get a corneal graft ignore the aftercare etc etc.

Long term, who knows its only really a very tiny amount removed and I can't imagine it being a whole lot worse then other types of opperations.
 
Surgery at BP
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Dont you mean Shell :p

The gf had awful vision a few years back and then got her eyes lasered and now got better than 20/20 vision :eek:

(although she had them done in the states!)
 
spirit said:
i am tempted by this. are there any longterm effects (how can they know if there are or arent?) whats the worse case senario if they mess it up?
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The "Halo" effect at night time, dry eyes and blindness.
 
Flibster said:
Hmmm...

Respected eye clinics...

Moorfields Hospital in London - they ARE the world leaders in this field.

As I posted in the other thread - it's where the other places send you when they screw up. :D

Simon/~Flibster
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Thats what inspired me again :D
I'm just wondering what my asigmatism would do to change it, i'm waiting for Penski to ask law for me :mad:. I bet you they're just busy! How rude :o
 
LeperousDust said:
Thats what inspired me again :D
I'm just wondering what my asigmatism would do to change it, i'm waiting for Penski to ask law for me :mad:. I bet you they're just busy! How rude :o
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Give them a call to find out. They're quite friendly. :D

spirit said:
what is the halo effect? (vrs pics if poss :D)

and what kind of glasses do you have to wear then?
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It gives halo like rings around bright objects when it's dark.
Wavefront apparently reduces this a lot.

If you have problems - it's possibly the old yellow tinted glasses that will help out.

Simon/~Flibster
 
I'm quite sure that they will refuse to treat you. My dad went to see about getting laser surgery but optical express said there was no chance as if the one eye went wrong then they wouldn't be able to correct the bad eye which is a lazy eye.
 
Flibster said:
Give them a call to find out. They're quite friendly. :D
Simon/~Flibster
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Cheers dude, i will do that. I'll wait for my eye test though so i can give them an up-to-date prescription. Because i really am blind in one eye :(. Its not nice. £3k sounds great overall though, seems just what i'm after. All this <£500 an eye kinda scares me.

I'd love to be able to wake up in the morning and just see properly :(.

matthew_o50 said:
I'm quite sure that they will refuse to treat you. My dad went to see about getting laser surgery but optical express said there was no chance as if the one eye went wrong then they wouldn't be able to correct the bad eye which is a lazy eye.
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Haha, i use to have a lazy eye too, i'm pretty much ****ing blind by the sounds of things :(. But i don't suffer from that now, i grew out of it apparently =/. Hmmm
 
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